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...and it sure is curious that with all the time that has passed since that happened, he still hasn't found a home.

Don't know, but hopefully this would help with Rizzo.

Problem is, that those that formed the pact hadn't won a national championship. Would have been nice to have a pact to repeat, but there were too many guys that were ready for the jump for that to happen. Maybe there will be a pact going forward.

I thought this was a forgone conclusion when Gibbons was staying and Oliver was to become an assistant.

Was wondering if Schlossman just forgot about him.

No Senden seems very odd, but if they think he can gain something from another year in the USHL, I suppose it wouldn't hurt.

Jack Hughes commits to Notheastern. Too bad for them it isn't the Jack Hughes on the USA under 18 team. Still must be pretty decent though.

Apparently anyone he can get!

Not a ton you can do other than trade current assets. Parise and Suter might have a few good years left in them, but if they decide to stick it out, the new General Manager is going to have to be very, very creative and not miss on any transactions.

Didn't Staal tie a franchise record for goals in a season?

Would guess the new GM won't have the convenience of a long rebuild process. If they have two guys like Parise and Suter for the long haul because of contracts, they will most likely be trying to figure out a way to change personnel around them to keep getting to the post season and finding the kind of supplemental players to get past the first round or two. Easier said than done.

Would assume Logan Stankoven is headed for the WHL, but would be nice to get a high end guy like that. If you look at all time stats with Yale, he surpasses Bowen and Blaisdell by quite a bit. http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=21082

Bet Denver is one of the teams.

What about Hain? I saw he was playing center yesterday against Canada. I suppose if they peg him as a top six guy, they will play him at wing.

Denver and UND both had 5 drafted players this past year. Denver is losing 4 of theirs now, which is the average of the number of players we lost early to the professional ranks each of the last two off seasons.

Randklev first star of the game tonight for Fargo with 2 goals and an assist.

True, you aren't sure what you have coming in, but Duluth has replaced their goalies the last few years when I thought they would be hurting. To be honest, I'm still not sure how Thome will play if he is the man.

With your Avatar, you have no credibility regarding "freak accidents". How big is Marchand again?

True, but Duluth had a lot to replace from last year's team as well. With how close college hockey is, if you bring in top talent and they play the brand of hockey they need to succeed, you can still compete.

Heard on the NHL network last night that they wouldn't be surprised if the New York Rangers made a run at a college coach like Jim Montgomery or David Quinn.

Didn't work for me. Guess I should have set them even lower.

Probably a good thing, because then we couldn't do the Sheppard, Sheppard, Sheppard sucks cheer referring to Brad Sheppard.

Guess Motzko likes being on the other side of things.

I know Rieger had that error against St. Cloud, but I certainly very much like his game as well.

I see all six of those guys as being good enough to get power play time. It is going to be hard for the coaches to decide who gets pp time on any given night. To keep them rested for the penalty kill, maybe they don't put Poolman or Shaw on the pp. I suppose it all depends on how fast the young guys can make an impact. Like I said, expectations can sometimes be a liability.