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I don't think LaDue will come unless there's an early departure or two on D. We're pretty stacked there. I'd bet there's another year in Lincoln for him. If Jones decides not to come to UND, it's not like they'll bring another guy in. Seth Jones is one of those guys where you MAKE room. We could have 7 returning D and bring in Schmaltz to make it 8. So unless there's a couple departures and Jones doesn't come, no one else will be brought in.

Minnesota's a good team. But I won't call them better because that word can be interpreted a couple ways. I wouldn't trade any of our players for any of theirs for anything.

I always wanted an example of being a smart ass and sarcasm in one paragraph

This year will be another light year for drafted recruits due to a smaller incoming class. 2013 looks to be a bigger class of recruits as far as drafting goes.

Man, I'm glad to hear there are others in 115. I really didn't want to be the only Sioux fan in my section.

We're at the West bench, so we'll shoot at the East net twice. I saw the map when I went to get my tickets. In other words, the same net we shot at twice on Friday and Saturday night this last weekend.

Double OT against DU last year, Scsu the year before.

If Seth were my son, I'd let him make his own decision ...

I'm bringing Sunglasses inside. I'm sitting behind their bench. I dont want to be blinded by the bright colors. Too bad Bjugstad and the other blond guys didn't get to participate in this so-called team bonding activity.

It's unusual to be drafted before your senior year though so its something that can get missed. I remembered because everyone was wondering why he wasn't here already that year. He aged out of the NTDP because of his birthday. Mattson did as well, hence the reasoning for going to juniors.

Yes. Kristo played a year in Omaha with the USHL after he was drafted and it would be 3 years after this season with UND. That would be four years and fit him into that category. He was drafted before his senior year of high school.

What? That doesn't make sense. You are drafted in high school. He got drafted out of the NTDP. Played his senior year in Omaha.

This is true. Bemidji, the 6 seed last year, beat Duluth the 3-seed and Bemidji got to play Denver and we got to play CC. Teams are only reseeded once.

He has no business in high school hockey next year if you ask me. Time to move on if you dominate like that. I couldn't believe how ridiculous that was.

An extra body for what? To keep everyone company on the bench? Because he sure as hell wouldn't be getting any ice time.

No. No. No. Do you seriously think some kid in intramurals wouldn't be a defensive liability on the ice? There's a reason they are playing intramural hockey and not d1 or d3 hockey. If there was a kid seriously lighting up intramurals, the coaching staff would be aware of it. Seriously.

Anyone else annoyed with this argument?

Who? Just kidding. I had heard of the kid before. That would be a ginormous mistake. WHL is for players that are going to play in the NHL in two years or less, generally. If that's not you, I think you're throwing a lot away.

Though after next season our games won't be on FCS anyways. So I guess it depends if you want to switch that badly just or a year's worth of home games.

Well aren't you being a tad judgmental here? Nice job. He's 16 for crying out loud. Lots of kids are screwed up at that age.

You can remove yourself from the student directory you know...

There's talk on USCHO that the committee might pick Northeastern over UND for the last spot. Doesn't make sense to me, but... Women's don't always follow the pairwise straight on.

3 U18 players were demoted. Koules, Nik Olsson and Brendan Silk. Not sure why. I heard they were probably going to demote some guys after their bad showing at the international tournament a few weeks ago. You can be demoted if you're 17. You're just ineligible to play in international tournaments at the U17 level.

George is always pissed. And when he's not pissed, he's a smug little b*tch. Nothing new. Let's go put a damper on their season tonight.

As a junior?