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That's fantastic. So funny there was an noticeable reaction hahaha.

Would you still distribute teams across the four sites our would you group them based on regions? Ie. West teams in two regions and East teams in the other two.

This one ended with a really fun memory that I re-watch on bad days, however

Isn't that wild? Our teams this weekend are BU and BC. https://giphy.com/clips/hamlet-dumb-and-dumber-grossed-out-gagging-ttx2jTW1ubblzFjwPr

Berger is back! No, not that @Dave Berger https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/cameron-berg-to-return-to-und-for-senior-season Much needed.

What do you think? Do we get another portal forward with Blake signing today?

Blake signs. *sigh* Good luck, young man. I'll have a lot of fond memories of you. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/jackson-blake-signs-three-year-deal-with-carolina-hurricanes

Try again. Just all done with the same conversation on the repeat for 15 pages. It's really not a hard concept.

Was this Berg's other friend that was with him at the bar that night Just kidding. I've heard he's staying, too. I hope it's true.

I wasn't trying to prove anything. Jeebus, man. MOVE ON.

Maybe in another thread?

I really don't have to do anything, no. I'm not trying to argue anything. I just don't want to talk about it because, for a third time, whatever my opinion is doesn't really matter because he is absolutely not going anywhere. The horse as been beaten, poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.

Correct, because again, I'm not interested. It's going to devolve into a pissing match of whether Bubs goes or stays. It's just not going to happen and I'd rather not go in circles.

I'm good. I think Bubs is a great coach, and you disagree and we've spent so many pages on this conversation. He's not leaving. I'd much rather talk about the 24-25 season.

Comparing Dean Blais and Jerry York to today's game is just a completely worthless exercise, IMO. It's a different game/different world. I'll say this again, you can all want Bubs to go, but it ain't happening any time soon unless he falls off a cliff performance wise.

Broken sticks and swear words

If he moves on, it's to the NHL.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Bubs is absolutely NOT on the hot seat. Whether you, me, or the next guy think he should be, he is absolutely not on the hot seat.

Ditto, brother. Ditto.

As much loyalty I'd have to my program, this would be very, very hard to resist as a kid his age. Very hard.

I mean, everyone can have an opinion, but saying Blake didn't show up in the playoffs is pretty easily refuted with real stats lol.

Uh, he had 8 points (3g, 5a) in 4 playoff games. 2.0 ppg during the playoffs is uh... pretty good lol.

Ha!

But neither were goals? I get what you're saying, but both were not goals and both calls were changed correctly.

On your last paragraph, I'd absolutely not pin it all on bad luck. It's also not poor coaching, from what I've seen. We've been in the position to win all of the tourney games we've lost. I'd put it in the category of "that's hockey". What else could it be, honestly? Who should be blamed? That feels like the white rabbit we've been chasing in this conversation for several years now. I'd put that goal into bad bounce, yes. Bad decision, but it hit off his teammates skate. Call it bad luck. Of course it's not all bad luck, but there are some on here that think it virtually means nothing. Loss in first round of tourney against BU... outplayed them and bad luck on the offside call that legit led to a rule change. Loss to Duluth in 5OT, carried all OTs, IMO, had several unfortunate bounces not go in, pipes, shots bouncing off goalie onto the top of the net, etc. The first three goals for Michigan, none of them bounced our way. Absolutely doesn't tell the entire story, but some tout that 1 win since 2016 thing like UND is getting destroyed in the tournament since 2016. Each loss has been in OT or what happened against Michigan, a one goal game with three awful bounces/bad luck. I'd argue we played better in all of those games and didn't get enough bounces. I'm saying that we've had a crap ton of unfortunate stuff happen over the past several years in the tournament. It's not a controversial take, IMO