UNDMOORHEAD

Finally!!!!

How many swings can Acahn take without getting a penalty

Cam playing tonight, JJ out Smith in.

Bowen

Yon

They should turn it into the NCHC/Big Ten challenge. Have UND, Duluth, Wisco, and the goofs.

Couldn't they still possibly get both?

I work with some guys like that. I guess they should've been politicians.

I have midco and can stream it on my phone.

NDSU grad and a Gopher fan, sounds like a winning combination.

Hoff

I said it on the pairwise thread and I'll ask here. Am I the only one that feels like we've had less talented teams that have performed better?

I feel like they should make the tourney as well. I think we've had less talented teams make it.

I caught part of both games. From what I saw CC seemed to be using the collapsing everyone into the slot defensive strategy that we've seen the beavers use so well. I only saw about 10 minutes of each game though. If that's what they did all game it will be harder to use on the olympic ice.

They seem to play better on the road and that's a good place for a first start as well.

Tomek in net tonight.

Giving up 2 goals is unacceptable.

Pogo

And people were worried because he left the USHL to go back to OJHL.

My son loves going to hockey. I've been very happy with how they run the youth hockey here. They have a game on Sunday and practice on Wednesday. Most of the drills are setup in a way that's fun for the kids, you can see what skills they're working on, but it's setup in a fun way. In Moorhead you can even get the equipment for free until squirts, I think, so any kid can have the chance to play.

I've seen Frisch play a few times down here. Only a sophomore and he plays in all situations. In the few games I've seen he's been good. Jumps into the play on offense and I've yet to see him get caught up ice. He's not the fastest guy on the ice, but his skating is smooth and effortless. His youngest brother plays with my seven year old and is the best kid out there maybe a future recruit. Don't know how high his ceiling is, guess we'll find out.

I did say earlier in the thread that you're not going to get a Caggs or Stetch every year. Just trying to point out that first round draft picks aren't always necessary. I look at the make up of last years team is ideal. First round talent mixed in with four year guys like Caggs and Stetch. Also guys like Sanderson who stick it out for four years riding the bench for most of it to later contribute as a senior.

Ryan Suter would be the top one I would think. Matt Greene isn't really a household name. Greene, Forbort, Chorney, and Stetcher are the guys for us that are regulars this year. No all-stars or guys playing for the national teams. I'm just speculating anyway. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it or not. I would bet guys like Toews, Parise, Oshie, etc help when recruiting a player along with everything else.

I guess my thoughts on our current D group is that their ceiling remains to be seen. They may get a little better or they may get a lot better. For Shaw and Wolanin this is the first year at this level that they're playing meaningful minutes and then you got three freshmen. Hard to hide them like you could with freshmen last year. Another thing I thought about was we haven't sent a lot of defensemen to the NHL in the last decade. Maybe that's why some of the better guys don't come here, I don't know. You hear guys like Jost or Caggs talk about Toews and that probably being the thing that put us on the radar for them. We just don't have a defensemen equivalent of Toews, Parise, Oshie, etc for younger guys to look at and wonder about the path they took to the NHL.

I realize it's hard to always find a Stetcher or a Caggulia, but those are two recent examples of why you don't need first round draft picks to compete. The other plus is you get these guys for three or four years instead of one or two.