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No big deal. He is a "give our opponent credit" guy and then the next second he is "refs this, refs that"

Brad Berry at the Fargo booster meeting said that Ausmus was absolutely coming back. Said he was asking Gage if he had an idea if he was staying or lea....and Gage cut him off and said he is staying.

Nah. We ain't sharing the spotlight with anyone.

Correct. To quote and un named friend of mine, the budgets for womens hockey would make the baseball budget look like a rounding error.

Maybe put him on probation and a performance improvement plan.

Even if you just skimmed the email as he said he did.......you still respond for chrissakes, even it is something like "Thank you for the kind words" or "Thank you for the email".....it is common courtesy to let the sender know you received it.....especially from a former student athlete. I would actually expect him to respond and ask how the former student athlete is doing in his professional career....but that would apparently be above and beyond the call.

Kirby's! The Corner that rocked in Moorhead.

Forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov Alex Ovechkin Jaromir Jagr Vladimir Tarasenko David Backes Anze Kopitar Defence John Carlson Kevin Shattenkirk Alex Pietrangelo Drew Doughty Goalie Braden Holtby

I think a good place to start with budget cuts would be to bring in these guys and line up interviews with anyone with V.P. in their title, a title that sounds made up, or any job that any one of reasonable intelligence would question the need for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StIcRH_e6zQ

I think Keaton is in a catch 22, he came in a year early but Anaheim really likes him and they run the risk of him becoming a free agent and losing his rights if he stays.

Berry said he has already met with all the guys with options to leave. From what he said or didn't say I would guess LaDue and Stecher are gone, Schmaltz, Thompson, and Poolman are all 50/50 and Luke, Ausmus, and Poganski are all coming back along with Boeser of course.

Interesting as Bubba was in Fargo today and said Luke's MRI was this afternoon at which time they will determine if he needs surgery, rehab or both?

Derek Forbort is the only one I can think of.

Tomek just sat out a year so if he transferred he would be out another year unless he went back to juniors.

Not sure I agree with Boeser/Schmaltz take. I think Boeser has a more dynamic game and he was certainly able to be dominate against college players as was Nick. The difference I saw between them that would tell me that Nick is slightly ahead at this point was how their respective games translated against elite players at the World Juniors this year and I think Nick certainly looked more comfortable in that setting against elite players as Brock sometimes had trouble finding open space and getting his shot off. Just my opinion and I think that staying would not hurt either one of them. If Stecher gets a max contract offer as a free agent it is probably in his best interest to sign now and I would wish him the best as he has gave UND everything he has for 3 years. For the drafted guys, Keaton, Poolman, and Ausmus it really comes down to how much the teams with their draft rights value them and the relationships they have with them currently and if they are worried about them going the free agent route. All 3 would definitely benefit from another year of college. Of the 3 I would guess that poolman is the biggest flight risk due to age and Keaton should stay partially due to his young age.

Average goals per game by conference Big 10---7.1 Atlantic--5.6 ECAC---5.1 HE---5.5 NCHC---5.7 WCHA--5.0 Michigan scored 5.4 goals per game in Big 10 play and 4.1 goals per game outside of Big 10 play. Minnesota scored 3.8 goals per game in Big 10 play and 2.9 goals per game outside of Big 10 play.

Now on a different network!

If I have time I will run the numbers again, but off the top of my head there was 1.5 more goals per game in big 10 games compared to the rest of the country so that is 4.5 gravy points a game for the taking.

$275k is a nice chunk of change.

Brock Boeser ‏@BBoeser16 3m3 minutes ago I am looking forward to coming back to UND for my Soph season to defend our NCAA National Championship!

Yuck. Only thing worse would be if they went to Pittsburgh. I was hoping the fact that they have Boeser's rights would make him consider staying and going the free agent route.

Dude. If you are getting schooled by Darrell it might be time to sit this one out or at least take a lap.....Christ, that has to be embarrassing.

Maybe they grabbed a different flight. Schlossman had reported that him and Tomek were ill and did not fly with the team on the charter?

He was ill and didn't make the trip.

It's like a watered down version of a watered down beer.