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It could be proximity, but I find Minnesota professional sports fans to be the most annoying. I know fans of many professional sports teams, but Vikings and Wild fans are easily the worst in my experience. They win a few games and they are Super Bowl bound or Stanley Cup bound and rub it in the faces of other teams' fans, and they lose a few games and they want to fire everyone, blow up the team and complain about how the refs always single their teams out. It is the same every year, and the announcers like Paul Allen and Kevin Gorg are just glorified cheerleaders.

I get your point. I think next year's team is going to be very good, but I am really hoping that we can add a high end defenseman like Carson Carels, Landon DuPont, etc. It is very fun to watch high end players like Jake Sanderson, Brock Boeser, Nick Schmaltz, Zach Parise, TJ Oshie, Jonathan Toews, etc., even if they are only here for 2 years or less. Having said that, I believe that Cole Reschny and Keaton Verhoeff are going to take huge steps this year and will have monster sophomore seasons. Max Plante was not dominant his freshman season at UMD, and I believe these 2 have more upside than Max Plante.

I don't necessarily agree with as15, but his point is not without logic or non-sensical. I believe he is alluding to the fact that we have yet to receive commitments from any of the high end CHL or even high end NTDP players who are projected to be 1st round picks or very high picks. Last year, we got 2 very high end recruits, so perhaps his expectation is that this trend would continue??

I don't dislike Gophers players at all and don't dislike teams that have Gophers players, but I don't like the Wild. Even with Parise on the team (one of my all time favorite UND players), I could not cheer for the Wild. Kevin Gorg and those ugly colors are enough reason to dislike the Wild, but Minnesota professional sports fans in general are the most annoying.

As a person who intensely dislikes the Wild, I care much more about Jake Sanderson and any UND players in the pros than Brock Faber or any other former Gopher player. Why would you cheer for the Wild and dislike the Gophers? It's the same fans

Exactly. And I'll pick Verhoeff over any senior defensemen in the portal.

UND has 2 sophomores and 2 juniors for next year--Laurilla, Verhoeff, Boser and Emery. What's your point?

Agree. The experience/upperclassmen narrative is incorrect. Denver just won with mostly freshman and sophomores, and the UND championship team in 1997 was mostly freshman and sophomores, except the defensemen who were balanced with 1 freshman, i sophomore, 2 juniors and 2 seniors. Winning with underclassmen has been the most successful formula.

If you have 18 forwards who all believe they are top 6, you have no checking line. That was the problem that Woog and Lucia had. You can't build a roster with 25 1st round picks because you have no 3rd of 4th line or bottom 4 defense. Plus, you are seriously underrating Lindberg's ability. He will fit this team very well.

I have been to Providence, Milwaukee twice, St. Paul, Detroit twice St. Louis, Anaheim, Denver, Columbus, Washington D.C. and Tampa. My top 3 are: 1. Tampa 2. Milwaukee 3. Tie between Detroit and St. Paul

I'm also surprised by Strathmann and a little bummed. He's a very good player and will flourish somewhere.

We don’t want you but can’t seem to lose you

Can you speak English and stop drinking?

Thank you! I would love for the mods to get rid of him

Disagree. Hold or interference

Understatement of the year

Yes. Plus, if UND loses, I would rather lose to Michigan than Denver. I would also rather have Michigan get 10 titles than DU getting 11 (lesser of 2 evils).

I agree about Livanavage. I'm not a big fan of Ty Hanson of UMD, and I suspect the only reason he is on the list is because of points. He's not that good defensively (his drop pass in the Michigan game is a good example) and I would take at least 3 UND defensemen before him (Livanavage, Wiebe, Emery and arguably Verhoeff), but certainly Livanavage. Reschny should also be on the all-rookie team.

No we hate them because they play dirty, historically have injured our players, and their fan base is the worst

KV will come back stronger this season. He still played 13 minutes. I thought Livanavage and Zmolek made a few turnovers/mistakes as well, probably because they play so many minutes. I think people are less forgiving of KV because the expectations are so high, but he is still very good. Strathmann and Laurila played the least minutes, but both looked very good.

It was early in the year, but Merrimack beat Quinnipiac 4-1. Maybe they are better than you think?

Thanks for sharing Debbie Downer

Wow did they need that one

Shots are 11-11. The graphic on ESPN was incorrect

Absolutely. I have had similar experiences with UMD fans at the old arena in Duluth and at the Final 5 and Frozen Faceoff tournaments. A few times I had minor children with me and they still swore at us.