brianvf

The Rangers signed Jessiman as well....

I went to Target and WalMart in GF tonight and they are both out of NHL 2004. I will go to Best Buy tomorrow and maybe that video game store to see if they have it. Hopefully they will....

Excellent!

He's not going to UMD at all. He didn't pass some sort of academic standard, so he was going to have to wait another year before getting into UMD. So he just signed with a major junior team instead.

Looks like it's true. From ROI:

Looks like he already has it figured out where he is going. That seems like the best choice, for both him and the Sioux for next season.

More from ROI on the Esposito soap opera:

Exactly. In one hand, BU or UNH. In the other hand, high six-figure contract. Cash is always fun....

Here's the story on Esposito from Research on Ice:

Four incoming frosh dmen if we count Alexander.

Agreed. With Murray, next year's Sioux team would have been scary deep at forward. Without him, they are still very deep and will score plenty of goals. It's the defense that I am more concerned about.

I believe you are correct, sir.

Sounds like the movie, The Cutting Edge with DB Sweeney, except opposite.

As am I.

I remember reading a scouting report posted somewhere about Kessel that alluded to what you are saying. He doesn't really like the physical stuff (most finesse players don't) and sometimes the opposition was successful in getting into young Mr Kessel's head and rattling his game. That said, Prpich will have to be on his toes if he hopes to contain Kessel for a whole game.

Half the team would be brother combos....

It would be sweet to pick up both the younger Toews and Murray brothers.

No, there will not be a BTHC.

He must be a really promising player as well to be a potential #1 pick in the WHL draft. Hopefully the family enjoys having Jonathan play close to their home and David chooses to follow his older brother to UND. They could play together for a season or two (depending on if/when he leaves early). Does anyone have any info about David?

These are three players that I am excited to see play (aside from Toews and the 3 frosh dmen ). I doubt that Foyt or Marvin will start in their places with the credentials that these three have, but you never know. Both Duncan and Kozek put ALOT of pucks in the net in the BCHL last season (they tied each other for 1st in the league), and I am interested to see how they do in the WCHA. It will also be interesting to see how well Duncan handles the more physical WCHA play due to his size (maybe another Panzer in the making??). I'm also a fan of the speedsters, so I think that I will like Watkins (winner of the BCHL fastest skater contest). All in all, I'm very excited to see how this freshman class performs next season.

Another article from INCH about early top 10 teams: http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/7Archiv...eams06_0333.htm They have the Sioux at #8.

Good pickup for the Sioux. Great to see good local talent coming to UND. Does everyone think that he will play both forward and defense? I think that the team will be set at forward for a few years now, defense will be thin and where I think we would need him most. I agree with tnt that he has tremendous potential. A year in the USHL will do him good, hitting the weights and gaining some bulk preparing for the grind of the WCHA.

Stoa might well be a bust, but I definitely don't expect Kessel to be a disappointment. He may not live up to the enormous hype that is preceeding him, but he will definitely be an impact player in the WCHA.

In the other thread, yzerman19 said that he hasn't been impressed with the NTDP offensive players, and being that Jones is a dman.... Zach never played with the U17 NTDP team, although he was on the US U17 team. Little bit of difference though.

If you're referring to Jim's avatar, that's Uma Thurman from Kill Bill.