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I read SOS, and I blame my wife too.

Their loss, F4s.

Sounds like a teenage pimple problem to me.

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.

That's admirable but a little complicated. Have you had to deal with any self-loathing?

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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.

He really can control the puck and score in traffic with little time, which should transfer well to NCHC play.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Maybe June

Good stuff, Farce. I'd like to listen in on Tim Hennessey and Virg Foss chat about this topic.

Great idea--one that just might turn his decision our way. But I'm not sure Nick believes I can deliver enough votes for him. Some people don't believe a dam thing I say.

A buddy of mine said Nick is waiting for us to decide the best four-year player question before he releases his decision. Says he wants our full attention.

That's a very legitimate point. Gaudy numbers from an earlier era do not make the whole case, just as Nattys don't--at least on this particular question. I saw a lot of Greg J and not much of Taylor, so I really cannot compare them very well. Without streaming coverage in those days, if you lived away you just didn't see the guys as much. But I can say that Johnson was a dynamic force on the ice as a freshman--teams had to focus on him from day one. Caggiula had a great career at UND, and we may very well not have won # 8 without him, but I just don't think you can compare the player he was as a freshman and sophomore with what Johnson was. This is all for S & G, of course. They are both Sioux, both had fine character, and both gave us fans more than we could have asked for. As well as the others being discussed here.

Good work, UNDBIZ. I took a class of some sort from Poochigan and didn't remember.

Not Pooch. Wasn't he in Gamble? I'm talkng about a philosphy professor.

Best player, not best team, so natties are not the measure. Greg Johnson. His statistics speak for themselves, and he was exciting to watch from the first time he hit the ice as a freshman.

Boy that sounds familiar--just can't say. He wore thick glasses and always seemed amused. He was definitely not an early departure.