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…and how many of those departures were after the season started?

Exactly! How many parents/kids that love that loyalty/security have no problem using the portal to go to another school if it meets their own needs for more playing time in different situations, or frankly just the opportunity to move into a better winning situation with Duluth’s fall from the top?

https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/central-high-school-auditorium-grand-forks-nd/ Better get them to get the building correct then.

So Mr. Negativity, who tells us that verbal commitments mean nothing, counts his chickens before they hatch on a win.

Very smart of Jackson. With the current UND players on campus it has got to be inspirational to see some of those names coming back, and can only feed into the loyalty of perpetuating the practice of coming back to prepare for the upcoming pro season and keeping connected to the program. Jackson realizes how important that is going forward to keep the UND family together past and present. Apparently another thing that Berry didn’t put any focus on to keep going.

I see Schlossman said Bemidji State has a couple guys that played in the AHL that are eligible to play college because NCAA cleared them. What is the process that allows guys that played pro hockey to become eligible. Assuming guys that already played college hockey wouldn’t be eligible again if they played pro and decided to come back. Just curious how the NCAA has changed so drastically in that regard, and how transparent the new policy is.

Western hadn’t won anything until last year, and now they replace Denver as the team to fear? Western has never had a bullseye on them before, so now they get to find out how it is to be Denver and North Dakota, where every team is looking to knock them off.

Maybe if Spicer or his advisors had some common sense, things might have been different.

But in the same token, some people worry about no verbals, so it is depending on how positive or negative you want to be. Remember, the verbals for other teams have the same issue.

Based on the article it sounds like he is o.k. with his arrival on campus being open ended. We need guys committed to the program that allow a little flexibility in recruiting, especially with CHL players in the mix now who may not commit to college hockey until after they are drafted.

Did you like that he thought the coaching staff could do no wrong, and never called them out when the team was underperforming? I like someone who will at least have some critical eye to what is happening. Not saying he has to be super critical, but a little objectivity would be nice.

…and still no Chipotle!

Have Lindberg and MacKenzie already for next year at defense.

I’m guessing that Pilgrim is more likely to join Shaugabay in Duluth.

We’ve seen that many players develop slower than others, and some that are studs when they are young quit developing. With that being the case, you need to be recruiting at all levels of development, so to not recruit any leagues that are part of that development process is ludicrous.

The point is that coaches explore talent from everywhere and they don’t just look at stats like you do. The problem this program ran into was moving away from their model of getting guys that are willing to work hard regardless of their talent level. It seems to me like this coaching staff is turning over every stone to find a player, even if it is only a depth add that people are freaking out about. So Berry basically just had the program recruit players without doing the legwork, and now the new staff is exploring all players and people have a problem with it?

Yeah, why watch a league that has had players like Connor Gaarder, Paul LaDue and Tucker Poolman. Those are only UND guys. Tons of great college and pro players started there.

I am sure a lot of people said the same things about guys like Connor Gaarder and Stephane Pattyn. I am sure this is a depth add, but you absolutely need heart and soul players. That is what has been missing lately in my eyes. Tell you one thing, a lot of these guys are captains, so hopefully you don’t have to use the play a full 60 phrase as much. We had guys like Perron and McLaughlin with a ton of talent, but they would disappear frequently.

For sure could be a candidate, but a lot of competition for that top 6.

Speaking of convert, where can you exchange U.S. dollars to Canadian dollars without a bank taking a huge share of the conversion?

He knew he would always be known as the other Grand Rapids Casey if he came here, so he went where he could make a name for himself.

Coming from fans of a program that are proud to have a rodent as their mascot!

Hawks is great unless you like opponents calling you Hawksuckers. See how that works? Most adults aren’t worried about what immature people conjure up to insult them, that’s why they are rivals.

We do need a mix of guys to mix in with the one or two year players, and this guy seems to fit the bill. Sounds like a little bigger Stecher type, and I would take that in a heartbeat.