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agreed. heading into the season I'd put DU 1 and the Sioux as 2 just because I have more faith in Chevrie than BE at this point. BE kind of collapsed at the end of the year. offensively they both have some fire power returning and coming in.

after the '99 season and as has been stated before we all know what happened in 99-00.

yes they did I know for sure in the second half Kozek was moved upto the top line w/Duncan for a few games.

why not it will give us 5 months of entertainment

If we've learned anything from Hak, he will juggle lines early, and he will move guys in and out of starting lineup.

I hope that if he comes back he's not bitter about coming back.

we're just speculating about next years early departures

commodore should be pink as the jackets will be gone very,very soon

as long as Ron His Horses Thunder or whatever his name heads the Standing Rock tribe there will NEVER be a vote. he has basically come out and said that what his tribe members think or feel doesn't matter.

agree 100% I don't see doom and gloom at all instead I see perhaps a better d overall and Lapoint is a big part of that.

and that our pk went down hill and our goals against went up after he got hurt.

is Duncan no longer with Bridgeport or is he just been a healthy scratch for the playoffs?

bu's wilson is gone.

yeah but when it comes to young sioux dmen some posters on this board have absolutely zero patience.

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?