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I'm calling BS on this entire conversation about geography. It is no different than it was when UND landed Parise, Toews and Oshie who were all heavily recruited. Last year, Cooley from Pennsylvania was down to U of M and UND, but unfortunately chose U of M. Kent Johnson was down to UND and Michigan, but chose Michigan. Jake Sanderson chose UND. Isaac Howard chose UMD over higher profile schools and Duluth is the butthole capital of America. If you think Grand Forks is bad, try living in Duluth for a winter. UND has the advantage of facilities and getting players to the NHL. That has not changed. If it was about geography, Arizona State would already be a hockey power. Why is Knies at U of M?

I don't disagree with you, but it is a mixed bag. There have been hits and misses. Conner Ford was a really good pickup last year because UND needed a center that could win faceoffs, and Jandric has been a very nice find, and arguably the best defenseman on the team. I'm not sure that Senden and Hain have hurt UND, although it is debatable whether they have helped. Farmer has been disappointing, but Sidorski is better than I expected. I would also welcome Frisch back and really hope he comes back because they will lose most of the D corps.

Duluth

I agree. First, Western is going to be top 4 in the league because they have an easier schedule. Thus, we want UMD and Omaha to lose because those are 2 teams that we could realistically catch for home ice. Second, I can't EVER cheer for Duluth. I know Scott Sandelin and like him, but I can't stand Duluth, their fans or their announcers.

94 penalty minutes, not points last year. He is averaging about a point per game this year, so that is impressive.

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Why don't you take about 30 seconds and tell us everything you know about hockey. From your thousands of idiotic posts, the answer is already apparent.

The Wings are better than the Sharks, and have much better young players than the Sharks (Seider, Raymond) so I have no idea what you are talking about regarding NHL purgatory. I suspect you don't either.

If DeRidder starts both games, UND sweeps. I agree with the rest. James and Brent Johnson need to play.

I would rather see Berry in the transfer portal than James and Brent Johnson

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I agree with you completely. I understand why Berry may have lost confidence in DeRidder after Friday's game, but Hellsten wasn't any better on Saturday. If UND is going to make a run, it has to go back to DeRidder. I have no confidence with Hellsten in net against Western Michigan. DeRidder was a big reason why they got 5 of 6 points in Western.

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Kennedy was forced out at Colorado, so he was exposed as the bumbling incompetent that he was at UND

Caleb Johnson, Jackson Kunz and Brent Johnson.

What was his GAA and his winning percentage at Michigan State? MSU appears better this year. Is there a common denominator? I hope you're right that he can play, but he has not been good. He's been better than Hellsten, but that is not saying much. I haven't seen goaltending this bad since Josh Siembeda

And subpar goaltending. Go back to the Friday night game against DU. DU had 6 or 7 powerplays, and still only generated 20 shots on goal. The 1st goal was a defensive lapse, but the 2nd goal was in the slot, past the dots and not screened. DeRidder just missed it with his glove. The 3rd and game winning goal was even worse. The initial shot was a weak shot from the point that the goalie has to control, but the goalie didn't have his paddle down and left a big rebound leading to an easy goal. As bad as DeRidder has been at times, Hellsten has been even worse. It also came at a time when UND had all the momentum after UND tied it early in the 3rd. Yes, there have been defensive lapses, but goaltending has been atrocious.

I disagree that DU outplayed UND both nights. I thought UND was the better team on Friday and deserved a better fate. You are correct about Saturday though--DU absolutely dominated that game and UND was lucky to be tied 2-2 late in the 2nd.

Agree. I was at that game, and UND also deserved a better fate. When Sanderson hit both posts and it bounced straight out, and Pinto's shot ended up on top of the net and not in, you knew it was not UND's night even though UND carried play most of the game, particularly the 4 OTs.

Your memory doesn't serve you right because they lost to Penn State last year in Nashville and still made the NCAA tournament.

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This is a false narrative. Michigan and BU have had a lot of high end recruits over the past 5-10 years and that has recently shifted to Minnesota. However, the rest of the Big Ten combined has one first round pick (Wisconsin) and no 2nd round picks. Over the past 10 years, UND has as many first round picks as any school other than Michigan and Minnesota, and UND is very close to Minnesota. Currently, DU has 4 2nd round picks, UND has 2 2nd round picks, UMD has a first round pick, and SCSU and Omaha have 1 2nd round pick each. UND has also had a lot of recent 1st round picks, including Sanderson, JBD, Jost, Boeser, Schmaltz and Pinto was a high 2nd round pick. The NCHC has also won 5 of the last 6 NCAA tournaments, so the sky is falling narrative isn't resonating with me just yet.