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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4218356, member: 4819"] A few random thoughts about this debate ... To the argument about Dobson facing increased shooting prowess in the ACC, that is undoubtably true, but on the flip side if he's transferring to a Power Five school, he would also have an ACC level defense in front of him, which he doesn't have at St. Bonnies. I don't think that can be discounted. I thought Adler would be better at Duke, but he's been pretty good for them - he was at 52% last year and is at 55% now. For whatever reason though Duke doesn't necessarily get great goaltending performances. The last couple years their goaltenders have save percentages around 50%. It might say more about Duke than Adler that his save percentage is where it is. Syracuse is coming off two of its best defensive performances this year, averaging 9.5 goals a game. Yes some of this is due to the opponent and some timely face-off dominance, but I thought the unit was legitimately good last week against Stony Brook, they killed penalties, created turnovers and slid aggressively but smartly (for the most part). Gavin made a bunch of saves too and finished over 50%. Both goalies have been frustrating in their own rights, but hopefully this is the beginning of something. The earlier performances I thought weren't totally on the goalies - they gave up a lot of penalties and a lot of goals were in fast break situations. Obviously they need to foul less and they need to get back on defense faster. If the both goalies finish the year below 50% then I wouldn't blame the coaches for going after an upgrade in the portal. Dobson would most likely be the top player on the board. Hopkins, Duke, Georgetown seem like the teams on Syracuse's level who would be out for a new goalie next year. Bottom line though, Syracuse just needs to get better across the board on defense. [/QUOTE]

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