stoneySIOUX

The players hear it from the fans. If they are blind the the history of UND vs. NDSU, I guess, I'm not sure I'd want that player on my team.

If I could roll my eyes any harder, they'd pop out of my head. These PC warriors need a frickin' hobby.

Funniest part about this ... It's taking away attention from the football threads.

Money talks and UND hockey sells. Especially in a newspaper world that is struggling to create money. It's really that simple. Hockey drives the most revenue for the paper.

You're in a hockey thread. I'm so confused.

Who's forcing anything? Why does that attitude have to change?

Ouch, a downvote! I was only kidding, man. Pointing out that I posted about that about an hour earlier. No need to throw around those big, mean red arrows

You don't say?

Cheers to a helluva player and a WAY better human.

Of course they will. Long process and it's clearly taking hold. Congrats on introducing the new member to the Siou.... er, uh... UND family

Ryan Kennedy at THN has Stephen Halliday (29) and Tyler Kleven (30) in his initial Top 30 2020 draft rankings. https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/2020-nhl-draft-rankings-the-first-edition

Eian O'Brien Gabriel from Constantine

Zack Gray Carl from Sling Blade

Ben Nienhuis Rocco Grimaldi

Devin Cates Wyatt Russel from 22 Jump Street

John Leruilli Grown up Dewey from Malcom in the Middle

Garret Smith + Nick Cagnetto = Richard Ramirez

I've heard this before, and I still think the same way. As much as I hate Crosby now, I would have liked him had he come to UND. So, I think it worked out for the best

Haha I'm well aware of how that noisy party ordinance works! My buddy took a digger off the bus before we got to the Alerus. From the top step. To the curb. It was pretty brutal, but he's good now

Mine was OAR. I'd say you won this battle, although I enjoy OAR

I still feel, without a shadow of a doubt, our players, especially the forwards, are the ones that are going to get us out of the slide. I expect to see a great jump in scoring.

The discussion was based around the NCHC standings. No one is arguing we should have swept Canisius.

Ratt?! That felt like that came out of nowhere hahaha. Good call, though. I'm all in on you being the DJ, Godsmack haha.

I've heard that Pinto is clearly the best freshman, not surprisingly. Said he was looking like he fit right in before he left for the WJC showcase. Should be an immediate contributor. I'm very hopeful this season. I think we can replace our lost scoring and make a jump there, easily. Coupling that with a really, really good d-corps and Scheel could be really fun. As far as I'm concerned, I think Scheel was our best player last year. He was absolutely dominant for a huge stretch last year.

The changes that I was speaking to aren't huge in terms of I don't know if we've changed power play systems, offensive strategies, in-game planning, etc. I'd be surprised if we made wholesale changes to that kind of stuff. The changes I'm referring to are more subtle and are minute in nature, but could help psychologically. How the team conducts its business, so to say. Don't overthink this haha. They are little things, but again, it shows me that Bubbs took a hard look at this program top to bottom and I like that. We can sell all of those things and kids still have their own decision to make. Not every kid needs the most fans in the arena or a plethora of natties. St. Cloud and UMD have found their niche of players recently that has brought them success just like we have MANY times over the years. I'm hoping the beginning of our new core is there now. Yes! Love having Goehring back. Think it was a phenomenal move. I've taken this to the bank over the past few years, been saying it for two years now, that I think our scoring improves starting this season. I like the additions a lot.