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You could send it back to Zach and have him autograph it...and then sell it on ebay.

According to those STL fans, it's a done deal if Duncan gets offered a contract. Both Duncan and Oshie gone. Those STL fans are sure smart.

The same poster that said Okposo was coming back on GPL is now saying that Goligoski is gone. I posted this on USCHO in the Gopher thread:

I don't think there are any posters claiming that you have "no hockey knowledge". It's just that you keep directly saying how much you know about hockey, instead of just letting your posts do that for you. Those words are, like, amazing, or something.

I love it when people have to tell you how much they know about stuff. Quite funny. I'm guessing that SiouxForever has never laced up the skates competitively in his/her entire life.

Agreed. He has a great wrister, it's just a matter of getting him on a scoring line with a playmaker. His first two years he was asked to fill a role on a defensive line, so if he's made strides in the offseason I could see Hakstol putting him on one of the 2 top lines and giving him a chance to show his offensive skills as well.

Scott Foyt stuck around as a senior that didn't get much playing time as a senior.

If Hamilton is indeed no longer with the team, then that opens up a roster spot for David Toews.

Great news on Gregoire. Looks like the anonymous poster on the DU blog knew their stuff. Spill it!

I wonder why the Murray family would be upset with UND? The Sioux coaches didn't seem to be upset with Brady after his decision to leave...that loophole was something that was about to close, he needed to take advantage of it while he could.

We have one person that has said that Grieco might play a year of juniors and another person that said Hamilton is no longer on the team. Let's wait until we hear it from UND before declaring it official. But I don't think that DTP operates that way. DTP should know that Fornier also couldn't cut it at UAA either...so not sure what he is talking about there. I could see the Hamilton rumor being true, as we will be loaded with forwards. But the Grieco rumor? We would be left with only 2 goalies this year, unless another goalie is being brought in with this recruiting class. I doubt that rumor is true.

That could maybe be because EJ signed like a month ago now, whereas Toews signed just a few days ago. We have to remember that this the WCHA we are talking about. I mean, look at how long it took them to resolve their issue with crappy officiating! Oh wait.

If Duncan has another big year, he could be an early departure as well.

I don't see why Forney would be redshirted. I see him being a contributor next season.

Q&A with Evan Trupp on the Sioux blog: http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/ Evan's description of Hextall sounds exactly like Prpich.

Great news on Mattson and Fink. Hopefully the source proves to be reliable. They would be great additions to the 2009 and 2010 classes. Mattson sounds like a great player, especially being with how young he still is.

He has some stiff competition for that award. He has the skill to be in the running for it though.

Brad Eidsness

I graduated with his wife, Laura. Nice girl.

Michigan's Andrew Cogliano (soph) signs with the Oilers: http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=206355&hubname=

Heck, in that case, I used to be a forward for the Sioux.

If true, I wonder why all the other uber-soph players (Oshie, Chorney, Duncan, Toews, Finley) were included in the pact, but not Lee?

I'm thinking that they wrote Lee instead of Chorney...and then completely forgot about Duncan...the Hobey winner.

Unfortunately for some of the recruits they won't have much say in the matter. We don't need 18 forwards on the roster with 5 of them not dressing each game. With the returning players, it would be better for them to play another year of juniors rather than just practice with the Sioux all year.