Sioux

its refreshing to see a post about a prospective recruit rather than a committed recruit.

i dont know how many have seen this, but apparently a young gun, shane McColgan is interested in und. i havent even heard of him, but that doesnt mean anything. the first step is if blais can get him to fargo, thats HUGE. since hes from california, i would assume that du would have a shot too. who knows. http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/

your right, i mixed gleason and feinhage around. im not sure which of those i would pick to bring in...gleason is fast, but mac is big...

I disagree with you thinking that Bozak was a bc before the year. after...yes.

MacWilliam or Feinhage will come in.

its best when they are successful, and the Sioux are DOMINANT. its cool to see the aforementioned teams being very successful and we beat them. it is a dream that we fans will live for the next few years, i hope.

Why does every new poster have to create a bunch of NOISE? Ryan Duncan was highly sought after by a number of teams. this year it diminished(i would guess) because he didnt win the hobey, and those teams probably knew that he wanted to graduate. BTW, undrafted players are, in some cases, the most dangerous flight risks.

i have to agree with goon on this one. eidsness has a tremendous upside. i think its a good possibility that we could see a kangas or bachman here. most people look too hard at the draft to decide if they are blue chips. no joke, but frazee was a blue chip recruit. cory schneider was too...and he turned out to be a blue chip player. what i like about eidsness is that he has excellent numbers and is supposed to be a technical goalie. i personally got a little tired of lammy's flopping the last few years. i would much rather have somebody that is not fancy, but stops the puck. look at schneider, elliott, kangas, bachman. all of these guys make it look like they are not really working hard, because they are most always in position.

I meant the Sioux

Great recruiting class for 08

i have nothing but respect for Duncan. he carries himself and others around him so well. he never gets himself into trouble, either. i know im not alone when i say he is a tremendous asset to UND in every respect, not just his play.

i have little doubt that finley and kozek will be back. i question chorney staying...but i would not be surprised if he did stay. with another year of guys staying that could leave...ill say no more

This is interesting...Heisenberg has Cichy, Bruneteau, and Fienhage listed as 2009 now. SO Kaip and Radke for Hextall and Lamoureaux Oshie and Forney for Gregoire and Toews Bina for Blood Lamoureaux for Eidsness and either Gleason or MacWilliam(im thinking Mac) will take Chorney's spot. i think we are done with departures after Chorney.

how do you know? that has never been released. it has been a lingering rumor for months here...that doesnt mean anything. until i see a release, he has 2 years left.

I have to disagree on your assessment of martens. i think hes a very good and smart player. i hate to come down on any particular players, so im not going to say anything about miller. miller was put into a tough spot when he was put on the top line...a move that nobody i know liked. both players didnt score much, but i dont remember them making any major mistakes either.

actually, davidson was recruited. hes on scholarship. i do think that something could happen with he and forney this summer, though. the guys i see coming in FOR SURE...for forwards Toews Hextall Gregoire i think that cichy will be here, but i cant give it the for sure yet...too many question marks

nice write up. this is the first time i have thought that toews could be 09. that will only happen if the injury would keep him sitting out. cichy is similar. i have been assuming that he would be coming in no questions asked. that may not be a bad idea to have him develop another year. needless to say, there are a lot of question marks this postseason.

i agree. it is a nice combination to have. i dont like it when forwards of other teams can lay out our dmen(no offense to genoway).

blood will bring much need size too. we may have blood, mcW, and finley all next year. thats crazy size.

doug woog

not being drafted can be worse for keeping a player. and i hope that story is true too. i think that kozek could have a season to be remembered next year.

the way that you word that makes me think that it was Big A HG's comment a while back that you may be thinking of. USA hockey never said that it would be a blue chip recruit. IIRC.

there are a number of sources that list him being interested in the sioux. toews was a #1 pick for whl, right? edit: he was http://www.whl.ca/news/bantam.php?id=1283&...=1&game_id= and the year before BC's dan bertram was drafted second.

are you high? even if they lose those 4, i would be surprised if they are not top 5. and yes, minnesota DOES deserve a top 10. these are two teams that have the ability to make a serious run for it, and nobody but the fans of these teams are willing to throw them a bone.

the program is built by the players too. coaches need to not be selfish. sometimes a player should leave, so they dont plateau in their development.