I going to look on the positive and support the its-no-longer-a-distraction argument... sure he deserved to be apart of the final 3, but he, the team and all of us would rather beat BC and Notre Dame for number 8
"pact" themed t-shirts would be cool to see in the stands in Denver... like green shirts that read "fulfilling the pact" or something, i dont know, might be cool. I think the 'pact' needs to get more attention (nationally).
Well, that's against the likes of the Alaska-Fairbanks and the Western Michigans of the world, we'll see though the CCHA will have more frozen 4 participants than the WCHA