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I'm guessing he felt obligated to write it given the assistant coach's comments in a recent interview. The assistant basically said that Wisconsin has idiot fans who only look at W vs L and don't have a clue what else is actually going on.

Wow, what a great chance for Porter.

Major awards are usually Thursday at the Frozen Faceoff. I think they have an event thing for athletes and coaches.

It's an entry-level contract, so I'm guessing he spends most of his time in the AHL.

I don't think the Europe leagues have as big of a problem with that. I saw Robbie Earl play in Salzburg, and he didn't dive once. He was practically captain of the diving team at Wisconsin!

I'd say take out Olson and put Panz in on that last line. At this time of year, I'll take the experience.

Tambellini signed with the Rangers.

Probably because he was 15 when he committed, in a year when Maine played for the Hockey East championship.

And I was definitely hoping for the mustache.

Not entirely surprising considering how much maine has sucked the past few years. I wouldn't want to stick around either...

For those who are on the fence about ordering, I absolutely love this hat. It's incredibly warm and withstands harsh winter weather. Probably one of the best gifts Santa has sent my way.

I actually didn't think Nick's injury warranted a PP. It wasn't a dirty hit, just an unfortunate collision with two different Miami players. Besides, with two shorthanded goals against, I'd rather not get another PP...

Along with the Lisa Marvin story he wrote a couple weeks ago about her recovery.

I get that LJ takes a ton of stupid penalties, most of which are a direct result of him not moving his feet. But he just recently had a 5-game point streak. You don't sit points in order to bring someone in off the bench who hasn't played in over a month; especially when you already have to do that to replace an injury.

Destiny. Dynasty. Same thing.

It might have something to do with the general move toward offensive defensemen in the pros. He's more of a defense first player.

That puts both Schmaltz brothers in the top 20.

That was the 2011 Pony Express team, and that decision was made by the players. If I remember correctly, it addresses it in the book that was made about that team. Hakstol said that in hindsight, he wishes he would have made the players enjoy and relish each of those accomplishments more (or something to that effect, that's not a straight quote).

Tucker Poolman coming in at #63.

No Sioux players in the 71-80 spots.

It would save the fan base a lot of money on heart and breathing meds (not to mention anxiety meds!) if we could just not go there in the first place.

I was thinking more along the lines of ability to slow other teams down, not ability to keep up with other teams.

There's a pretty big difference between WMU and CC, in my opinion. At least this year there is.

I didn't notice him out there, either. Maybe it was too hard for him to be switching back and forth between F and D (and understandably so).

That's assuming Olson is back to pre-mono form.