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  1. This boy knows whereof he speaks when it comes to meaningless posting. Mastery of the written word? Not so much.
  2. It's a good thing Frenchy's closed. Those post grad donations were tough on my budget.
  3. I liked what I saw of what Toews did with the cup the last time had it. He's a class act. He's also been very complimentary of the time he spent at UND and how his game grew there.
  4. Not at all what I heard. A young, but very mature and focused man. That's precisely why he was captain of an NHL team at such a young age.
  5. . . . and Gornall is making his move on the outside! And now it's Gersich, Wilke, Gornall--Gersich Gornall, Wilke!!!
  6. It will be very interesting now to see what happens in goal this year. Whoever is in net will be called upon to do more than what was required of Cam and Matt last year. I'd like to see Tomek get a chance to show what he has, not because I doubt Cam but because we will need two extremely good tenders this year IMO. And that's not a slight on Matt either. He's obviously capable of holding the fort.
  7. It's OK, though. This kind of thing is often part and parcel of winning it all. Getting guys to the next level is part of what makes the Josts and Boesers of the world come to UND. It's OK.
  8. You made us proud, Nick. Go get em, and thanks for helping UND get No. 8. Now. No reason we can't get No. 9. The boys will step up.
  9. It depends on what they include in a program like that, of course, but I think the idea has some merit. Madison, is a great town, but it does experience racial tension and is not immune from the inner city issues they have in Chicago. In fact, there is a fair amount of spillover. And the student body and campus population is extremely diverse. Figuring out how to have vigorous debate on sensitive topics without offended parties crying "foul" is a good thing.
  10. I read SOS, and I blame my wife too.
  11. Their loss, F4s.
  12. Sounds like a teenage pimple problem to me.
  13. The mix we had on last year's team was great, and I think any diversity you can bring in is healthy for a team of young D1 athletes. Their lives are a little too isolated for a proper University experience, given the amount of time they spend together, both on and off the ice. Life for an athlete in an elite program for any sport can be isolating, and one of the most important benefits of a university experience, IMO, is exposure to ideas, cultures, opinions, and attitudes which are different from what you grew up with and which take you out of your comfort zone a little. The University of Minnesota is a very large, diverse environment, but I'll bet gopher players spend so much time with each other on the ice and off that they miss out on a lot of that diversity. Most of these guys are focusing on their dreams to play pro hockey, not learning how to understand Allen Ginsberg.
  14. That's admirable but a little complicated. Have you had to deal with any self-loathing?
  15. Hi, my name is burd, and I hate the gophers. I haven't been coming to meetings for some time, but that doesn't mean I am cured. I understand that I wake up every day a gopher hater.
  16. He really can control the puck and score in traffic with little time, which should transfer well to NCHC play.
  17. I've heard that. In fact, it is said that if that French fur trader had spelled his name Faribioux, Shattuck would have started in Owatonna instead.
  18. It is not by accident that DU has so many banners. It's been a top program for a loooong time. And that's great, IMO. The better our conference mates are, the better the hockey we get to watch on a weekly basis and the more prepared we are when the tournament rolls around.
  19. We have been spoiled as fans for many years. Year in and year out, week in and week out, our boys have been playing top level hockey. Very few programs are as consistently top notch. It's nice to win it all this year, but being able to watch exciting, winning hockey every weekend for . . . well, dam near always . . . is a huge priviledge.
  20. I guess you can eliminate anyone who calls him or herself a friend of Nick's if he made public what Nick did not want made public.
  21. Was he Tim's color guy? I'm liked his work well enough, but his constant interruption with "yup, yup" while Tim is talking became an irritation to me I was struggling to get past. He contributes, though. Someone just needs to teach that out of him. Maybe it's just me.
  22. I think he's waiting to see if the Hawks unload Kane to make room for him on the second line. That's my gut.
  23. Black and green Baby queen Prettiest girl I've ever seen
  24. You were quick. No, my best friend Phil was in town for a few days from Cleveland and had to go back. It's May, and I thought maybe that would interest some people but decided probably not, so I deleted it.
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