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I'd like to see Guch back with Adams and Mishmash and try someone else with Pinto and Gaber. That line has been our best from the start and Guch hasn't really moved the needle to make it much better. Sad to say but the Hobey Hat trick finalist is the 3rd best player on that line. Need to find some scoring throughout the lineup as I thought coming into the season that depth would be our strength but that hasn't been the case as there is much generated from the other lines as of yet.

I've deleted and re-downloaded multiple times and still no dice. I have no clue why. Guess laptop it is.

Agreed. I thought they would keep for 4 centers the same as with the way these games come in bunches depth will play a huge factor but I'm surprised Hain is in the top 6 although they tried him there early last year as well. Thought he would stick with Senden and add Ness with them.

Anyone have any issues using the app from an iphone? I have an older iphone but have the latest updates and when I click the app it quickly opens and collapses. I can't get into it so had to watch on my laptop. Any suggestions?

No let's play forwards at forward and D at D this year. I think he will get his opportunity at D when Sanderson is gone for World Juniors.

Sorry but no on this. Let's not move a D to forward unless we absolutely have to. I think we have enough forwards to fill out the lines properly and much more talented than Reiger.

Yes I saw that as well and have said all along Jost left too early and that is basically what the analysts were saying. Button even went as far as saying the NHL can chew you up and spit you out in no time and basically said that is what you are seeing with Jost. I never would have expected this after watching him for an entire year in Grand Forks.

Nice to see. I've been surprised at how slow the commits have been since August 1st. I thought we would have had some lined up but maybe the whole Covid thing is the reason.

Anyone know if Halliday de-committed? Heisenberg doesn't have him listed as a UND recruit anymore.

Sorry if this has been stated already but do we know the entire roster yet? Is Moore on campus for sure?

I was thinking Mankato as well. I would imagine you can pick from a short list as to who the opponent would be: Mankato, UMD, St Cloud, Bemidji and then I'd throw in possible Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan. It's going to be someone who can bus. I would imagine they would try to get someone from out of conference if possible as well.

Would Louis Jamernik be a possibility? Won't he be too old for another year of juniors?

I know they did some work last summer/fall but not sure how much they have left to make it playable.

No he and Kristo were on the third line. 4th line was Lamoureux-Rowney-Rodwell if I recall correctly.

It sure would be nice for the Grand Forks economy if this ever happened. I would envision a designated hotel per team with a designated restaurant catering meals. Would be great for those businesses.

Exactly on Adams playing center as he even mentioned that he is much more comfortable at his natural position of center and thinks that is why he produced much better this year. Weatherby is tricky because I agree he is a natural center and performs much better there than at wing which is why I never thought he was a great fit with Pinto and Michaud simply because he isn't a wing and was never comfortable. Crazy good problem to have with such depth at center when a year or two ago we were talking about having too many 3rd/4th line centers having to play top 6 simply because we didn't have any top line centers.

The big thing that went against Zach and I think will go against Guch the same way is the league player of the year vote. Voters see that Lessard was player of the year over Parise and Perunovich the same over Guch so how do you vote the Hobey for the other. Unfortunately I think the precedent is set and it doesn't bold well for our guy!

Frattin for sure was robbed but it had everything to do with his past off-ice actions rather than what he accomplished on the ice that year. He was the best player in college hockey hands down but his past robbed him of the hobey.

I do too especially if it means they will be 4-year guys!

Makes sense to me. Would have been hard to justify granting another year of eligibility to winter sports when some teams seasons were over. Yes it sucks for seniors who didn't get the chance to compete for a national title but it's the way they had to go in my opinion.

Duncan is who I would compare him too. Both smaller and not great skaters which makes playing at the next level difficult. I think staying another year would be a benefit for him.

I agree but we will still roll four lines and I don't think there was any difference in that line inserting Weatherby over Caulfield. I could argue it was better in previous weeks with Caulfield .

So Playoff time is finally here! My take on this team is that depth is their strength. I know they have tried to add a little fire to the Pinto-Michaud line by moving Weatherby there but I don't think that moved the needle enough from Caulfield to keep it together. Again I feel depth is our strength and having a lineup of Guch(hopefully this weekend!)-Adams-MishMash, Michaud-Pinto-Caulfield, Smith-Senden-Hain, and Blaisdell-Weatherby-Bowen (Yon) and rolling 4 lines can really wear down teams. I think this lineup gives us our best shot moving forward and you can always move Weatherby up to the Pinto line when shortening the bench.

I thought Adams may have been our best forward last night. Mishmash really needs to step up though!

Uff no Guch and those forward lines don’t look so hot!