Blake Wheeler as a gopher

[Ahockeyfan]

Personally I think Blake will succeed his first year as a gopher. I think his training must be the finest as Phoenix has to be closely following their boy. <br>Anyway, I wanted to find out others opinions. So what do you think? <p></p><i></i>

[hubbaa]

hockeyfan,<br><br>don't get too excited, he'll need at least two years as a goph to do much..... <p></p><i></i>

[MNPuckster27]

Just from what I saw in the state tournament 2 years ago when he was a junior, i'll predict he'll have about 25 points next season as a freshman, but I think he might get off to a slow start until he adjusts to the change in intensity level from high school and even junior hockey to the college level.<br><br>I think he'll have Gino Guyer type numbers (2:1 assist to goal ratio) over the next 2 years but will be a great physical presence as a forward, something the gophers havent had much of in the Lucia era. <p></p><i></i>

[Observer85]

It is pretty hard to make a judgement based on how he looked 2 years ago. Unlike Gino Guyer, Wheeler went to the next level and put up decent numbers on a not so good team in Green Bay. 47 points in 58 games on a team that won 21 games out of 60 and had a fair amount of turnover is not bad.<br><br>How good he will be at the U will depend on what line he is on. Playing with a Stoa or a Kessel, Irman should allow him to put up better numbers than what Guyer did in his first 2 years. <p></p><i></i>

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

I think he will do kinda like what Paul Martin did as a Gopher, but better. Martin started out slowly, but was very good by the end. I think Blake will start out slow, but progress faster than Paul did. My $.02 <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... lasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p>Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls</p><i></i>

[bossman]

Blake is a natural goal scorer and has been successful at every level he's played. I watched him during the World Junior try-outs, he fit in there despite being the second youngest player trying out. Look for big things from him, if given enough ice time. <p></p><i></i>

[goofygirlinva]

He'll definitely be given plenty of ice time, no need to worry about that! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :p --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":p"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><a href="http://www.GopherIce.com" target="_new">GopherIce</a></p><i></i>