Big A HG

OK, my bad.

Yep, same one we always play...

Yeah, I hear some pretty mean nicknames all the time about him. We were doing pretty badly without him this year. Whether it's because of Joe for other reasons, who knows, but Joe has played pretty well in my opinion since last year. He really moves his feet well now and is starting to use his body more. His passing outlet passes are second to none on the team IMO.

I beg to differ Just two years ago we were 7-10-1 including two sweeps by UAA and MTU going into our winter tourney at Dartmouth...pretty similar to this year. After that we went 17-3-4 going into WCHA tournament time. This year we started 5-9-1. We are 14-3-2 since going the first 15 games...and two of those losses were that abysmal GLI showing. We were what...a 3 seed that year in the tourney if I remember right?

The only one doesn't even really count. Kozek scored one against the U-18s.

Chris backed out of his commitment. Not to mention the fact we still one a title one of the two years he played college and wouldn't have won the other year even with him.

Lee and Finley were both first round draft picks that everyone expected to come to UND and tear it up, but when they didn't they both got thrown under the bus and the majority of Sioux fans don't like them....not including me.

Has there been an empty netter all year? I can't recall one... too lazy to look either, haha.

Yeah, Forbort and Olsen might be the two best defensemen to come in since first-rounders Lee and Finley....

I don't want a Chelios on our team, even if he's better than Chris. Chris is a tool.

No offense Goon...but do you expect the refs to call 20 penalties on our opponent and 0 on us each game?

You mean, they had Nathan Gerbe...(yes, they had Gerbe the two previous years, but not THE Nathan Gerbe).

My opinion is that Hak purposely keeps moving guys around the first half of the year. It doesn't provide for the best winning percentage, but in the long run, everyone knows how everyone plays. Come the middle of December, he's starting to finalize lines for the second half. 1) This prevents opposing teams from using the same strategies on our guys all year round, and gives Hak the best opportunity to really see who gels and who doesn't. 2) If any unforseen circumstances occur, teammates have an idea on how each other will react if put into a new situation. That's just my theory, but if you go back and look at each of the previous seasons, Hak seemed to shuffle quite a bit each of the first couple months. Most of us took it as we're not playing well, so Hak is trying to make something work...but in my opinion, it might be planned that way.

With those weak teams, they are effective in two categories....RPI and COp.

Travis Zajac has moved to #5 in the NHL for best plus/minus rating at +28. The leader, Blake Wheeler nonetheless, is at +33.

Joe isn't going to cruise all around the ice, but he's a heck of a passer when he's playing confident. He has the best long outlet pass on the team.

My Dell is breaking.

Wow, awesome...keep it coming!

I've been singing in that one so long my throat is getting sore.

Good thing the Gophers are a tough, gritty team to keep softening up these teams before we play 'em...

You and I are all that sing in the choir I think...

Sadly, it's the other way around...

No, I'm just right, and you can't prove me wrong.

Games like tonight are horrible to go to. Wisconsin is filled with those "old codgers" that have been going to games just as long, yet their whole arena sounds like a student section. There's no need to try and justify it, because it's just the flat-out truth that their old codgers don't act like they're going to die in the coming weeks. There's plenty of people who aren't "old codgers" that could very well make up for the lack of energy, but fail to do so as well.