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No, but I'm sure they will be looking for a stud defenseman with a lot of experience in the transfer portal for next year, with all they stand to lose after this year.

They could have crappy attorneys and it wouldn't matter. Judges will come down on the side of political correctness most of the time.

...and the Coyotes said he can still pursue a hockey career. It is just a speech to try and make UND look better for backing out of a commitment. So if he is such a horrible person, why would you want him floating about campus looking for more people to prey on?

That's true, the focus would have hurt the ability for the team to talk to the media without having to answer questions all the time.

If he did, would you believe him. If he tried to refute something people would say he isn’t taking responsibility and making excuses. Darned if you do, darned if you don’t. Probably right now he should keep his mouth shut and stay off social media and put his head down and live up to any confidence anyone has put in him.

Seriously? Did they fire anybody? That is the way the cancel culture works.

Not so sure about this, with 10 teams saying they had him off their list, and I would bet that the victims mom will be more proactive in denying him a chance to play pro hockey.

Again, the problem people have is with the egregious ongoing nature of his actions and his lack of apology to the victim. No, he wasn't forced to apologize, but addressing it with the NHL teams was necessary for his future aspirations.

I'm only saying that if he is not blue chip, then there would have been "safer" recruits that have already exhibited character and are less controversial. That is a slippery slope to go down if you decide to be the program that can rehabilitate reputations because of the slim room for error, and it is not just his reputation on the line. If it works out, that is fine, but I don't think that would always be the case. Suffice it to say, that for many who were calling for his head after the two losing seasons, this would have been the last straw had we not had the turnaround season we had. Just don't know if I would put my reputation on the line like that, but since Berry seems like a guy that has his players best interests in mind, he obviously is willing to stick his neck out.

This is what perplexes me, the coaches always say they recruit character. Don’t really want to start a new philosophy that we rehabilitate people with poor character. We always hear how college coaches sleep poorly at night for fear of that call in the middle of the night that a player screwed up. This seems like it would up that level of anxiety even further. Don’t know if I would volunteer for that responsibility because any misstep puts the University in a bad light and brings negative publicity that can be hard to live down. In other words, you better not be wrong.

My issue is that this appears to be saying that redemption should only take you so far. It was fine for him to play in the USHL and do o.k. there, but we draw the line if he can actually make money at the sport, or get an education. Did Randy Moss deserve to play in the NFL, or Jameis Winston, or any of a number of others who had issues well beyond their Junior High days? It just seems like it was fine for him until he got to a certain level, but then we need to put a limit on his success. The ironic part is that it probably would have been much better for MM if he had gone undrafted and had the 4 years of college to try prove himself further.

I hadn't really thought of this much, but I fear that the focus we are putting on this when we should be talking about and enjoying the upcoming season is what we may hear quite frequently from the media and fanbases each week, and possibly if we get into the National Tournament. Like most people said, I would suspect he will be on short leash so he better be prepared to be scrutinized on and off the ice and hold his tongue and actions when the opposition tries to push his buttons. With all we have going for us this season, I would hate for it to blow up by him screwing up and derailing it. Hopefully this isn't an issue and redemption becomes a theme instead, but it seems a bit of a risk to leave that fate in the hands of one person, especially one with that kind of background. I would gather after all of this, there is no way the USA World Junior team takes a flyer on him though.

If we are talking about starting the season that may be the case, but with 10 games in 20 days, Berry pretty much said everyone will be playing. Hopefully that depth pays off for us as most teams won’t be in game condition. Being able to play so many guys without a big drop off could be a nice advantage if they can get the right combinations together.

This is why I didn't put it in my list of questions, but it obviously is one of the first things that comes to mind after a situation like this. Without knowing all the facts, it just seems very strange that they didn't go the extra mile to make this right and require the same of their son. Even if your conscience didn't demand it of yourself, you would think common sense would.

That's a great point. Accountability will be evident in locker room talk. If he hasn't changed it will be quite evident and I would guess team chemistry would take a negative hit.

By all accounts. None of us know all of the behind the scenes stuff that went on. There are so many questions I would like answered, none of which changes his accountability in the matter. I would be interested to know the other guy's role in this, and how he moved forward from this. I would like to know how long this went on, and if there were all of the witnesses, why nobody stepped forward to stop the torture, or at the very least told an authority figure or the boys mom. I would like to know when MM decommitted from Miami, and why, and when UND entered the picture. Did he want to get away from Miami because of how prevalent the coverage was in the area? Did Berry know about this before he started recruiting him, and if he did, did he discuss it with our Athletic Director, being how it could affect the image of the University? Did the kid discuss the issue with Berry during the recruiting process? There are just so many questions that would be helpful, but yeah, don't know if I would have put my neck out on the limb for him. I just think we draw our own conclusions based on the only things are available to us.

You have to wonder how many NFL rosters would be affected if everyone was held to the same standard.

Either we choose to try to rehabilitate people or we don't. It is curious to me why Berry decided to bring him in when we had a great stable of defense lined up. Maybe he was feeling the pressure from the fan's discontent a few years ago or maybe he does want to give the guy a chance to become a better human being, only he knows that. I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt because if things didn't improve in the win column he would really have his feet held to the fire with a situation like this. I just find it interesting that the victim's family brought the BLM topic and George Floyd thing into the equation when regarding Miller, as Floyd himself was given several chances to change his life after a run of bad choices as an adult. If we choose to go down the road of not giving second chances, that is fine with me, but then be consistent, and start to build more prisons to accommodate for that.

Drew Montgomery with 4 points in two games with Tri City. He is a 2003 birthdate. I assume he is related to Dane, who is a UND recruit.

I'm on the opposite end of this. I don't think teams are likely to want to start sooner than the bubble. I would think the league would want to make sure teams come into the bubble "clean", and didn't Schlossman say UND will start their season in the Bubble.

So when are they going to announce ticket refunds for season ticket holders?

Part of me thinks that this rule could help other teams a lot more than us because we were fortunate to keep Kiersted, Mismash, Adams and Kawaguchi around another year as it is. I would guess Kiersted wouldn’t come back, and really if he did, you risk losing some of your future at defense. Would think NHL teams would want to bring in young talent to cut costs with no money coming from butts in the seats. Unsettled times for everyone.

Schlossman said he has decommitted. Be interesting to see what his plans are.

Maybe UND needs to practice with masks on before they go to Denver every year.

https://bchl.ca/stats/player-stats?sort=points Constantini off to a good start with Penticton, although I would guess it is only exhibition, preseason games.