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I remember the white outs for Gophers series several years back and they were awesome. Going to buy my t-shirts tonight at the Sioux shop. I like the idea of glow-in-the-dark shirts, pretty neat. Seriously though, even if you don't buy a shirt please find something green to wear to the game. Let's get in the Purple Eagles' heads before the puck is even dropped!

I don't think they would, freedom of speech is still a thing right? I still remember last year in the NCAAs the player's kept "accidentally" saying Sioux and smiling about it, so awesome.

He could've gone the Eidsness route and snuck an MBA in there too, what a slacker =)

I don't think that was the issue with Gregoire. He completed his finance degree through UND. But yes, that could definitely be a factor with other players.

Wheeeeeeeee

It's like a carousel...

Wheeee!

Scott Marvin?

Bingo

This is the best post I've read on this in a while.

For whatever reason, the coaches aren't sold on Simonson yet like myself and people I generally go to games with are. Not sure if they see something in practice, but I feel like he's a grinder who's got a good shot, but he's hit a few pipes and seems like he needs one to go.

...he can still dominate a college game? You realize you just named off 2 of the best forwards in the NHL, right? I'd be surprised if he's not, at minimum, a top 6 forward when he leaves BU for the show.

You can do it at the college level... at the national stage playing against the best U20 defenders in the world, not so much. Especially if the USA ran everything through him allowing the opposition to key in on just shutting him down. If UND runs into BU in the NCAAs, I'd suggest we do the same. Almost like double teaming a huge WR in football.

Replay of highlights from Badgers getting stomped by BU 6-1 on Saturday Night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hvK8e7FZrA#t=315 Wow, can Eichel take over a game. It's not even fair.

My point was that he will not sit because he is our best option. I definitely think he has a higher ceiling too, just need to get it going. He's shown flashes for sure, just need to work on the consistency part now.

Actually you can lie with numbers, it's quite easy. By using only the numbers that are in line with your opinion, it backs up your opinion. Funny you didn't mention LJ is tied for 6th on the team in goals, points, and PPG. Why didn't you refer to those numbers? Yes, they are mitigated somewhat by the numbers you present but IMO Murphy or Sanderson haven't brought even that much to the table when given a shot(0 points combined, +/- of -1 & 0 respectively). I do see Simonson eventually being a good player here so if you're going to give one person a shot this weekend, I'd think it would have to be him.

I like your take.

No, he doesn't. He's a threat to create offense and has 4G and 6A so far this year, not too shabby. Who would you recommend playing for LJ? Sanderson or Murphy? because neither of them can find the back of the net. I think part of the issue with Luke is that his skating is not quite where it needs to be. This causes him to struggle to create separation on offense and take stick penalties on defense... but when he does, my god what a shot.

So you think UND played down to the level of Minnesota in the Frozen Four last year because they underestimated them and that's why they lost?... seriously?

I truly believe Wilcox bailed them out a lot last year. He's come back down to earth this year so far. That, combined with unispired play has them sitting where they currently are. Even if they are out of the top 15 come year end, I'd still think they'd have a good shot to win the Big 10 championship. What's the toughest team they'd play? Michigan? Penn State?

I'd prefer playing them right now vs. a Miami, UNO, or UMD but you're right, if they squeak into the tourney as a #4 seed they could be a tough out similar to UND last year.

Yeah but a soft schedule means one win probably doesn't move them very far up the PWR and a loss could be devastating. I don't think it would be out of the question if Wisco takes a game from them next weekend which would drop them significantly. So while they have a soft schedule, they can't afford a loss or two to those teams.

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