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From the sounds of riders06 review of Marto's play, he appears to be one of their best dmen, but I am not sure how good that is with how many goals they are giving up. He might be a player that we have to wait until we see him next year to compare. I would take that as well!

Sounds like the Sioux got a heck of a recruit in LaPoint. I look forward to seeing him next year. With Marto, is he on a crappy team or something? Sounds like he is still a smooth skater and doing well defensively, but I'm just wondering why he's not putting up that many points, even just assists.

Agreed. Well said.

I agree. I think that splitting up Oshie and Toews at this point might spread around the scoring a bit and give us 2 formidable lines for opponents to defend against. Plus, like you said, I think they both play better at the center position.

Good pickup for them. I would assume that he is an 08 or 09 recruit, as I believe that he is a junior in HS this year. Probably play a year in the USHL or something.

I say keep signing them up! Get Kelly on board for 08 (we're pretty stacked at forward already for the 07 class) and then Nolan as a dmen recruit for 2010-2011.

We have some serious competition for that 4th line: Bishop -- good speed Miller -- had a great Fri game against QU, would like to see more of him VandeVelde -- looks to be getting more used to the speed of the WCHA Genoway -- the coaches must like how he is playing, as they are putting him at forward if there aren't any D spots available Forney -- injured for now...but once he comes back, he has the talent to be out there as well Martens -- much like Miller, he looks much improved from last season 6 players vying for 3 spots. I'm really not sure if our 4th line will ever be 'regular' this season, as with all those players trying to get in the lineup, I wouldn't be surprised to see Hakstol shuffle them pretty consistently.

Neutral site.... How about Memorial Stadium?

Evidently they interviewed him after the game and he said that he was going to be OK. I didn't hear it though...someone else here mentioned it in the game update thread.

Agreed, that is a coincidence. And considering that Hextall and Mario are both gritty forwards, that seems to be a good trade-off for a recruit. Although with Brett's stats so far, it would seem that he has more scoring upside.

I think that the Sioux played well today. What QB controversy?

So the Sioux won't be able to win another title if they have to play on the road in the playoffs? Why's that? Was there any more info on Manke's injury on the radio? What makes you think he is done for the season?

I'm glad I could be of some assistance.

Hextall sounds like a great pickup for the Sioux. I agree that I hope that he comes in for 08.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/i...;section=Sports

Ryan Miller? The goalie that used to play for MSU? Maybe you meant Brad Miller...

I think it is too early to think about him being a glass joe or anything like that. He has played in one collegiate game...and looked decent from what I saw. Nothing flashy, but didn't make any errors that I could see. Hakstol and Co know what they are doing...they will hold him out until they feel that he is ready to be back in the lineup. According to Hakstol, that should just be 1-2 weeks. If they start holding him out longer than that timeframe, then we can start to worry about his injury being worse than thought. Until then, I'm going to trust that he will be fine.

I tend to disagree. I think Porter is poised to have a great senior year. I say leave him on that 2nd line with Kozek and Watkins, and they will produce some points this year.

Or we wait 2 or 3 weeks to see if they are even going to remain a line.

*Didn't have to leave the state for the postseason.

I would love to see 2 Sioux wins this weekend. They did play Connelly in goal in that tie with NMU. That might have had something to due with their tie.

What will the Sioux do if he continues to struggle with the blue chippers?

I'll be in that section as well.

Now that would be a great group of incoming forwards for the next couple years.