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I would guess so. Both Toews and Murray could play a year in the USHL if need be to get them more acclimated to the higher pace. Those would be 4 great forwards coming in if we landed Toews and Murray to go along with Cichy and Kristo. I think that a few of those players could hold off on coming to UND until 09, when, like jk said, we will need more forwards due to the amount of players graduating.

Some players need to have time developing in junior leagues, others don't. I am glad that the Sioux brought in Toews and Oshie early. Same with Parise. And Stafford. Etc. The Gophers are in the same boat with Kessel, Johnson, etc. Looking at all the Sioux players that have spent a few years in the BCHL, it seems like they rarely have a player (that isn't viewed as an "elite" player) come in without going to juniors first. Even Travis Zajac dominated a year (or two, was it?) in the BCHL before coming to UND. There are exceptions to the rule, like Forney, Grieco, and Finley. But all 3 of them have shown tremendous potential, so I won't complain.

I normally wait until the end of the season to make that call. But that's just me. I'm sure that plenty of people were saying the same thing during the rough stretches from the last few seasons. But it seems that the Hakstol-led teams really turn it on at the end, so I'm willing to wait to see how it pans out rather than call it a "rebuilding year" after just 14 games.

That is a very long short answer.

When I am determining if a player is good or not, I usually only look at their stats.

Yes they were, so it is good to see UND land all these great recruits now. I wasn't sure why many were blasting the 07 recruiting class when there was still so much time left to land some good recruits. As Goon said, there is still time to get some more commitments, although there may not be any more space available now. With the recent additions that Hakstol has added, I would be very surprised to see UND's 07 class ranked below #3 in the nation next year.

It's not just you. Hakstol and Co have done a great job filling the 07 and 08 classes with some high-end talent after many posters said that our future classes were lacking.

Which could be good news with how well he has played at forward. Great pickup for the Sioux! Welcome aboard!

I know these might be difficult to come by, but thought I would ask here regardless. I would be looking for at least 2, at most 4. If anyone has some that they would be willing to sell, it would be greatly appreciated. For either or both games. Thanks!

What are you smoking? Stafford led the team in scoring last season (48 points and 24 goals...including 7 shorties) and you're trying to tell us that he only showed up against the lower teams? VandeVelde may develop into a great player for the Sioux, and I have noticed that his play has improved greatly in the past few weeks, but he isn't at the level of Spirko...yet.

UW 2 MSU 0 now...

SCSU 2 UMD 1 UMN 3 UM 1 UW 1 MSU 0

It was indeed. Great job by him to strip it away and cause the turnover.

Agreed. The lines seem to be generating a decent amount of chances, but they either get stuffed by the goalie or the pipe. Clank. Time for some puck luck.

Agreed. That place was going insane when he scored that OT winner against Dubbie. I remembered being worried, as I had purchased my F5 tickets a few months before that series, and wanted to see the Sioux there (even though it ended up just being for the play-in game).

He'll be a 21 year old freshman next year? He'll probably jump right in and play well for DU though with how much older he is.

Did you forget to read what tnt posted before responding?

Nice win, Sioux. That article from earlier this week talking about Winona's great defense is suddenly a bit more funny now. Chappell, wow, what a game!

Indeed it was. 2nd period underway.

Me too. I'm still trying to get it loaded. It will get in and then freeze 15 sec later.

Sweet.

But we don't know if he was held out for injury reasons or if he was just a healthy scratch for the trip. It could be that he just had an off week of practice. I'm not reading too much into the fact that he didn't travel with the team to UAA.

Gross!

We're getting pretty full at forward too IMO. Gone for sure: Porter Fabian Maybe gone: Toews Oshie Coming in for sure: Trupp Hamilton Malone Hextall And we already have great competition for that 3rd/4th line. I can only imagine how much better the competition would be if we brought in another forward for 07.