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The big boys for the Oilers were pretty invisible tonight. Draisaitl was a non-factor for the whole series, without a goal and only 3 assists. You're not going to win the cup without your stars being the best players on the ice.

Before last season I would have thought it wouldn't be possible for him to score less than ten goals. I think that's where he will be next season.

The playoffs have been very entertaining. But I don't remember the two days off in the final. Have they done that before?

I thought that McDavid aimed the puck exactly where he wanted to - off the goalie's left skate.

OIlers had their chances but couldn't capitalize. Stick a fork in 'em - they're done.

I can't believe that hit by Draisaitl was 2 minutes. He left his skates, led with his elbow and hit the guy in the head. It would have been 5, game, suspension for the season and a firing squad in any college hockey league.

Final 3-0 with the ENG.

I was there for the Hobey presentation when Zane was in the Hat Trick (Eichel won it). Cool building.

Good win for the Oilers but playing not to lose before they are out of the locker room for the third period isn't always a good strategy.

Maybe New York should try passing the puck. It seems to work for other teams.

Makes me wonder how UND survived the Kennedy era, and what her relationship is with Armacost.

What was Corey Perry doing?? He gave Boeser a look like he would take his head off while holding his stick with both hands directly at Boser's throat if Boeser moved. Great serial killer look on his face. Yikes.

Hopefully he is on a scholarship so I don't have to pay for his student loan for his Fantasyland Studies major.

Emily Kaplan

Great game for Boeser, with a hatty, and Vancouver with a huge win.

Why not disclose what the NIL deals are? What's the difference between posting players salary in the NHL, NBA, etc and college players? Oh, must be because they are pros and the college kids are amat......or not. College athletes are now free agents (at least until the lawsuit is settled) and they get paid to play. Like it or not, and I don't, college athletes really aren't amateurs anymore.

IIRC he was due a large bonus ($1,000,000?) and the AD didn't want to pay it. At the time I thought DU letting Gwoz go was a terrible idea, but it seems to have worked out quite well. I guess there is a lesson there.

That's hilarious!

I am not a fan of the portal, and I wish the NC$$ can change it so that players can't change teams at will. Having said that, I doubt any other team has been as successful as UND at bringing in the right players at the right time. Kudos to the coaching staff for that, especially this season. There wasn't anyone that came in from the portal that (at least to me) didn't buy in to the culture. And Stoney you were right on the money about Johannes.

FYP

Can the players have agents now, or is the term used interchangably with advisor?

For having a pretty successful year, CC is losing a lot of players. What's the story?

Not necessarily, unless it was a part of one of the lawsuits the NC$$ lost. Can't they go back to making the players sit out a year? That would certainly stop a lot of the movement.

UND had a great season thanks to bringing in some good players from the portal. But I still don't like it. Free agency in college sports is wrong.

I'm not drinking the B1G kool-aid, that was more a reaction to Goon's post. There were a lot of people that expected the B1G to take over college hockey as soon as they were formed. They haven't but they have gotten better. And will continue to be good, as will BC, BU, etc. I'm very concerned that NIL (especially) and free agency will make it very hard for UND to keep up. The bigger cities and schools have a far bigger pool to draw money from and NIL hasn't really affected hockey much yet. And I don't see another Ralph Engelstad out there.