Fratt Mattin

What caliber of player are we talking? First round level? Top ten?

Worth bringing up again how much better Through These Doors has been this year. It had become basically unwatchable the last few seasons. Just a highlight package and 90 seconds of awkward player interviews. Now it's back to real "behind the scenes" content, which is what it was supposed to be.

Well both would be great, but personally I'd choose hockey

I think Schlossman has said 2027 is more likely for Williams at this point. Can’t remember where he said that though, so take it with a grain of salt

I doubt it. I'm not sure they even know there's a university in Grand Forks

As far as I know NDSU football is part of the Mountain West package now. No more games on WDAY

I don't know the actual numbers, but it does feel that way. Certainly when you look at our campus versus their's, you can tell who is investing more in academic facilities. I also think the recent success of the Forever UND campaign shows where our fundraising priorities lie. $100 million raised for the university endowment in 2024 and another $119 million in 2025

Not stunned that NDSU has a leg up here, but the fact that they've more than doubled us up is concerning. What do we think the problem is here and what can we do to compete better? As an aside, I'd love to know where you got these numbers from. I was looking for these the other day but couldn't find anything

Duluth is a weird one because they've had a ton of individual success and one era of extreme team success. Outside of the last 15 years though, they haven't accomplished a lot. Prior to their first natty they only had three frozen four appearances. With that said, if they maintain the standard they've set recently for another decade or two, then you have to add them to the list

What a thoughtful post. Very much appreciate it. All of that makes me wonder then if we’re putting too high of expectations on Wisconsin. Maybe, despite their successful runs, the blue blood distinction can’t be given out to schools where hockey is playing 3rd or 4th fiddle

I’m very confused by Wisconsin’s struggles in the last 15 years. You can blame a lot on Eaves, but Hastings, an objectively great coach, has had mixed results there at best. He actually seems to have a similar problem to Berry in terms of constructing his roster. It’s like he’s not sure what he wants their team identity to be

It’s early, but yeah they both look very good. Either would be a massive get

What a truly insane take from that guy

Right after we were an inch from making it 3-0

That was Perunovich. I think Pionk is the one who ran Cam

That game was what really made me realize how dirty they'd started to become. It's like they want their team identity to be embellishment and cheap shotting

I mostly agree, but there's a good number of hockey journalists who get very holier-than-thou about the fighting stuff. They're mostly who I mean when I refer to the "anti-fighting crowd"

And Cleveland will get away without consequence. Would love to hear the anti-fighting crowd tell me how the game is safer when guys can throw cheap shots like that without facing repercussions

Such BS that you can't fight anymore. If this was a proper league Cleveland would have to answer the bell for that hit

He got two hand whacked while skating at top speed 15 feet from the boards. That's a dirty play all day

This is classic Duluth. They always try to injure our players. I'm ashamed to call Sandelin an alum

Offsides review is maybe the worst thing to ever happen to hockey

1. Minnesota (big gap) 2. Denver 3. Duluth (big gap) 4. St. Cloud Back in the day Wisconsin would've been an easy #3, pushing for #2, but the heat's been gone from that rivalry for a while.

Read an interview once where he said he models his game after Jonathan Toews. No better way to do that than by coming to the school that made him!

I haven’t watched him live, but his production, given his age and the fact that he’s a defensemen, stands out. He also appears to have good size already