stickboy1956

Yeah! Now we can stop the "Genoway should play forward" postings.

I'm sure the coaches would rather have Genoway play D - why waste a year of experience playing the hardest postition in the toughest league in the country. I'm sure they projected one of their highly drafted D would have left by now.

Never good - always great!!!

Who's our 06/07 "top end" talent? Also - the NHL also "misses" - see this year's SC winner -a few undrafted free angents + a few top 10 players = championship. Bottom line - you need both.

Be honest - you should want to have players on your team that have the talent/skill to be considered in the top 10/50 in the world for their age - that is what we have had here for the past 5+ years. It's not like those players aren't out there - they are choosing other colleges - mainly UM and UW. There may be better days to come (08/09) but the 06 & 07 recruiting classes have to be considered thin on skill compared to the others we have had recently. We can't have it both ways - when we have high draft picks, we promote that fact proudly as a sign of good times ahead. When we don't, we should be honest and not try to rationalize - "Hooray - they'll be here longer."

On the other hand, it may be a barometer of the precieved talent level of our '89 class. We have had some pretty good success over the last 5 years, which included many UND representatives at the WJT.

I saw him first http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=258522

I think the coaches are smart to keep TJ at wing - as hard as he plays, keeping him at wing keeps him out of the corners/down low in the D zone coverage - the center's have that job. It's not that he can't do that job - it's just less wear on tear on a player that has a motor that has one gear - full speed.

Neither did Miller

Don't forget James Patrick

don't smile - I talked to people connected to SSM and a certain family is not saying nice things about our program - notice where little brother decided to to go?

I guess he's a former player - Hunter Bishop just got picked by Lincoln in the USHL Entry Draft (3rd round/29th overall)

Finns win shootout 1-0 Tied after first 3 shooters - ZP was last US shooter ZP and Phil K both missed in sudden death SO - one of the Lehtinen's scored the winner.

Shootout!!!

http://myp2p.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12490 This thread has a way to watch the game via the net.

Overtime!!!

If USA hockey was smart, they would go "young" in 2010 - let the young yet more talented players get Oly experience to build a core for 2014

I actually think UW is being underrated and UM overrated. I think Turris and McDunough will make a big impact for Bucky. If Goligoski leaves, the Gopher blueline is a big ? This Sioux are ranked just about right.

They also go to other schools - see Wisco recruit class of '08

If True - LOGJAM!!

Yes they will be young - welcome to the new WCHA - but they are young with high-end talent. They will be better next year and then watch out in 08-09. By 08-09, we probably won't have a 1st round draft pick on our team (Forney Rd 3 might be the highest draft, depending on where Eidsness and Malone go this year) - when is the last time that happened?

If JT does stay at UND, but gets off to a slow start next year, we can blame it on the fatigue from playing in the World Tournament in May ... wait - fatige from international competition is just an excuse for Gophers.

At least they replaced their best forward with a top 5 draft pick ... plus adding a top 15 D - I think they will be better in 07-08.