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So until a recruit is at the school, you can't "claim" him? Hmm... As far as the article goes, the game was one-sided, but my point was that I didn't "homer-ize" it at all and that I can look at things from a nuetral perspective and not blame the refs or something like that. Like I've said, Oshie is a nice player and I'd love to have seen him go to the Gophers, but Mueller will make the WJ team and be one of their top forwards, just like Kessel did this last year as a younger player. If you started a poll on USCHO on who has a better chance or making the team (or, assuming they both make it, who would be more productive), it would by 72/25 in favor of Mueller for either poll.

Wow, they are right on top of things, aren't they? http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/s...rs/11614632.htm That's been rumored for a long time, just like it was rumored Kessel would go MJ. Not saying it won't happen, as there's always a chance, but rumors are just that -- rumors.

I'm actually pretty reasonable about things. For example, read my take on the front page of GPL from the Frozen Four when UND beat the Gophers. But, saying Oshie is a better prospect (which in all reality is what this is about) than Mueller would be like a Gopher fan saying that Bostrom is a better prospect than, say, Toews. Mueller is projected to be a top five pick in his draft class.

Oshie is a nice player but he's not Mueller. Mueller was second on the U-18 this year in scoring playing as a 16-year-old (Kessel was first). Oshie led the MSHSL in scoring, which is a good accomplishment, but he put up those numbers against Class A competition, as opposed to Mueller who did it against kids older than him on a MUCH higher level.

Peter Mueller will likely be on the team. Not to flame, but he's ahead of Oshie, as an example, in terms of skill and experience in International competition.

I would guess there logic was that he got that many points as a defensemen playing on a team with about 1/2 the talent.