AlphaMikeFoxtrot

Did you feel stupid having to look up the definition of innocuous?

Does he pay you to defend him from innocuous jokes or do you do it for free?

Considering your willingness to put out articles that show the reading and writing comprehension of a middle schooler, you're in no position to mock anyone else's cognitive abilities.

It's going to be tough for ASU or either of the Alaska schools to convince anyone to come to their barn for a series this season. At least the front range schools have each other and Omaha within a reasonable drive.

Very possible considering the guys in the chat as well as the Zajacs are all from Winnipeg.

Good luck to anyone trying todefund all the police pensions. There will be a federal bailout.

Sounds like Navy was the unnamed team 'close to announcing' mentioned in the article about Illinois delaying their announcement. Took them over a decade since they hosted the frozen four.

Yep. Hopefully Frontier buys Sun Country and honors credit/points. Sounds like SC is in rough shape even after the bailout. Edit: turns out they got news today, maybe it'll be the other way around.

Both were originally Miami commits, right? Or just Gaber?

True. Knowing how many people have already had it will tell us what our next course is. I'm just cynical about the prospects for sports/concerts/fairs etc.

Yep, heard it in that article. They would sacrifice a season to prevent any legal challenges to amateur status.

NCAA just said no sports on campus if students aren't there as well. Can't imagine dense urban campuses like NYU, BU, GWU, UPenn, etc. opening in the fall. Will be interesting to see it unfold.

Who wants to wager on season start date?

Apparently DHG pivoted to doing 'selfie from the driver's seat' reviews of fast food. Gotta respect the hustle! Getting even fatter to get more followers.

My recollection was Lessard survived a near death experience due to a rip current and that helped his case. I also remember someone back then suggested it was also to help college hockey recruiting in Canada but I'm less convinced about that. Lessard ended up in the LNAH at one point, not exactly a career to be proud of.

Not sure where to put this, but if you have a Kindle and Prime, CHN's new book 'Sticks and Stones: How College Hockey Prepares You For Life' can be rented for free for a month.

Moore signed his LOI. I don't think Miller did.

Multiple misconducts this season will make it tough for Perunovich to win.

Tychonick leaving is probably best case scenario at this point. We would only get one more year out of him most likely (top 40 pick), so to keep recruits and existing player(s) higher up the depth chart is fine by me.

The article says he hopes to get a release from Berry to play immediately. No conference opponents or rivals/future non-conference opponents if that's the case. EDIT: maybe I misread it, was the waiver agreed upon, or just requested?

Did Miller sign a LOI? If not it might be hard to convince him to stay committed and wait another year after already dominating the USHL.

The same types of studies you cited say year round training is a big part of repetitive stress injuries. They are open to interpretation; we clearly focused on different parts of the findings. Playing so many sports doesn't leave much time for instruments, scouts/outdoors, travel, language camps, and other extra curriculars that are enriching in different ways. Smith making a career out of sports is great for him, but not realistic for parents or kids to strive for. This also doesn't really account for the nature vs. nurture aspect of it, or the 10,000 hours to mastery philosophy. But at the end of the day, I just wish we could be watching the Sioux march through the playoffs right now.

I knew kids forced to play multiple sports that were athletically gifted but had no heart in it, potentially taking a spot from someone who loves the game. Baseball was notorious for this, and the disdain for it likely fueled lacrosse's exponential growth. If you love the sports you play, by all means, but don't let it intrude on academics or do it to boost your college application. Injuries increased when summer became about training for sports rather than letting kids be kids. Take the summer off and you'll be much less likely to have issues.

In theory, yes, but it's a lot harder to make varsity teams at Eden Prairie or other schools with huge enrollment numbers compared to Branierd. Smith didn't become a D1 prospect until he focused on hockey in juniors, and it took some time. It's one thing to specialize at the age of 9 or 10 and another at 15 or 16. EDIT: Branierd High has much higher enrollment than I thought. Learn something new every day...

WHL does its US draft separately now: https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft/whl-us-prospect-draft/2020 Shaugabay drafted in the first round along with some NoDaks.