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Agreed. Why waste the time of going someplace else just so that you can sit there for a season and then only have one year left of eligibility?

For forwards, this is how Brad has it for committed recruits on his blog: Danny Kristo, F, 09 Mike Cichy, F, 09 Brett Bruneteau, F, 09 Mike Fink, F, 09/10 Danny Mattson, F, 09/10 Corban Knight, F, 09/10 Carter Rowney, F, 10 Derek Rodwell, F, 10 Matt White, F, 10/11 Michael Parks, F, 10/11 Brendan O'Donnell, F, 10/11 If we have a logjam for the 2010 season, then White, Parks, and O'Donnell could all wait until 2011 to come in. To replace the five departing forwards this year, you have Kristo, Cichy, Bruneteau, possibly Forney, and then one of Fink/Knight/Mattson. Two of those guys if Forney doesn't come back. The following year with VV and Zajac leaving, you bring in whoever didn't come in from the Fink/Knight/Mattson group and then Rowney. Maybe push Rodwell back a year? Or in case of an early departure. I guess it all depends on what Forney does. If he comes back, I would guess that Knight is the other forward. If Forney doesn't return, then Knight and Mattson come in (Fink waits until '10). Definitely a lot of forwards. That's still 12 less than what UW has on their potential roster though.

They do certainly have a thing for Fairchild don't they? Them putting BU at #3 and SCSU at #10 is quite humorous.

From Brad's twitter:

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/117121 Thanks Taylor!

From the Sioux blog:

He's still upset about the BMT great debate.

I dig the black Nike Swift jerseys, but I don't think that I would want all three jersey colors in the Swift style. It's cool just to have them in reserve, for those "special" games that Hak likes to save them for.

Dude, we won the MacNaughton!

Denver will be the pre-season favorite to win the WCHA. The Bozak loss is huge, but if they keep Rahkshani, Ruegsegger, Wiercioch, and Colborne, they'll be very good. I still think the Sioux can take them ( ), but DU will be contending for both WCHA trophies at the end of the season once again.

Denver: Still loaded. http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2009/04...and-wear-the-c/

I don't know, I thought VV skated around UNH dmen pretty nicely for his two goals in the UNH NCAA game.

Forney has two years of eligibilty remaining if he plays at UND. Only one year if he goes elsewhere. Wow, that's hoping for alot. I don't think Forney would be a waste of a roster spot if he ended up on the 3rd/4th line. Heck, he could take Kozek's spot on the 4th line and add some offensive balance.

I didn't read it that way at all. Sure, the Oilers told him that he should come back, but who's to say that he wouldn't have wanted to come back regardless of what the Oilers told him? It's a big decision for a young man, and he is taking into account what he, his parents, the Oilers, the UND coaching staff, and his advisor have to say on the matter.

From Brad's blog:

Whooo, that would be excellent!

From the updated Herald article:

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/115793

Wow, took him long enough to announce it. And, yeah, the Fowler de-committing from Notre Dame was awhile ago. Big loss for them with their recruiting class.

Did you stop watching him after around Xmas time? I thought he progressed very well (along with Marto) right around the same time that the Sioux picked up their play as a team. Coincidence?

Then it must have been Kevin Costner that yelled "there's no crying in baseball!".

Yes, I do it all the time (my taping skills haven't reached HS level yet). If I were to have a pro tape my stick, I can only imagine the outcome.

His taping skills are NHL-caliber already?

Mattson and Team USA advance to the Gold medal game after beating Canada, 2-1. They will play Russia, who beat Finland 4-0, and apparently weren't very sportsmanlike in their win. Surprise, surprise. According to Brad, they were skating past the Finn bench after each goal and taunting them. The refs had to try to block them after the first couple times... Go USA, beat those Russians!