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There's someone here who has access to BB almost every week. A guy who could ask him if UND is currently gunning hard for some forwards. Put your media access to good use, @Goon, & get an answer from him.

Mostly a 5th wheel. When he's on, he's good (a rarity) .. when he's off, he's invisible. Doesn't strike me as a guy who's passionate about winning.

From what I understand, the 1883 is just a brokerage, not a source of funding. Not much info about NIL on the Internet, but from what I've read NIL money comes from businesses, private sponsors & boosters of which a collective can solicit money from; not the school itself. I would imagine that because UND hockey is so popular in GF & the biggest show in town (borderline cult-like), that there would be some wealthy alumni & local businesses supporting the 1883 for hockey purposes. Just last summer, Dan & Jolene Mikkelson of GF donated $2 million to the hockey program for scholarships. Would be nice if they could use some of that money for NIL purposes, but perhaps the Mikkelsons want it to go solely for scholarships. Then you have the Englestads, Rydell & other very wealthy locals that you would think are gifting NIL money for the hockey program because it's such a staple there. You would probably see more NIL contributions if the IRS classified it as a tax deductible donation, which it currently is not.

Where specifically are you hearing these rumblings from about Perron? Curious why you think Boisvert is almost a lock to go, & why in particular he would go to MSU of all schools if not out east.

So Mankato & Bemidji play each other in their final regular season series. Maybe someone can run the scenarios about who UND would want to win that match-up. Am guessing Bemidji Ws favor UND more, because Mankato Ws would make it more difficult for UND to squeeze in at 13. And maybe someone could calculate how far DU would drop with a Miami win.

Source?

It's mind-boggling why TJ is playing instead of HH. HH needs quality reps to fine tune his game for next year, TJ will be long gone by April 1st. Zero sense.

Better to just pay him out & be done with him, than creating a position that isn't needed in the first place & will only be a waste of money after his contract has expired. Unless perhaps a GM kind of position, but that's not really needed as there are already plenty of ancillary hockey staff that get the job done.

BB has about 450,000 reasons to not simply walk away after this year. He's close to retirement age & he's not going to leave all that money on the table. Only way he's leaving is either a pay-out or if the local Norwegian mafia slips some lutefisk in his food.

In CFB, that would be like the HC at Vanderbilt turning down a shot at, say, Georgia or Alabama. If Raboin wants to climb the hockey pyramid & advance his talents to the highest level possible, UND affords him that opportunity way more than Augustana does. More resources, more visibility, more everything. Raboin is 20 yrs younger than Berry, has good connections w/ the national program, is an excellent recruiter, & I imagine the team would be playing a much more consistent game under his leadership. It's abundantly clear that this program isn't going anywhere meaningful with the current coaching staff. Only question this off-season is will the UND AD have the testicular fortitude & foresight to pull the plug on BB & go a new direction.

Your sense of humor is appreciated, this thread was getting way too serious today.

Please elaborate & include your source(s).

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@cberkas Can you calculate where UND would be in the PWR currently if they had swept Bemidji & split w/Cornell?