Wilbur

I like that combination. Pattyn or St. Claire can play center, so you won't overly need to worry about a guy getting tossed on the draw. Plus a guy like Rodwell is tough to play against. Strong/big/physical....

You or I could be on the wing with them and they'd be fine.

Correct.....

Update: Grimaldi to play center.....that messes with my preseason line combos a bit..... Alright....trying this again....Although yzerman will put something way better together and make me look stupid... Knight-Kristo-O'Donnell MacMillan-Grimaldi-Parks Rodwell-Rowney-Chyzyk Caggiula-Pattyn-Gaarder *Edit* Reasons.....MacMillan and Parks were great together, can't split them up. Pattyn is a grinder that needs to be the Lamoureax type fourth line grinder. The Knight-Kristo line needs a big body to play with them that can produce, and O'Donnell fills that role. Putting Rodwell with Rowney and Chyzyk gives you three big bodies that can score and possibly matchup against a top unit. Fourth line....lots of different scenarios there....

You'd think that since the Alaska games are over two weeks away they'd probably try to see who has chemistry for now, and maybe put things in place for the U-18 game. Good question....very good question.

As long as we are sharing painful Sioux losses I'll need to throw in the loss to BC at the Frozen four in 2007. The last five minutes of that game will forever have me thinking "what in the hell are these officials seeing that I'm not?" And I never blame the reffs.....and I'm a Viking fan.....

Nope, he's seen that before too. Nice try though.... I will never understand going to an opposing fan base forum and trying to stir things up. I love opposing fans that come here and actually offer quality insight into whatever sport is the topic of discussion. To me, you must have very little going on in your life to take the time to get yourself all set up and fire your cannon at the castle in an attempt to start a war.....

I've seen this before. Bison fan comes on here trying to throw the fixation bomb at UND for the beloved agricultural school. ~I mean, think of UND games. All you here is Bison suck....Bison suck....when they aren't even playing the Bison.....wait....thats NDSU... ~Or after UND won the national championship in football you heard a chorus of "Bison Suck".....wait.....that was NDSU too.... ~Or after a bunch of their players got arrested, they went over to the NDSU fan forum and sandbagged the hell out of the situation.....wait....NDSU again.... "Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." ~Buddha

Okay, bump.....Season just about four days away......and we all look forward to seeing how our favorite team looks against a team far less skilled. PS: Tate Maris has some of the sweetest looking pads I've seen on a Sioux netminder (as seen in the team picture). Maybe this year we'll see them in a regular season game.

So the players weren't the victims in all of this? W...t....f.......

Get your head out of the clouds. Its being talked about all over the state, and at major media outlets as well. If this was the only place it was being discussed I don't think NDSU would have held a press conference to appease the social media at the university of North Dakota. Get a fricken clue.....

The key is to finish in the top five of the WCHA, make the NCAA tournament, end up out east in a bracket that doesn't involve a Boston school, and not have a goaltender that goes absolutely out of his mind against you in the NCAA tournament. Thats a good route.

If the gophers goaltending is decent, and lets say they average an 88-89% save percentage and a 2.6 GAA they should win the league. With the talent they have offensively teams will likely have to score four goals to beat them or play tremendously in their own end. Their top two lines will be tough to match up against, and they have a ton of experience back on the blue line.....Alt, Schmidt, Marshall, Helgeson, not to mention incoming Skjel. Trying not to be too much of a homer here, but I think of all the teams in the WCHA, UND probably matches up better than any other team with Minnesota. I think its a toss up between which defensive unit is better, and right now I'll call UND's goaltending better with Saunders being a seasoned vet who saw a rubber factory worth of pucks in his career in Bama.

Ohh you're not kidding.....The chips just end up falling the right way for some teams.

There you go sir.....you're right. I'm wrong....thought NDSU would possibly take the high road....

Palm to face smiley.....

I kind of have the opposite feeling. Something has to be done now that we have a guilty plea (cough....victims). How do you punish these players? I think they sit against Youngstown and then Bison nation will go with "Ohhh see....we benched our players against the number three team in the country on homecoming...see!!!!! see!!!!!"

Game suspensions and mandatory alcohol evaluations and education doesn't qualify as a punishment in your book?

Post makes complete sense from the source it comes from.....an NDSU troll on the board acting like a pompous idiot. Not the first time.

I'm not affraid to say that I've admired Craig Bohl during his time in Fargo. I met him on campus one day when my brother was attending NDSU and we were at the BSA playing raquetball. I was wearing all Sioux gear and gave him a jab about UND having the Nickel, and he was very professional about it, and took time to talk for a few moments. I still want to think that Bohl has control of this situation, and they will right this wrong that has occurred here.

Thought exactly the same thing today after watching an episode of through these doors or whatever it's called. Not many teams get their entire top unit back from the season before and had Nelson decided to stay I think UND might have gotten a vote or two more for the top spot in the league. Chemistry is a wonderful thing and Knight-Nelson-Kristo had a bit of it.

Best time of the year. The time of the year when all the big predictions are made and half way through the season we throw them out the door. Could anyone not named Minnesota or Boston College please win the national championship?

This will be the true road introduction to the big sky. UND does not match up well defensively which means a Wild West shootout on the road if they want to win. If the defense holds them to 25 or less they have a chance.

I think UND still finishes in the middle of the pack in the big sky. Still taking baby steps.

Always enjoy this thread. I'll take Rowney.