stickboy1956

Ditto

I think Foss from Moorhead and Carr from Roseau have potential with a year or so of Jr. Hockey.

Decent doesn't get you to the Frozen Four Seriously - while the players coming in are good, I don't think it replaces the talent that is leaving. For example who will be running the point on the PP? Who will play against the opposition's best line? Too bad you can't trade in college hockey - we could work a deal for one of our D for a Gopher forward.

If AG leaves, the Gophs lose over 100 points from the blueline (Vannelli, EJ, Goligoski).

Doesn't the Ducks aggrssive, gritty style remind you of a certain college hockey team And doesn't the "softness" especially up front of the Wild remind you of another college hockey team (hint - it plays in the State of Hockey)

It's not all bad if this happens - Genoway can keep developing at D and LaPoint can slide in to a top 4 D slot.

I believe Kristo was on the team as well - and he verbally committed shortly after Speaking of Eades, how long will he stay an Associate Head Coach at UND? We are lucky to have him part of the staff - I would think he would be at the top of any AD's list when the time comes to look for a head coach.

Why would you include Foss/Christian in this list - they only played USHL before/after their HS season.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=204740&hubname=nhl TSN - Toews invited to Team Canada camp

Is he still married?

If EJ and AG are gone, this will be a substantial blow for the Gopher D. Along with Vannelli, they accounted for over 100 ponts last year. The returnees (Peltier, Fischer, Schack and Anderson) has less than 40 points between them. Will they be able to get the puck out their zone next year? Fairchild is talented but he is no EJ/AG (projected CSS 5th round pick).

I believe he is being coached at LF by ex Sioux gtender Tony Couture.

The downside to this is that the staff has a lot of time invested in Genoway at D - you would be essentially "throwing that away" if he plays forward next year. Some would argue he was a top 4 D at the end of the season. Moving him to F is a last/drastic resort.

It looks like Marto would be too old for the USHL next year. You need to be an '87 or younger to play. Birthday: Aug 11, 1986 http://www.pointstreak.com/framed/prostats...p;seasonid=1336

I'm sure the staff thought at least one of the three high draft D would be gone after their soph year. Obviously it is an inexact science. Better to have too many players than scrambling in July/August trying to find a player or bringing in a USHL player a year before you wanted too.

IMO LaPoint >Marto (yes I've seen them both play)

Ditto

2nd in the league scoring among D I believe.

I don't know if any of you have seen this but here is some video of Derrick LaPoint from the 05-06 season in Wisconsin. http://mfile.akamai.com/16532/wmv/nhl.down...LaPoint_700.asx

D is a logjam if no one leaves early. If Lee or Finley leaves, Lapoint slides in to that spot and that is your top 6 for the majority of the season. D is a tough position to play, and after the fine rookie season Genoway had, it would not make sense to throw that experience away and have him spend a year at forward - and then potentially move back to D the following year. I'm sure the staff were projecting at least one early departure from Lee/Chorney/Finley - especially after the 05 entry draft. It actually would make their lives easier if one would go.

LaPoint is a top 4 D - he will not sit.

Cycling is done when you have possession of the puck in the offensive zone. Any forecheck (122 or 212) is designed to get the puck back once you lose possession of the puck.

The 2nd half of the Michigan game, once we had the lead back, most of the time we backed off and only sent 1 man deep and frustrated Mich in the neutral zone. I don't know if this constitutes a trap or not. In retrospect maybe we could have slowed BC down and took fewer attack zone penalties if we had backed off from time to time vs BC Thur.

Pat Kane was very good at the WJC as well.

By moving from 5 to 1, the Hawks are about to draft someone that could potentially step in and play next year, and they could tell JT to wait one more year.