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The max he could receive for his draft year is $925,000 so I believe you are correct.

Having your goalie have a 97% or more save percentage in 3 straight games doesn’t hurt either.

Why do you say that was a lowball contract? The signing bonus can only be 10% of the total contract which indicates this is essentially the max. I believe all ELCs are two-way deals.

I wonder what implications Title IX would have on this. With generally declining enrollment, the financial black hole of most college sports, the NIL mess, and the portal, the next decade will be interesting for sure.

Agreed, and by the same token, players are voluntarily leaving programs who could carve out a pretty good college career and get an education because they believe there is a brighter shinier toy elsewhere.

The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team. The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.

The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak. He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.

The first 3 were definitely greasy goals, but that’s the way it goes in the one and done NCAA tournament. Denver was out chanced, out shot, and arguable out played in both games and won (2) one goal games due to no bad breaks and a goalie with a 97.2 save percentage. But we clearly are outclassed and miles behind DU…

One of the multiple reasons I hate the portal. From Komzak’s perspective it’s real easy to leave to go somewhere he’s basically guaranteed playing time. From the team’s perspective it must be tempting to take a known commodity instead of hoping a player develops to a similar level. At least we are in the trading up side of the portal equation, but I hate it.

Maybe you can start a campaign to have have him removed prior to his hiring just to get a jump start on the complaining. Poor Sicakota has no chance to live up to your standards.

Totally agree. Surprising, the sun came up the Saturday after the Michigan loss. This is college athletes. It's suppose to be entertainment and should bring happiness and moments of relief from daily life. If your day is materially impacted in a negative way by a sports team, that doesn't signify a problem with the sports team... Funny how kids help bring inconsequential stuff into perspective. (From someone who bleeds green as much as anyone)

Few and far between. Using betting odds, the top team has around a 10-12% chance of winning the NCAA tournament. I believe the actual results are pretty consistent with this.

I agree. There are 10-12 teams that I wouldn't be overly surprised if they won it.

For the last (2) games against CC and (3) against Omaha (all losses) the UND save percentage was 82% and the opponent's 95%. UND had significantly more quality shots and "close shots" on goal and outshot the opponent by a margin of 181 (9 goals allowed ) to 146 (26 goals allowed). The opponent's goals skewed significantly toward longer range shots. We need solid play, not lose the goaltender battle, and a little puck luck, all of which are possible.

I was taking a look through the score sheets and season stats... Zmolek may be the MVP. Bad things just don't happen often 5x5 when he is on the ice, and he' s a monster on the PK.