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I heard that too, but what the heck is an emergency hire?

off ice partying=on ice performance evidently.

I'm guessing that if there weren't some of the incidents over the last year this benching may not have happened. but too many issues with kids being kids and hak has said there will be zero tolerance.

are you related to chyzyk, you have so much love for him?

I wasn't trying to be.

let's hope he is near 100% and can contribute and not just be a body on the ice.

"tambo"? for his dumb contact to the head penalty on sat I'd say "dumbo" would be more accurate.

I said it earlier in a thread but this years team has no top line. the supposed top line would be a second line on most good teams at best.

where was that OD this past weekend? it's not just him but the consistancy level on this team is absolutely brutal.

slubowski just got named nchc goalie of the week, this is really setting things up for the old hot goalie.

will that someone be you?

since when do they hold the zone on a consistent basis other than when they are in their own zone and then they couldn't clear it if their scholarship depended on it?

not surprising as that series is losing its luster each and every week with how these two are playing. granted DU is starting to play a little better of late.

I'd be very surprised if we saw either of them before the new year

with the big slubowski standing on his head for the weekly hot goalie excuse. however if you just can't score the hot goalie excuse should not be able to be used.

problem is und doesn't have a top line. they have what would be a second line on most teams, a third line and two fourth lines. which will make it very difficult to put a run together. let's keep in mind for those that rely on the second half surge(which happened on a regular basis prior to last season) that the teams that put together those surges had the likes of stafford, zajac, toews, oshie, duncan, frattin, malone and trupp. I don't see the level of any of those players on this squad or last years with all due repsect to kristo and knight.

they have horses, they just aren't as good of horses as we originally thought.

as far as the goaltending goes, I don't think gothberg has been that bad recently other for the sat night against omaha. as far as going 10-2 in their next six series, I think that is a huge stretch considering this team has not put back to back performances together on the same weekend to get a sweep let along have four to five sweeps in the next six series. 6-6 or 7-5 looks more realistic.

I'm with you

a win is a win. but this team is what it is, an offensively challenged team that is prone to mistakes(stupid penalties). they are going to struggle to score three goals all year which in turn won't lead to an over abundance of wins here on out.

I know it is only november, but und has dug itself the biggest first half hole in the hakstol era. this reminds me of michigan last year where they didn't find their game until late february and by then it as way too late. a loss tonight would pretty much put und in the role of spoiler as they play out the string

seems like every week we are sayhing this is rock bottom. this is becoming bad trend.

no one has ever said hak doesn't use it, but for people to constantly say we should have better players and have a won a title because of the ralph is stupid. does it help yes, but like someone said earlier facilities aren't the only reason recruits choose to attend a school. like I said earlier based on that logic und would have the top recruiting class every year and have all the top players every year, which we know isn't the case.

this whole new ralph thing is stupid. under that assumption shouldn't the ralph just attract recruits itself without und even scouting players? would und even have to offer scholarships as recruits would be lined up to get them on a first come first serve basis and every other team in the country gets und's leftovers? how is it that a recruit would choose another university over und becuase of the ralph? are all these kids that choose to go to another univeristy over und just plain idiots becaue they choose to play subpar conditions?

in some cases yes. having to win only three versus four I would say it is easier. how many titles has blais won under the current format?