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Winning the NCHC conference banner is hard-earned and something to be proud of.

He is that, but I wonder if anyone sits on a deeper talent pool than UMich, if you include the talent on both sides of the border and the development program. Add to that the tradition, campus and their academic reputation for recruits who weigh that factor. Yet it seems to have done them little good in the recent past. Thankfully.

We better stop them then.

These have been two tough years on the ice, but I feel our grammar has improved noticeably.

Does the B1G finally gain recognition as the best conference in college hockey?

Who wouldn't, given the opportunity?

Doesn't matter--the rink stays.

What will Dave K/Speedkills' new handle be now? Simple question.

It is. Good breaks will only get you so far.

I'm sure there is a lot of truth to that, but people are often saying it's the assistant coaches who are the important recruiters. I obviously don't know, but it's often said.

It's a good thing for Sandy UND didn't hire him when Blais left--he'd have been fired after all those bad seasons.

I don't see it that way. I see an NCHC fourpeat.

The power play justifiably gets dissed a lot, but they worked hard, went into corners, passed the puck fairly well and had better puck movement and scoring opportunities as the season progressed. They just couldn't shoot for shytt. And I think they never got the confidence to think they were going to score. The kind of confidence that makes players go to the net and play in the ozone like they smell blood in the water.

I don't get to see UMD play in person like a lot of posters here, but I'm OK with them winning it. Rather see a new team get a banner, but UMD is a little like a brother we fight and compete with all the time. Keeping the NC in the family would be very cool too. The only bad outcome here, as far as I'm concerned, is that it's not us.

Daloot will win another one tomorrow, I think.