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Someone needs to inform Berry that the goal isn't to have your season end early so you are able to concentrate on the first portal entries. It actually might be harder to attract good portal entries when you are never in contention for a National Championship. Guys want to win. My concern is that guys like Dylan James think it might be better to get started in the Detroit system because he hasn't had a sniff at any postseason success here.

Which is all the more reason to get rid of Chaves. His giving out extensions like candy is what put us in this situation.

Just curious if you have season tickets.

So if he gets fired in the next few years, you will be pissed at Chaves? Are you pissed at Chaves for firing Bubba?

Very thought provoking, and complete opposite of what we see with UND’s sit back approach, especially when we have a lead. He sounds like the type of coach that can get his players to fulfill his game plan, rather than one that has to continually rehash how his team needs to play hard from the opening faceoff and play a complete 60. Very impressed, and wonder if Berry can explain his philosophy with as much detail.

The fact that we have to play on the road at Omaha for the second time in 3 years, and the 3rd time on the road in 7 years explains the state of the program. Think about it, home ice every other year, when it was a given before. Berry is basically stealing money from UND with his salary and the lack of playoff revenue.

Might be able to actually see power play time with Kunz, Schmaltz and Jamernik gone.

Go figure. Denver’s culture wins in a home and home series against a rival to secure home ice, while Alex thinks it’s too much to ask for UND to do the same at home against a non rival. Guess Alex wasn’t around during the Hakstol years when UND actually had a similar culture. Sad.

That’s what Berry will say again when our season ends that it is unacceptable with UND’s culture to have a season like that because they expect to contend for a National title. Well, guess what, you tried to focus on winning in the playoffs, so it is now put up or shut up time. Enough talk about it. Time to get it done, otherwise I expect the administration to agree with all of your year end speeches and deem it as unacceptable for a proud hockey tradition to have home ice as a highlight.

If it’s anything like our other Bubba, they will do just enough for Chaves to think we have a great chance moving forward with the status quo.

Not only does Berry have a whole bunch of firsts, but now it is 2nds and 3rds. Don’t believe Hakstol had ever missed home ice in the playoffs, and now Berry has for the third time. On top of that the lack of Frozen Faceoff success, followed by one and dones, and people still think we’re an elite program. All the while, teams that get raided every year like Omaha finish ahead of us two of the last 3 years.

Cam Berg would have been much better off staying at Omaha, because he might have been enough to get Omaha over the top last year or this.

Alex and Scanlon talking about how the portal has made it that a split was likely. Scanlon is a joke, the biggest apologist. Berry cost us a half million a year, but how much does he cost the Ralph by lost revenue not having home playoff games? UND has won one Frozen Faceoff under Berry, and that was because of Covid and home ice. You watch just like Berry never takes advantage of regionals, now when the Penrose winner gets home ice throughout the playoffs starting next year, Berry will no longer win the league title. Time to look in the mirror and look at the poor state of UND athletics and hold someone responsible.

Some of these guys weren’t put in position to best utilize their talents. Schmaltz has given a lot of himself, but his role should have looked a lot different if we are being honest to the extent of his offensive abilities. I certainly don’t hold that against him.

So you are saying we are going to beat them!

So you’re saying he is due for another 50 point game to even out his averages!

Why more players don’t just shoot the puck late in games and overtime is beyond me. Bochenski used to score so many of those goals just because he was one of the few guys to shoot at every angle.

Yeah, maybe we should tell a talented offensive player to go to the portal because of his mistake, because like you said if he hasn’t learned the lesson by now there is no hope. Similarily we should have rid ourselves of Blake for many similar mistakes.

Especially the way we have killed penalties.

… and I should add that if people don’t think smart usage of the portal is important, basically 5 of the top 10 scorers in the league are portal players. Need to get a proven top scorer when you lose the likes of Jackson Blake.

I know the consequences are quite different, but stupid driving decisions, minus alcohol are so common today, and even when I think back on some of my decisions with going too fast, causing me to think there but for the grace of God, go I.

Yes, hopefully a section 8 sweep!

You know I haven’t been the one that has an issue with portal players, especially to fill in gaps. I would argue that with Zmolek’s penchant for injury just by the way he plays the game, you could see what the roster would be if he went down, so why not carry 9 defensemen. I also have discussed how I don’t think roster management has been nearly as good as it was under Hakstol, and missing the tourney as often as they have suggests that issue. As far as home grown in the literal sense, are we getting the best local talent? Dane Montgomery, Casey Johnson, John Simonson versus guys like Drew Montgomery, Mason Salquist, Jacob Benson and Jon Lizotte. Know that Jon Lizotte was recommended very heavily to the coaching staff.

True, hopefully they can follow up a big win with another good performance, something they haven’t been able to do for a while.

It’s the first thing that shows up on the online version. Are you talking the actual hard copy? Hardly anybody gets the hard copy anymore, and the front page doesn’t hold the allure it used to.