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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 4222017, member: 6798"]
At this point there is no denying the ACC is not as strong as last year, based on records, eye test, rpi, however you want to look at it. If I was going primarily by the eye test right now, the ACC looks something like

1. UVA 
2. ND 
3. Cuse 
4. UNC
5. Duke

At the beginning of the year, I thought our record by now would be at least one game better (winning at least one of the Army or Hop games), but I also thought we would still be dead last by any measure in ACC rankings. So now we dug a hole for ourselves, but I think a 8-6 record is far from impossible due to the weaker ACC.

I think we have a serious chance to win at UNC. They were gutted of all their dodging talent outside of gray last offseason and appear to have found no quick fix with their younger players. On top of that the D without Bowen is looking weak. I think we win at UAlbany, but the stony brook result is a reminder not to take them lightly. I also think we have a serious chance to win against Cornell in the Dome. They are a strong team, but think their record makes them look a little better than they are, and they do struggle at the faceoff X. Then it comes down to if we can steal one against NDx2 and UVA in the dome. As others have said, I am no less intimidated by ND despite their record, but we get two shots, we have revenge on our minds, and they have shown some signs of regression/low confidence. If not next week, maybe we bring the pain when they return to the Dome. Just a question of which cuse team shows up to play!
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