AJS

I was just stating there's a 0.00% chance that a 1st round pick transfers to another school (sitting out a mandatory year). Just not going to happen. I'm plenty worried now that he'd sign after this year.

I'll say with confidence there's a 0% chance JBD would ever transfer. What's your thought process?

Almost would have preferred a minor injury honestly, this is so beyond ridiculous.

What could have Kawaguchi and Hoff done to deserve this? Yon / Bowen and Johnson / Rieger are wings for HALF of UND's lines. This is incredible (in the saddest most depressing way).

I’m incredibly frustrated with these lines, what a joke.

Same, taking the leading scorer and putting him with a forward that should be playing D3 is a weird choice.

This is the worst forward lineup in the history of University of North Dakota hockey.

It's officially scoreboard watch time around the country: Any team below .5500 (11) Western Michigan (.5492) hosts (1) St. Cloud (12) Clarkson (.5487) hosts (46) Colgate (13) Cornell (.5465) at (59) St. Lawrence (14) Harvard (.5458) at (45) RPI (15) Bowling Green (.5418) hosts (58) Alabama-Huntsville (16) Mass-Lowell (.5416) at (30) UNH (17) Notre Dame (.5354) hosts (19) Penn State (.5315) UND currently sits at 18 (.5323)

Just paraphrasing what others have said, the "at large" portion of the playoffs start tonight. The picture obviously gets a little clearer after each night, with so many different outcomes potentially playing a huge role. Game 1 of 4, win and UND's still in the hunt.

I completely agree, which is why I added it (along with the age of the player) to your list. Couple additional variables to keep in mind while looking at your list.

ORU beats Omaha, here's what we know now. Assuming SDSU beats WIU at home. You have the following locked in. 1. SDSU 2. Omaha 5. Oral Roberts 8. Western Illinois Winner of UND / USD is the 6th, loser is the 7th Winner of the Fort Wayne / NDSU is 3rd, loser is 4th (Since FW would hold the tie breaker if NDSU beats USD tonight)

They way it looks to me, here's the following scenarios: ORU wins tonight - 5th (Have tie breakers on both UND / USD) ORU loses tonight - Winner UND / USD is 5th, loser is 7th Edit: I don't think the USD / NDSU game would have any impact on UND's potential seed

If UND finishes with the same record as ORU, they will lose the tie-breaker since ORU will have a better record against Omaha. http://www.thesummitleague.org/tournaments/ten/2017-18/tiebreakers

I'm pretty sure most of the players on South/Shanley are from Shanley.

I guess there's always the potential, but do you honestly believe next year this team will be worse offensively than this year?

This is where this team is tricky, honestly, I think they bring it every night (Canisius included). The better question is will the puck go in the net.

I know I'm in the minority, but I personally really like the schedule. I'm looking at this strictly from wins / losses aspect. There's less risk playing bad teams at home. A sweep against a bad team is better than a split against a good team.

Agree and agree. That's also my #1 issue with this Junior class, it doesn't make any sense and this isn't a hindsight is 20/20 deal either. You say guys like Johnson (I know was brought in as a D-man) and Yon weren't brought into to be finishers and top end guys, agreed, but the same can be said for Bowen and Smith. Peski has turned out ok, but he was unheralded as well. You had this giant class and there were 3 guys that were brought in (or showed they were anything more) than role players, that's insane. Side note: I can answer my own question, the guys they shouldn't have brought in were all local.

Two years. After next year will be the biggest addition by subtraction this program might ever see.

Minnesota State / Western Michigan / Duluth / St. Cloud Of those four that weren't competitive, UND also badly outplayed WMU the night before -- split at home against Duluth and blew out St. Cloud the following night. I would say @ Duluth was the only series this year that I would put into the "troubling" category. That changed when they played at the Ralph.

Agreed, there's so many different variables when evaluating a class. One thing I really like about next years recruiting class is they mostly fall into what I really feel is the sweet spot. Those are the 2nd / 3rd / 4th rounders, who should be three year type guys. The four true freshman forwards will fall into that spot.

I'm in the boat that they aren't that far off, why do I say this? The Canisius weekend pretty much sunk their season and everyone knew that after it happened. I know everyone hates the what would have happened game, but they'd be sitting in 12th currently if they swept, 17th with a split (but in a virtual tie for 15th). That's with everything else staying the same. Even with those results they are 18th, with what is the lowest output from forwards most of us can ever remember and a historically bad power play. I believe this team has currently has and will have for years a defensive core / goaltending that is Frozen Four caliber. You bring in a freshman class that is extremely highly rated, you'll have four forwards that will all be drafted before the second highest currently on the team next year (Weatherby). That's the shot in the arm this team needs, an influx of forward talent. There is still some pieces on this team that have pretty high ceilings (Mismash / Adams) or guys that are sort of producing currently in Kawaguchi. A productive 3rd line (Smith / Senden / Hain). Quick summary, they have 2 of 4 "groups" that are Frozen Four caliber currently, I think it's likely next year they improve scoring by a goal per game. That will put them back in the mix. They won't miss the NCAAs next year.

Currently 18th with a Pairwise RPI of .5320, teams within .01 points -- 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21. I use the .01, because based on all results, on any given weekend, that's most likely the highest / lowest you can go. You never know and things can change quickly week to week, but it really is looking like one of two things needs to happen. 1. Sweep the next two weekends (IF that happens), you just have to win your 1st round, can go three games -- then reevaluate, maybe only need to win 1 of 2 in St. Paul 2. Any loss over the next two weekends, most likely means needing to win the NCHC Tourney

Question, is a line of Johnson / Yon / Anyone the worst line in college hockey? (D3 included)