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I agree, but it seems a lot of these originate in China. Coincidence? Maybe, but you have to question some of their street market practices and cleanliness.

...and if he is wrong, will he still be considered an expert?

In a situation like his, being a potential number one pick in the OHL draft, I would imagine schooling would have to be pretty important to go the college route, so that is something they have to offer.

I hear ya Kenny Bania!

Yeah, and how bad would they be feeling if they had to share that with Duluth!

So you predict people will be standing in soup lines?

Let’s face it, some bad teams have nothing but time on their hands right now to be contacting free agents telling them they could play if the season starts back up. There will be good teams that will give players a chance to see if they can make an impact as well.

So was it the right decision to suspend travel?

Gabinet is not very smart. I would think the one thing you don't do in any profession is burn bridges, especially in a niche sport like hockey. If Omaha keeps going down the path they are now, he may not have a job very long, and let's face it, word gets out on petty things like this. With his resume suspect to begin with, you don't want to have other negatives attached to your name.

Guess they had a guy on the all rookie team. Guess Gabinet hasn’t had enough time to screw him up yet.

Gabinet doesn’t have to worry about retribution since he doesn’t have the talent to make all league teams anyway, thanks to his coaching.

Would guess Gabinet and the Omaha gang would likely have left Pinto off their ballots.

I saw Halloran left the game against Denver in the second period limping off. If you hear what his status is for this weekend, please post it.

Poise counts! https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/4ea02a08-b726-4aff-a31b-fdfa4e29ac63

The one concussion at the Ralph was the one for which Pinto got suspended. Of course, no mention that it was in retaliation for a dangerous cheap shot.

I remember when Gabinet took the Omaha job he talked about how important culture is, and that is what they were going to create. From the outside looking in, I think the type of culture he is creating, can only make them worse. When you have a player absolutely tackle a guy by wrapping both arms around him, then shrug as to why he received a penalty, there is no accountability.

I’m thinking we come out different against Omaha last night if we wouldn’t have clinched last Saturday.

Well, there you go. Sounds like they made the correct decision based on that.

So is Minnesota smart enough to change the rule before they really have to answer for not following their own rules?

...and both teams are still on the bubble.

Exactly. Championship hangover has happened before and will happen again. I thought since they didn’t play the next night after clinching, they would avoid it. Knowing who they would have to share it with, I thought they would get the outright clinching done tonight so they could play it safe tomorrow, but now with Senior night for the Mavs and the confidence we gave them, we need to really step it up tomorrow.

I know UND hasn’t offered a bunch of legacy recruits early. Curious to know if they talked to them all and needed to see more and the kids didn’t want to wait and took offers that were there, or if UND didn’t show much interest at all. Three of those guys from Omaha became top scorers for them in Archibald, Morelli and Ward. It will hurt to see Slukynsky become another legacy guy who stands out for another team as well. To be fair, at that age it is tough to project, but you would think they could get a few guys to wait a year longer before they commit so young with the prospects of playing and developing at the Ralph. Hopefully guys like Blake, Panzer and Ausmus can make up for some that we lost.

How many have an indoor practice facility like ours?

I heard Pinto agreed to sit in the National Championship game so a senior can play in their last possible game.

He and Glen Klotz were the two best hip checkers I can remember. Of course if you hip check someone now and send them flying, it would be a penalty for tripping or interference or something of the sort. Maybe it has become a lost art for a reason.