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I would second this...especially for the kids. The food is pretty good, too.

The TVs were getting up there in age...hopefully it's part of a larger HD upgrade.

To clarify - I wasn't necessarily penciling Mitch in the top-6 as much as I was saying maybe Mark would be the guy to drop out of the top-6 given the potential additions of O'Donnell and Grimaldi to that group. I'm guessing when it's all said and done It pretty much all comes down to who they want to play up the middle and then they'll go from there. I'm pretty damn excited to see how this upcoming season plays out!

Didn't Mark and Mitch MacMillan reportedly have good chemistry together in juniors? Who's to say they wont get a shot to play together after the break? I liked the way the Mac, Parks, Rowney line played last season, but it seems to me that there may be a benefit on a couple different fronts to breaking them up.

Not quite...and it would depend on what you're measuring. By definition, MEDIAN is the point where half of your distribution will be above and half below. Only in a pure normal distribution will half the population be above and below the MEAN or AVERAGE. Now, If you're measuring wins and losses, in the long run half the teams will likely be above .500 and half below. But, if you're talking national championships, the average number of titles per team is 65/58 = 1.12 Only 14 teams have actually won more than 1.12 titles, therefore 14 teams are "above average" and the rest are below.

In the "guys I've seen" category, I'd also add Nick Naumenko.

Great...and I suppose they'll have a "North Dakota Rule" that will be wrongly perceived as a huge advantage to us...

- Most importantly, UND won the last one played there in 2000.

^ This. How many times do you hear about guys suiting up with nagging injuries - not just last year, obviously, but EVERY year? Having that kind of depth would be huge for a March/April push.

Case-in-point is the Gophers' losses to Vermont and Northeastern this past season.

But, is his position in Columbus secure? Richards is "interim."

It's probably not fair to Seth to lump him into this current group of NTDP kids spurning college. He's been clear about his decision making process and hasn't actually backed out on anyone. He's actually doing what most on this board wish the other kids would to - take the time to make a solid, informed decision.

Nope. Even Saul would have to "willingly" participate!

Last time I checked my employer and I would go to jail if we didn't "willingly" participate in Social Security by having FICA taxes taken out of my paycheck. Tell me - Who has the option not to participate?

If Hollywood says it's the worst place on earth, then I want to be there - far, far away from Hollywood types!

Didn't seem to me that Sica made any conclusions. See...that the little squiggly thing at the end of the sentence with a dot under it is a question mark.

At least you're steering the "who's the bigger hack" talk to someone who's still alive in the playoffs...I guess that gives it relevance to this thread.

We made the Omaha road trip in 2010, and I have to say it's a very fine downtown and completely capable of hosting the conference tournament. I'm very much looking forward to having that trip on the schedule again this coming season.

Exactly. Thus, the inmates are now running the asylum. It was never a situation of the refs and others in charge of ensuring player safety not being allowed to do their job...they never stepped up to do their jobs when given ample opportunity early on.

Only three teams have ever won a D1 championship: UMD, UM, UW. UND needs to compete with these schools for recruits if they want to be the fourth.

I think you're seeing how poor refereeing and lack of adequate supplemental discipline are factoring into things. I think the same parallels can be drawn with the current state of WCHA officiating.

I think when Staal rang the pipe in the 3rd and almost put Pittsburgh up 4-1 "omen" was the word Doc Emerick used. Turned out to be prophetic at least for game 1. As for the series, one never knows.

If he eventually wants to finish up his degree, it probalby wouldn't be in his best interest to withdraw without earning credits for this current semester.

Could he be waiting to finish out the school year???

Pretty easy statement to make. Since we all want the team to win championships I doubt anyone would disagree. How do you guarantee a change will produce championships and not actually make the program worse off? I'm sure GMs and ADs wrestle with this question all the time. When you figure out the answer let us know...