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You throw out random low draft picks who have made it big, and you act like it's easy for any 6th rounder to make it. These are special people who do special things, but not everyone makes it. Karl Goehring, a free agent outplayed Pascal Leclaire, a #1 draft pick for Columbus, in Syracuse for two years. Anytime there was an opening at the NHL level, they'd promote Leclaire, despite the fact that he would get rocked in his games. i'm not basing this on a fake knowledge of the nhl. stats buddy. leclaire 8 21 3 .890 3.56 goehring 18 21 4 .914 2.67 also, I never said that low draft picks can't make it to the nhl... but they have more to prove. They have to overcome a lot more than a higher draft pick has to. Lower draft picks rarely get put on a top line with other super-skilled players, so they have to produce from the 3rd or 4th line. It's like with Kessel this year. Put him on a line with Irmen and Potulny and you see how they can score based on the PP stats. Have him on the 3rd line with rookies and he doesn't do as well as he could. There is a lot more to overcome for a 3rd round pick than a 1st round pick.

The ice is going to look a bit different when you get to the arena. Instead of the Sioux indian head at center ice, there will be a different UND logo. Don't worry, it's not because the Sioux logo is offensive to the NCAA, it's because the logo is the wrong size.

Ok, let's get realistic here. Obviously, if someone puts up 140 pts vs 7, they would most likely have a better chance of making the show... but that's not the case. We're looking at two players who have similar stats. If you don't think teams have more invested in a first round pick than a 3rd rounder, then you're crazy. They'll most likely give a 1st rounder a few extra chances to prove what he's got. Why? Marketing. Name all the 3rd rounders from the past 3 drafts without looking. Now name all the 1st rounders. Unless you spend your days memorizing the names of 3rd rounders, you'll name a lot more guys who went in the 1st. Nobody (i just scrolled through the convo, but if someone is saying this, they're pretty dumb) is saying that there is absolutely no chance irmen and potulny can make the show. But nobody is saying it's guaranteed either. College hockey is wierd, especially the WCHA. While we put out a lot of very highly skilled players, we also have points leaders who never make it in the NHL. Panzer, Senja, Goehring, Pohl, Westrum, Lundbohm. All of those guys dominated NCAA hockey, but look at how many NHL games they have combined: 34. And sejna has 27 of those. I wouldn't be surprised to see any of zajac, stafford, irmen and potulny make the show... but I wouldn't be surprised if only two of them made it either.

i remember seeing one of those in 2000. when asked best atmosphere and hardest place to play, every single person said the old ralph. how i long for the days of standing outside at 8am to get into a game. stand all game and scream my lungs off. those were the days of college hockey. fortunately, i was able to get a full year in that arena before moving into the palace.

they have to turn pro sometime... they can't play for another 20 years.

rumor has it zajac is staying so he can play with darcy next year.

what we need is 3-4 UND alum who have 50-100 million dollars each. then setup an unofficial trust fund for after sioux players graduate. if you play UND hockey for four years and graduate from UND, you get 1 million. that would hopefully help keep a lot more people around for their senior seasons. alright, who has the money?

now, i don't want to take credit for predicting this or anything... but i will.

i like how the sioux game is the night game... yet bu is a host out east and they are stuck in the early game.

at least they say university of north dakota

i'm pretty sure the forum cannot buy the herald because of fcc rules. the current relationship with wday/forum was grandfathered in... but recently the fcc passed a ruling saying a tv station and a newspaper in a town cannot be owned by the same company. there was brief talk about north dakota television (kvly, kx4, kmot and kfyr) buying the herald as a way to gain more viewers in the upper part of the valley... but fcc rules fobid it.

if 8:30 is after 5:30, then yes.

sioux play 8:30 central on friday night... not sure about holy cross and whoever they play.

i hope so, and i have confidence they will... but this year it's like all but holy cross could win a game. that's pretty scary.

he's saying the sioux will win the national championship if they keep their penalties down sioux play at 8:30 central friday night.

this should be good... "is wonderboy the best player in the tournament?" he's not even the best player on his team.

so as the 2 seed, and the host, do the sioux play in the night game or are they friday afternoon? also, what are the rules for home announcing? will the sioux get to have their intros or will it all be boring and official?

panzer was robbed

gf regional: um v holy cross UND v mich

wisco in green bay green bay regional: wisco v bemidji cc v cornell

i'm here to enjoy the selection committee sending holy cross, bemidji and cc to the ralph

nice to see drew out there smiling and giving oshie a hug. hopefully he's back next week.

get oshie and duncan out there for the hatty

scsu penalty for kneeing end the game sioux

guys... our pwr is pretty much already set whether we win or lose, so this game is meaningless to us.