FormerSioux

I feel bad for him too but while he and the team defense as a whole wasn't good last night, you have to bury the puck offensively when you have the opportunities and the Sioux had many opportunities. Their talent level, especially offensively, is second to none but like one of the other posters said, they seemed to lose their legs and lacked the grinder effort being down 4-rip should have spawned. Are the Sioux too full of future NHL Superstars to play hard all game every game? I'm beginning to wonder. They're still my team and always will be but I'd like to see more Chris Porter types of players--relentless pricks who will do anything to win. I can't remember the old saying but I think it goes something like this "Work beats talent when talent isn't working"

After reading the comments about Hagemo, I'm proud of most of you guys for having some class and sympathy for this young man--even if he was a Gopher. He is like family to me and and while he has a long road ahead of him, he is surrounded by people who care about him and I believe he will once again become the Nate he used to be(with or without hockey). For those of you who judged him, you don't know the circumstances unless any of you losers were world-class athletes who were given Oxycontin just to be able to perform. I'm not making excuses as he was weak and couldn't deal with the pain and kick his addiction but before you make accusations and assumptions, get your facts straight. For the rest of you, you're good people and that is why I love the people I've met over the years from the UND community. I assure you if Nate were a Sioux player, the Gopher fans would have eviscerated him.