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Don't even know why this was even questioned. Weird how rumors start

He was demoted with two others, one of whom is a BC recruit. He isnt high end in the way Schmaltz is high end. He was demoted because the U18s sucked at an international tournament and they are trying to find the solution as to why. Miles will be a good college player, whether he is drafted or not. I don't tend to worry until they get to campus. The coaches know what they are doing. He will be here in the fall unless you really want the WHL to take him away, and I don't, personally.

It's in a different thread

Have you seen him play this year? If not, I'm not sure anyone here is in a position to judge. I heard an opinion about him being "misused" by the NTDP. Keep in mind he doesn't turn 18 until this summer, so he is still pretty young.

how do you know they won't live up to it? Oh yeah, you don't.

No. I see no problems with having a little depth... at every position.

Hak didn't meet the qualifications because he wasn't the league coach of the year and we didn't qualify for the Frozen. That's how finalists are picked.

I'm sorry, but i think that is off base. I was at regionals this weekend and the advantages were all tilted in one direction. I don't see much difference between home crowd and home ice. It's all the same to me.

Nope, it's based on early departures. Kind of like it we have forward departures, we have an option to bring in a couple other recruits there. Jones decision has no bearing on other recruits. Jones would be a bonus. When Ladue committed, he was 2013 unless there are early departures.

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.