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I agree. I don't think the guys we have brought in over the past few, that are still on the roster, are as good as their incoming hype. Case in point, LaPoint, an offensive minded D man, who has been...not very good in any facet since he has been here. I could on and on, but this team is what it is this year...not very good because the talent is not very good! This is a team that can't score and doesn't play good defense. Not hard to see why they are under .500 when you watch them game in and game out.

And it is disrespectful/unfair that someone who makes 6 figures isn't willing to share his/her money with someone that doesn't hold down a job and eat chips and plays PS2 all day. Some people's mentality of entitlement never changes.

From my perspective, Marto is just not playing well but has plenty of skill, while Lapoint just doesn't have as much skill to his games as many thought when he came aboard last year, plus he is playing just awful.

After the early part of the season and watching again Friday, I said that Malone and Frattin should be the 2 sitting Sat. Maybe this will jump start them, especially Frattin. Eidsness better not miss a minute of action the rest of the way. Hextall is already the best 2 way forward on the ice game in and game out...and it isn't really even close. On more thing, Mario brings something that UND really needs...a nasty attitude. He'll get in anyone's grill. We need more of that.

This thread is a no-brainer. Ride this kid the rest of the year. Walski is...well, he's not Eidness! Eidness played almost exclusively in his 60 game Jr. schedule last year. So 30+ games this year isn't going to wear him out.

Miller splitting time with Martens? From my perspective, Frattin and Malone need to be upstairs. Those 2 have done absolutely nothing this year, which is a little improvement from last year! I agree, give Davidson and Mario some ice time. Value to your team is what is produced during a game not what is perceived at practice. Davidson has, in his limited ice time, produced something. Hak needs to stop "waiting" for some guys to figure it out. And really, when is the slow start to every season under Hak going to end? You keep going to that well with the mentality that it will turn around and one of these seasons it won't. Unfortunately, I see this being that season. UND doesn't just need a win tonight, they need a "step on your throat" convincing win tonight. With the schedule UND has in the first half of it's season for them to be around .500 at Christmas is going to be more like playing .333 winning percentage hockey when all things are said and done. This slow start is a much bigger issue than in years past because of the "easy" first half of the schedule.

Hak said this team was close to putting it together and that they needed to play 120 minutes in a weekend, not 110 like last weekend. Heck, I'd take 62 minutes of solid hockey this weekend!!! Truly a pathetic performance tonight. Taking one at CC doesn't account for jack if we can't sweep UAA at home. 3-6 with the talent we have is embarrassing.

Can't figure out why my wife doesn't want to go to the game tonight on her birthday , so I'll catch bits of what I can on the radio. But I'll be there live tomorrow. UND 5-3, but not that close as UAA score 1 or 2 late.

This is a series UND should sweep, banged up or not. Superior talent up and down the line up and playing at home. No excuse for not getting 2 wins this weekend.

Your squad was a pre-season top 5 in the nation and pre-season top conference pick. You'll finish 6-5 more than likely. UND finishes 6-4 or 5-5 in the first year of transition. Who will have the most disappointing season? Where is your "bright" future? This was to be THE year for SU. SU has a better team than UND this year which was to be expected, but you guys ARE the biggest disappointment in nation based on all the pre-season hype!

I don't think we match up well at all this coming weekend. I agree with the rest. Plus we sweep Harvard the first weekend in Dec. I got us at 10-8 at the break.

Hak was pleased with probably the effort to date, but performance? Really? Again this team has been bad defensively and they can't score/finish. And I'll agree wtih a previous post about Martens--where was he this past Sat.? I can think of two guys that Trupp rolls with that have done pretty much nothing so far!

Exactly. Less than average goaltending, overall poor defense and the inability to finish scoring chances so far is why this team is 2-4. It's not a fluke. Right now they aren't very good. Friday was hands down their best game of the year so far and they still needed a 2 goal rally in the 3rd to pull that out. Looking at their schedule though, I still think they have a shot to get to or above .500 by the Christams break.

Hadn't seen any games UND had played so far this year, but I can say that from the top of the line-up to the bottom, that was about as good of game as far as energy, jump, effort and hard work that I've seen from a Coach H team play! Win, lose or draw, I can live with whatever (to an extent) the outcome of a game if I see that kind of effort from every guy on the ice night in and night out. Zajac looks like a totally different player from last year! Trupp is the real deal. Watkins hard work is like few I've seen in a Sioux sweater. All 4 lines looked good and contributed. Genoway has to remeber that he is a D-man 1st! LaPointe...I just still don't see it. Great effort and good win! Looking forward to tonights game.

Heard on the radio this AM that there were 80,000+ foreclosures nationwide in Sept with 200,000+ default payments letters sent as well. Living outside your means have anything to do with this??

Well if you are "priveleged" and/or "fortunate" from a financial standpoint (as some on this site see it), you can buy the 'blow' in it's powedered form. Much easier to use. Bottom line is he'll get his job back as he has an "illness" and will be absolved from accountablility as he will be from foreclosing on his house to pay for the coke!

Bingo! There is no other "talking head" on any TV channel that is less/miss informed than Eddie. I can't stand Obermann, but he at least has somewhat of a clue as to what he is taliking about.

Eddie was a Bison fan/supporter, then he was a Sioux fan/supporter. He was once a Republican, but is now a Democrat. No one is a bigger fan of Eddie than Eddie and no one has more self serving interests than Eddie. Eddie is all about Eddie all the time.

You are probably right that "most" is a stretch. But that number of irresponsible people is growing at a rapid rate in this country as is evidence by the 700 billion dollars it is going to take to help clean up this mess!

"That's a good bingo! Please claim your prize at the consession counter."

There is plenty of blame to go around on this issue, but when did it become financially responsible to by a $400k home when you have a family income of less than $100K? Too many people looked at the housing market as buying futures in the stock market. Will buy more than we can afford, with little money invested, wait for the property to increase in value then we'll make money/equity. You feel bad for those who had to forclose on their homes, but common sense went by the wayside in too many situations during the housing boom/bust.

Haha! Good one. My patient encounters start a 1 pm today and I DON'T run late. My patient's time is as valuable as mine!

Very well stated and exactly on point!

Holier than thou? No, I just don't agree with the concept of socialism and the philospohy of what mine is mine and what is yours is mine plus throw in this spreading mentality of entitlement. And it is this entitlement mentality that has part of the equation in the haves and have nots disparity. Why try to better yourself when someone else can do that for you and by the way, I DESERVE it! Obama will more than likely win and I'll pay more in taxes and the beat will go on. Everything is what it is DaveK. You just need to figure that out and try not to point the finger at everyone else.