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12th even moorhead and bemidji will finish ahead of us.

nope. bunch of talentless bums.

I've never been a LaPoint hater.

very true, however if the last five years have tought us anything it is that sucess isn't determined by the number of seniors und has. this past year we had 8 which was either the most or second most under the hakstol era and we had our worst start in the that era. in fact that start ended up taking it's toll both mentally and physically on this squad as the year came down to an end and we were making a push but came up short of advancing past the first round. I was glad to hear that Hak eluded to that in one of the press confrences either after the game or during the following week. if vv comes back we'll have a combined 9 juniors and seniors. not that it means much as we all know, but on paper our schedule would favor us to getting off to a good first half of the year.

my thoughts exactly. the toughest to replace will be duncan both on and off ice. we get lapoint back which will be big. I think the loss of lapoint really hurt us down the stretch more than any of us could have imagined. I don't follow junior play that much but would somebody know how our d recruits that are coming in as far as puck handling goes as I think that was a big problem last year as we had major problems within our own zone clearing the puck out?

agree 100% I loved the vv, frattin malone line used against unh. that line could be dominate next year

I know this is the wrong thread but if VV comes back I can seriously see us being a top 5 team next year and I think our d will be better despite losing 3 seniors.

at least wilson for sure.

vermont's viktor stalberg has signed with toronto

I don't know if I would buy that argument from DU as they have had a very high percentage of sellouts over the past few years. their problem is people just not showing up after they buy the tickets as their arena always looks half empty and the attendance is announced as a sellout.

which means? is all he guaranteed is a chance to try out for the team?

what is a tryout pact?

Best of luck Ryan, it was a pleasure to watch you for four years.

I've heard there has been some talk of expanding the playoff field to 20 or 24 teams and that will not happen if programs keep dropping.

if midco did this I'd drop dish in a heartbeat.

which explains our scheduling of merrimack.

if vv leaves why would that mean mattson would come in isn't he a d not a forward?

was there rioting on 2002 when they finished 7th or 8th?

agreed, but not only that but last year we didn't get much scoring from most of those who came back and with the loss os oshie, chorney, and bina last year I could see why some had some big questions for us-goaltending and scoring. most of us on this board when we make predictions for the sioux do it with kelly green glasses on and those outside of this board don't. 7th was a bit low for a prediction for us but as it turned out first was too high for cc. and heck through the end of november that seventh place finish was looking as too high of prediction.

I remeber mcloud saying during one of the gopher telecastes that they have asked to ncaa for more games and the ncaa has said no.

one thing to keep in mind is if we start losing d1 hockey teams the number of teams allowed into the tournament(16) could be dropped, say back to 12. we just lost wayne state, who knows what may or may not happen with bowling green and then you have bsu and alabama huntsville that could be 4 teams with 3-4 years.

what does the (home-away) mean?

no frickin canadian teams.

If VV comes back I see us being a top three team in the league. one thing I'd like to see next year is seeing Frattin play the whole year. each of the last two years basically after nov 30 he hasn't been heard from.

thanks.