The Sicatoka

Would the "best warm-up shooting percent" award be given at the same banquet as the "best hockey season before holiday break*" award? Will the Alerus ballroom hold it? *Gophs had a long run winning that one.

The defense: - three guys out of time - two guys sign professionally - three guys portal out, guys who were obvious defensive liabilities A month before season's end I told @stoneySIOUX I saw a 5% chance of needing 7 or 8D. I based it on the above, and the pipeline, and this (like it or hate it) portal world.

No doubt. I'm saying the worst in that string I'd take in a heartbeat today.

Change EDM to TOR and northwest to east.

1998 - Paterka - Glas - Hellevang - Miller - Taubenheim -2017 I'd take the weakest of that two decade run, of those five (Zeb Miller), in a heartbeat. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/undsports.com/documents/2022/8/11/2022_UND_FB_Media_Guide_for_Web.pdf page 84

Indeed ...

That's panic money by Wisconsin. They're paying Hastings' demands on the hope he turns it around in Madison.

We've already covered this ...

How tight is the pucker-factor in EDM after losing game one. I swear I heard a group "Not again!" from the northwest.

It's worked before; let's try it again ... Today'd be a great day to finish out the defensive corps!

Good advice: Read and understand an entire post before you try to look smart and show "your line-up" to Schloss. The backpedaling in the comments is good.

They're playing a combined joint FB schedule to get enough games.

In the trade they call this a clue.

The UAC? Do you pronounce that as "yack"? Or yuke (rhymes with puke)?

Didn't become an RPI guy until a decade or so later. I had a boss back then (RPI season ticket holder) who swears the thrashing RPI took in the 1984 NCAA quarters (at RPI!) taught them what they needed to win it all in 1985.

I threw out a random portal name (Klee, RPI) but I have no idea if either party has any interest. What Klee was was a name that fit the demographic I'd look for: one-year, RH D, with experience to step in if needed, be it Zmolek's hip isn't right or all the freshmen struggle. OK, OK, I picked Klee for a couple other reasons. First, his brother is a pipeline forward recruit. Next, he's an RPI guy, and RPI guys are just handsome, and intelligent, and gosh-darn it people just like them. Brady Ferner and I just prove the point.

The Pehrson addition last week took my trepidation and consternation about 2023-24 down a notch. Between Pehrson, Pyke, and Zmolek, it has become needing one of four freshmen to be "game ready" in October. I like those odds (guessing it'll be Wiebe). And it buys a little more time to decide what to do with the eighth defender slot. (One year rental, or something mid-range, or a fifth freshman; personally I'd do one more rental and be done with the portal after this season.) It also makes me more open to the idea of 16F instead of 9D for this season also. Of course the perfect "27th" guy would be a Brad Miller clone who could play either D or F.

"Little Ball of Hate" - BOS Pastrnak - BOS Hughes - NJD McDavid - EDM MacKinnon - COL Rantanen - COL Hamilton - NJD McAvoy - BOS Toews - COL Bouchard - EDM

Reminder: Just over 24 hours to set your roster.

Enough with your kiss of death.