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Yep. I remember hearing about this kid as a first rounder when he first committed.

Such a lather, rinse, repeat convo. Our pipeline is still in very good shape. I'd like to see another scorer or two for the more immediate pipeline, but overall, we're in fine shape.

Liked our game last night. Replicate that and there's no reason we don't sweep. 5-2 good guys Juddy, Gaber, Blake, Jammer, James

Possibly our best game of the season. Boys had jump from the drop and carried play all game long. Solid possession throughout. DeRidder was great once again. He's our guy. Let him ride. Gaber did Gaber things and that was fantastic. Honestly could have had a hatty+ tonight. Judd had his best game of the season. Keep going, young man. We need you. James is primed to get real hot. He was everywhere tonight. I liked that line. Goodness, the refs wanted to be involved tonight. A couple real and dumb penalties by our boys, but some just flat out weak calls, too. WAY too many reviews. Much needed win after Vegas. Finish the weekend tomorrow. No reason Omaha should beat us if we play like we did tonight.

Yeah, I'm not really sure what it is. I think they want to be like our program, the fanbase, that is. I think it started to heat up for them when they were good and consistently hanging with us (thinking the Guentzel, Austin Ortega years). Our fanbase just didn't care lol. Just another game on the schedule.

It's ADORABLE lol.

Someone who enjoys mimosas

Right?! It's hilarious. Little brother syndrome.

Precisely why I did it! Time for him to get off the schneid.

Expecting a bounce back. I know UNO gets fired up for this series (their fanbase thinks we care about them), so I expect a couple of good games. Tonight, we need some of our leaders to step up and set the tone. 4-2 UND Juddy, Jammer, Costantini, Frisch

Friday - Juddy Saturday - Blake

Yes. No doubt. Get a sweep and all is well. Lose a game, the hounds will nip again lol.

Can someone fill me in with this "Stu" conversation? LOL

Four of those are against teams who are going to be near the top of the PWR. ASU could find itself as a TUC. Can they cost us a bid? Sure. We know one bad game early can do that, but none of those three losses are really THAT bad. At the end of the day, get wins and we'll be fine. This is literally all this conversation, from my end, has been about. It's OVERREACTION. We're 7 games in. If this game in Vegas nips us in the butt at the end of the year, I'll eat my words. I do not think this will be a big deal.

Yep. No scholarship. He definitely made a smart decision, IMO.

Oh, I know I'm in the minority on the opinion of that player hahaha.

And another UMASS player who hasn't

Ferner was absolutely looking at Europe for pro hockey. I guess I haven't followed him since he left. With your overall point of players taking other players spots and loyalty, I guess I just want the best player on the ice. I absolutely think Farmer is a better player than Ferner and that's not a knock on Ferner. Yes, it's pretty clear the coaching staff thinks Farmer is a better player/the right player as he's here and Ferner is not. Calder got pushed out due to the rookies, not the portal. We needed to give his scholarship to an incoming freshman. I guess I just don't see a problem there. Lastly, apparently Portz and/or Albrecht aren't earning their spot during the week. So, I don't know what to tell ya.

This is the concept of gelling. You seem to believe all teams should hit the ground running every season. I don't think that's the case. I absolutely believe the talent is in that room to be a very solid team, but we're 7 games in. We'll get there.

Just to clarify a couple things... Calder was actually not asked to come back. He was told he didn't have a scholarship because we wanted to bring in our recruits -- James, being the most timely after his junior performance last season. So, we had A LOT of consternation of losing Spicer because we kept older guys... can you imagine if that would have happened with Calder? Ferner got married and went to play pro hockey in Europe. He made his own decision. Farmer has been absolutely everything that was expected, so I am not sure what you're seeing, sorry. As far as Portz and Albrecht go... earn your spot, homie. You guys want all of our young studs on the ice or some grizzled vets? Pick your poison.

It's hilarious, because like I just noted in my last post, if people wanted to fire Hak like they want to fire Bubbs today, Hak would have never made it to Christmas. And we'd never would have had his second half teams. What it is is a lack of understanding that it is absolutely, unequivocally, harder to win a national championship now than it was in say, 2000, when we won our 7th. We have a tradition that spans decades of dominating in a sport that was incredibly top heavy. That tide has turned and SO many more teams are competitive. Some say that is an excuse, but it's just flatly common sense -- if the talent pool improves, it's harder to win. UND has still consistently been a top program, making the tournament nearly every, single season. Hopefully people soon realize how frickin' hard it is to win a championship so everyone calms the eff down if we're not undefeated in October lol.

So, you wanted to "fIrE hAk" every season I take it, then? If you don't think it's a thing for a team to gel, I don't know what to tell you.

They are 5-4. So... yeah.... why don't we just wait until the end of the season to make a solid declaration, mmkay? Mmmkay.

What are our expectations? National titles? If so, I feel like there's more to the story. My expectation every season is we make the national tournament and have a team good enough to make a run at a green banner. This has basically been what I want out of every season that I've watched UND hockey. We've hit that mark nearly every season.

I mean, I'd guess Jax, but I have no idea.