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Since Broten was a Gopher, he was a gopher fan after all.

One reasons to sign him now is to get him in their system, and take away the possibility of him going free agency. This helps with planning for next season, having players for the AHL team, drafting, etc. A second reason is that once he is in their system, they have control of his development, and can have him start on a development program to improve his weaknesses. an example would be a player with poor skating, being sent to skating school over the summer, etc. they can't do that until he signs or leaves school.

Not likely, since the womens WCHA is made up of 3 Big Ten teams, and another 4 Minnesota based teams. that leaves exactly one team to support such a stupid idea.

it won't work. Do you really think that UMD, St. Cloud, MSU, and BSU are going to boycott Minnesota, or that the other Michigan schools are going to boycott Michigan and MSU, or the Ohio schools are going to boycott Ohio State. Not a chance, for many reasons, not the two least are they are not all independent decision makers, and they need the money.

Well, he is the only player to be arrested twice, and suspended twice this season, so he probably should be front page news over there.

I don't see your point here. Minnesota has the highest ticket prices in college hockey, and every home game is sold out. The season ticket waiting list is untold thousands, and it takes multiple decades to buy a season ticket. and still, almost 18000 watched them play on a Thursday in St. Paul. UND only had a 97% over last weekend. it seems both have the full support of their fans.

I have thought about this for a while now, and I want you guys to keep Hakstool until he is old and gray. (not grey, eh). And, it will save on banner material.

last I heard, Hagemo is trying to get cleaned up. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/oct/07...ective-blades-/

Woog was absolutely savaged by UND fans over the years because, although he made the FF more than 40% of the time, and he had a great winning record against UND, he could not win the big one. He recruited and coached multiple Hobey winners, and All-Americans, but over and over, UND fans dismissed him as a failure. UND fans did this, based, more or less, solely on the fact that his contemporary at UND, although he didn't win against the Gophers, and he did not have the number of Hobey's, etc, did in fact win some Championships. All I can say is, if UND continues with it's Championship drought, all those harsh things said against Woog will also be true against Hak, and other team's fans, like me, will take a great amount of pleasure in pointing this out, probably not here, but on other forums. If in fact, god forbid, MN ever catches up in the number of NCAA Championships, the mocking of UND fans on some forums would become Biblical. Of course, Hak could go on and have a 3 peat, and shut me up, but until he does, he is a Woog without the charm.

Does finley like his draft team? Is he a free agent after August after his senior year?

well, if a player ain't good enough to move up after three years at UND, do you blame it on the coach, or the player.

Wheeler is in a unique position. He is a free agent, but he will be covered by the CBA rookie agreement. As such, his salary and signing bonus is capped, and if he does not earn NHL ice time, he only makes $62,000. If he was a free agent, and his salary and signing bonus were not already artificially set low, I would agree with you, but the new CBA purposefully made rookies get really bad contracts, and that is one reason why the NHL has signed so many college players, it is really, really cheap to sign these guys. Phoenix offered him more money than any other team could, including a much bigger signing bonus, and Wheeler turned it down. The key to rookies signing these bad contracts is two fold, do they get to play in the NHL, or do they make chump change in the AHL. Also, they are not going to make big money until the rookie contract is over, so many want to get a start on it, and get it over with. Sidney Crosby, without incentives, will make $850,000 dollars this year being Captain and leading the Penguins to the Stanley Cup finals. Next year, he will make $9 million. He does not become a free agent until 2013. The business of hockey, and all these things make a lot of difference, even if Wheeler isn't a great player at all.

Wheeler is covered by the current CBA. Every college player has the same opportunity to be a free agent. Just wait 4 years. This is nothing new. and, your comment that a "current NHL 3rd liner with 10 NHL goals/year " deserves to make $6 million a years is too stupid to comment on. try again.

You clearly do not understand the business of NHL hockey. Wheeler is still considered a very good prospect, probably a late first or early second round draft pick. He is now a free agent, who will be signed to a CBA 2 way rookie contract. There is probably not a single NHL team who would not sign him for the rookie max, after all, if he is not good enough to make the roster, he only gets $62 grand, and plays for the AHL. and if he makes the roster, he is a bargain. And, if he really wanted to play some where, he can sign for less than the rookie max, and go to any team he wants. Wheeler went free agent for less money, so he must have a plan where he wants to play, and he will get to chose.

none, the team will face punishment, loss of draft picks, etc.