Just some questions for discussion purposes
Since Lewandowski has comeback, the hockey team is 5-1 with their lone loss this past weekend in Happy Valley. The team currently is 9-6-1 overall and sits in 20th place in the Pairwise & 4th place in the Big Ten.
Buy or sell - MSU will finish in the top half of the Big Ten?
Buy or sell - MSU is a legit contender to get back into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012?
The Detroit Red Wings are 25 games into their season and currently hold the last wildcard spot in the NHL - while this is a little misleading as Boston and Columbus could pass Detroit with their games on hand, the Red Wings have been on a roll winning 5 straight.
Buy or sell - the Detroit Red Wings are a contender to make the playoffs this year?
The Big Ten race is heating up - Michigan currently leads the conference with 20 points and Minnesota is right behind with 19. Both of those teams have played 10 games though - as Ohio State & Notre Dame could both pass Michigan & Minnesota this weekend and MSU could pull to within 2 points as well. Michigan & Minnesota are only 6-4 in the conference (with extra points coming in OT).
Buy or sell - the Big Ten champ could only be a couple games above .500 in the conference at the end of the year?
My thoughts:
I guess I'm going to buy the first one - I really feel MSU has turned a corner a little bit over the last couple weeks. The scoring seem to be getting more developed and the goaltending has been solid for a good portion of the season. If our d-men continue to improve - MSU might actually be primed to hang around in the Big 10 for a little bit.
On the second one, I'm going to sell - only because I see a lot of splits coming up in the Big 10 season, and it won't be enough to get into the NCAAs as an at-large. Though, they do have Michigan Tech (#12) and Western Michigan (#1) coming up at the end of the month in a fake GLI. It's one last chance to make a splash, and if they do - then I may be selling too early.
I'm going to sell that the Big 10 champ will only be a couple games above .500 in the conference at the end of the year, only because I still expect Michigan & Minnesota to almost run away & hide with this. Though admittedly, both teams need to find more consistency is league play - the youth of the Wolverines has adjusted well outside the conference, but that has yet to translate to the physical play of the Big 10.
I'm going to buy on the Red Wings right now & maybe it's false hope. I think when you are approaching the 30 game mark, if you are in a playoff position - you are legit a contender to at least get into the playoffs. I realize a couple times may pass them as the games on hand get played, but the Wings have shown they can hang around right now. The area that has been the most improved is their divisional play. They are .500 right now in the Atlantic - and those games mean a lot come playoff spot time. They are also 3-2 so far against the Metro, a division they went 0-20-1 last year against. They are at 4-4-2 against the Atlantic so far, and they haven't won more than 9 games in the division since 2015-2016 season, which was the last time the Red Wings made the playoffs.
Since Lewandowski has comeback, the hockey team is 5-1 with their lone loss this past weekend in Happy Valley. The team currently is 9-6-1 overall and sits in 20th place in the Pairwise & 4th place in the Big Ten.
Buy or sell - MSU will finish in the top half of the Big Ten?
Buy or sell - MSU is a legit contender to get back into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012?
The Detroit Red Wings are 25 games into their season and currently hold the last wildcard spot in the NHL - while this is a little misleading as Boston and Columbus could pass Detroit with their games on hand, the Red Wings have been on a roll winning 5 straight.
Buy or sell - the Detroit Red Wings are a contender to make the playoffs this year?
The Big Ten race is heating up - Michigan currently leads the conference with 20 points and Minnesota is right behind with 19. Both of those teams have played 10 games though - as Ohio State & Notre Dame could both pass Michigan & Minnesota this weekend and MSU could pull to within 2 points as well. Michigan & Minnesota are only 6-4 in the conference (with extra points coming in OT).
Buy or sell - the Big Ten champ could only be a couple games above .500 in the conference at the end of the year?
My thoughts:
I guess I'm going to buy the first one - I really feel MSU has turned a corner a little bit over the last couple weeks. The scoring seem to be getting more developed and the goaltending has been solid for a good portion of the season. If our d-men continue to improve - MSU might actually be primed to hang around in the Big 10 for a little bit.
On the second one, I'm going to sell - only because I see a lot of splits coming up in the Big 10 season, and it won't be enough to get into the NCAAs as an at-large. Though, they do have Michigan Tech (#12) and Western Michigan (#1) coming up at the end of the month in a fake GLI. It's one last chance to make a splash, and if they do - then I may be selling too early.
I'm going to sell that the Big 10 champ will only be a couple games above .500 in the conference at the end of the year, only because I still expect Michigan & Minnesota to almost run away & hide with this. Though admittedly, both teams need to find more consistency is league play - the youth of the Wolverines has adjusted well outside the conference, but that has yet to translate to the physical play of the Big 10.
I'm going to buy on the Red Wings right now & maybe it's false hope. I think when you are approaching the 30 game mark, if you are in a playoff position - you are legit a contender to at least get into the playoffs. I realize a couple times may pass them as the games on hand get played, but the Wings have shown they can hang around right now. The area that has been the most improved is their divisional play. They are .500 right now in the Atlantic - and those games mean a lot come playoff spot time. They are also 3-2 so far against the Metro, a division they went 0-20-1 last year against. They are at 4-4-2 against the Atlantic so far, and they haven't won more than 9 games in the division since 2015-2016 season, which was the last time the Red Wings made the playoffs.
