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Very cool.

2nd round? Budding chippa??? A legacy??? Me likey

"special" KIDDING!!! 🤣

I only saw glimpses. So, I am hard pressed to believe this. I hope so, but I am not certain.

LOL regardless if they made the tourney or not, could you honestly say TJ didn't earn his time? And in turn, Hobie did not earn his time? Hard to pick on UND's goalie handling this year, IMO.

Can you expand? Hobie didn't earn his ice, IMO. TJ took the net.

I'd assume they think Spunar is better and that Hobie would portal. We'll see, I guess. Already a lot of hot rumors about him leaving, so that wouldn't surprise me.

Really? I mean, I guess you could say it would be surprising, but miraculous feels aggressive. The way I see it, UND is returning a deep, skilled, and veteran d-corps, and a couple of key forwards. Then, they are bringing in a very good freshman scorer in Zellers as well as a couple other nice pieces from their pipeline and from transfers/CHL and a good goaltender, as well. Certainly feels like a team that can get into the tournament. Once that happens, all bets are off.

You new around here? 😉

I'm sorry guys! With Easter, I totally missed this. I'd be willing to take a miss on the first game of the playoffs and fill out a roster and go from Monday's games, if you'll have me! I will for sure ignore scores and pick guys I would have. Just in case: Forwards: Mark Scheifele - WPG Auston Matthews - TOR Mitch Marner - TOR William Nylander - TOR Jackson Blake - CAR Sebastian Aho - CAR Connor McDavid - EDM Leon Draisaitl - EDM Alex Ovechkin - WSH Defense: Josh Morrissey - WPG Cale Makar - COL Shayne Gostisbehere - CAR Evan Bouchard - EDM John Carlson - WSH Gustav Forsling - FLA

I was legit just trying to do the math in my head LOL

D'ohkay.

Ugh, my Rangers are out and it's just not even fun. Didn't do a college hockey bracket pool because of the same reason. Why??! 😭

Goodness, thank you. I've said this before, but why do we feel so entitled to know the inner workings and dirt of this hockey team? His job is literally to cover the games and news. Team internal drama is not news.

Yes 😉

"When Menghini entered the portal Monday, new coach Dane Jackson called him and said, "'We missed on you the first time. We're not going to let this slip again.'" THIS is the exact stuff I want to hear from Jax. God, I love it.

Of course it's a factor, but the kid is a stud. 200K will be peanuts to him soon. He's going to go where he thinks will be best for his development.

I agree to a point, but a player like McKenna is going No. 1 and will be making max contract in his first season. Doubt $200K or whatever that number is will be super important to him. I guess I could be wrong.

There's not a lot of portal studs out there. We did get Gibson. The CHL season is still going, so you'll like need to hold your britches until the beginning of the summer when these guys go on recruiting trips 😉

Said this in the other thread, but worth it again. This is EXACTLY why I was so pumped about the potential of the GM. Already creating buzz. Man, if we pull him off, goodness.

This is EXACTLY why I was so pumped about the potential of the GM. Already creating buzz. Man, if we pull him off, goodness.

Ish. Only time I'd ever cheer for DU is if they were playing Minny. I'm not a big conference allegiance guy. I never want to cheer for rivals. WMU is the easy pick for me. Not a real big rival for UND, I like their style of play, love their coach. PSU wouldn't make me super angry, but eff the Big, amirite? And then BU, gross. Pretty wild to know we've beaten three of these four teams this season 😐

I guess when I say "goes north" I mean it like he's getting into there and being physical. You're saying he gets into the zone well and definitely agree with that. Two sides, same coin 🙂

I think they have guys that have skill without a doubt, but to me, they are all about going north and outworking their opponent. That's not OMac.

I just don't see how he fits. WMU plays such a high-paced, physical game. OMac is relatively high-paced, but he is soft as Charmin. I can count on one hand how many times I saw that kid go into a corner and win a battle.