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"At present we suck and that appears to be te storyline of this second half. We act like they should just declare us the winners just for stepping on the ice. We are gonna lose 90% of our reamaining games at this rate. " You sure seem to fluctuate from woe is us to overconfident. What happened to us not even making home ice?

There might be a lot of majors being reviewed though!

Meaning the regionals?

Duluth decided that he should continue to wear it because it hides the scowl he has 90% of the time.

Would think we would be interested. Wish there was a way to flip Matthew Wood though, as he is leading the league in goals and points despite playing fewer games than most, and he is an ‘05!

If they get beat by Miami it could become a possibility, but I think they know that they can’t afford to stumble much from here.

Boy, you sure like those Minnesota boys. I would take our guys in the USHL, Blake, Strinden, McGlaughlin, James, Perron, and Spicer above them, and most of them are younger.

We all get frustrated, but the sky is not always falling. My bigger problem is with fans that are always quick to post negatively, but are nowhere to be found on the site after a huge success like this weekend. Is that really a fan?

Maybe this was addressed earlier, but why is it that UND always has to initiate a challenge to get a hit to the head or cheap shot reviewed, when it seems like they have many reviews against them initiated by the officials. I have a hard time believing that all the refs missed some of those hits.

It is simply amazing that Berry can win any games when they don’t have any talent. I urge everyone to go back and read the Saturday Western Michigan game thread and commit to not overreacting after every loss.

Comebacks in that league are a dime a dozen because nobody focuses on the defensive end but Notre Dame.

I imagine it is because Duluth still plays St. Cloud 3 times, so someone won’t get points. I find it amusing that we clinched with 5 games left, when there is a part of our fan base that was certain we wouldn’t have home ice, and that was even just weeks ago after we lost to Western.

Duluth knows how to play it close to the vest as well, as evidenced by their many NCAA runs giving up hardly any goals.

What do you expect, he looks like a pocket gopher.

Kleven?

I think our 2016 championship team is an example of a great way to build a roster. Get some 1st round talent that stays a couple years like Boeser and Schmaltz, add some overage talent that has developed into NHL caliber guys like Poolman, and LaDue, mix in a couple guys that you developed into NHL talent like Caggiula and Stecher, then add in some mid round guys like Gersich, Poganski, Luke Johnson, and Wolanin, then fill out with character guys that will go through a brick wall for you, like Trevor Olson, Colten St. Clair, Gage Ausmus, Bryn Chyzyk, and Coltyn Sanderson, and get solid goaltending even from the back ups. (Cam Johnson, Matt Hrynkiw). That is what I call a balanced roster. First round talent is certainly a component if you can get them, as long as they don't already have one foot in the NHL.

Yeah, it's not Murderapolis or communist China!

The funny thing is that people point to players in other leagues that are doing well, and why do these teams get these players. Guess what, Calder and Ford were top goal scorers in the WCHA last year, so maybe it is just that much harder to come by goals and points in the NCHC.

For all we know it could just be a friends thing with Moore and Chesley that had Cooley picking Minnesota. We saw how a young Minnesota defense did a few years ago against Pinto, Kawaguchi etc., and I imagine Minnesota will be losing some guys like Faber and Johnson. They may only get one year with Cooley, so we'll see if they are too young on the back end to take advantage of that.

It does get thrown around too much, but the same people that get upset about losing an undisputed blue chipper like Cooley, get bent out of shape by losing guys that could be hit and miss.

Didn’t someone point out that we had more first round picks over the last couple decades than the rest of our league combined?

I’m confused, are you making an argument for or against recruiting these types of players!

Are they looking to copy Michigan in turning over players in a one and done or two years at most scenario? We have yet to see proof that works. We will see if Michigan can change that this year.

For my benefit, let UND win on Friday. Don't know if I can take having to win on Saturday to keep our pairwise in decent shape.

Didn't look like anything to me, and certainly not something that deserved a suspension. However, if a UND player did the same thing to a gopher player, I am sure gopher fans would be saying how cheap it was and should carry a hefty suspension.