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Our epic failure at last year's Final Five and vs NH combined with this year's poor showing is not going to bode well with the alumni. Blaiser will not come back...Maybe for $400k per. He'll go to Minni before GF

Guys like Parise, Oshie and Toews were known for living at the rink, practicing at game speed and refusing to loose. It might be a personnel issue. Hak needs to send a message and bench a regualr or two.

Miss the Final Five twice and he's out. His job is safe for a while yet.

First things first, I give a ton of credit to Denver. They are an excellent, excellent hockey team. I still despise George, but they are playing great. Now a look in our own kitchen: 1. Another 2 goal lead given up. Good teams don't lose games when they lead by 2 goals, especially at home. There is a mental issue going on. No killer instinct. 2. Powerplay. 0-32??!! OK Dave, draw up some new Xs and Os and change the attack. We also need to evaluate the personel. I am tired of Kristo on the point. Overload a side and put Kristo on the weak side to shoot. 3. The cycle. OK, it worked for a few years, but it doesn't work anymore. I am sick and tired of winning a forecheck battle only to have no one in position to shoot. DU always had a man in the slot, example the Colborne goal. 4. Passing. Hit the damn tape. We put more passes into guy's skates tonight than I see at pee wee games. 5. Defensive zone play. Our dmen panic when pressured by an opponent's forecheck. The result is turnovers and horrible breakout passes. 6. Defensive coverage. I don't know what Lapoint is doing out there half the time, and the others aren't much better. 7. Goaltending. That Rackshani goal just killed us tonight. BE should have that one. It was a good shot, but still. Not to mention the 2 in the first 3 minutes last night. 8. Offensively we need to make plays (see #3). We are not moving the puck in a way that we set guys up with high quality scoring chances. 9. Finish. When we get good looks we are not burrying them. You can't miss clean looks. 10. Personnel. I don't know if we are younger, slower or less skilled than our opponents or maybe it is just that i got used to seeing guys that are now NHL all-stars over the past few years, but this team jsut doesn't look like they have the skill. there is no dominance. 11. Physical presence. Other than Malone, MacWilliam and Blood does anyone else on this team hit?? I guess Zajac does some, and Mario mucks it up, but everyone needs to hit. Most of our forwards could carry a carton of eggs on the ice and not break any. This team shows flashes of potential, and that is why I haven't quite given up hope, but after this weekend; hope is fleeting.

That call was horrible. Knight barely enters the crease, moves out of it, then back in, then out when Rowney shoots. Never once did he so much as breathe on Chevrie. A 2-1 game early in third vs 2-0 and on the pk was an enormous momentum shifter. All that aside, this team has to figure out how to score. The o for 21 streak on the pp has to end. Hak has to evaluate the system or the players and make some changes. Furthermore our inability to score 5x5 has to be addressed. We are suffering from a complete lack of chemistry and no offense. We are playing like a bunch of individuals on the outdoor rather than a cohesive unit. Defensively, I don't know what Dell's deal is at the start of games. The first one is on Lapoint for not clearing the front, but he should've had the second. I'd go off on Lapoint, but what's the point (no pun intended). This team is very frustrating to support.

First goal is big

We're going to need to move the puck up the ice quickly. Attack the neutral zone and offensive zone with speed and numbers. Our strength is up the middle and we need Malone, VV and Zajac to dominate the end boards on the forecheck. For God's sake someone drive the front of the net and be in a position to shoot. Keep sticks on the ice and bang in a rebound. Greasy goals don't get the girls, but they get the Ws. Defensively we need to keep our heads up and our feet moving. Don't give a single line without making them feel it. Wingers stay in those passing lanes in the defensive zone, don't let them use their points for help. Dmen, don't panic, use your feet to get out of trouble and make passes to where the forwards can do something with the puck...No oh Sh8t! passes. This is the WCHA not Pee Wee AAA. Clear the front of the net and let AD see the puck. Its just a simple game...play your position, pass the puck, shoot the puck. Now go and blow them out the zamboni door!!

If everyone is healthy (other than Chay) I really, really want to see: Malone with Trupp and Gregoire VV with Frattin and Hexy Zajac with Lammy and Bruno Knight with Toews and Kristo

Canadian Major Junior leagues (CHL) is the best proving ground for future NHLers. The schedule is long (60+) and the focus is entirely hockey, making it feel like the pros. Because it is the fastest way for the best of the best to get into the NHL, it tends to harbor the best talent. So, you play there you: worry about nothing but hockey, play a long season, play against the best competition, and play in front of all the scouts. It is a self fulfilling prophecy that the best NHLers tend to come out of the CHL and the best 16-17 year olds go that route. UND stole Toews who went #1 in the bantam draft for the WHL. UND has made a name for itself as the college hockey program to go to to prepare to be a pro.

Everything that has happened up until this point is worth about as much as my opinion (2 cents). We are about to start the key stretch run. We will not win the McNaughton, but we can make a very strong run at home ice for the WCHA playoffs and a high seed in the national tournament by going .750 here on in. Go Sioux!

Everything that has happened up until this point is worth about as much as my opinion (2 cents). We are about to start the key stretch run. We will not win the McNaughton, but we can make a very strong run at home ice for the WCHA playoffs and a high seed in the national tournament by going .750 here on in. Go Sioux!

What's killed this team is no Chay due to injury and no VV due to who knows what. Remember before Sat all our losses were by one goal. You have to think that Friday in Denver and Minneapolis and Saturday in Duluth would've had different outcomes with Chay back there. 3 wins instead of two losses and a tie...against those teams? With our youth...we would be looking like a contender. I do agree that Eids is not the man. Interesting what Sandelin does...his teams are not loaded with NHLers, but he gets the most out of them.

According to an online cost of living calculator, $229k in Madison is $197k in GF $110k in Anchorage is $77k in GF $222k in Mpls is $175k in GF

From an article on the Denver Post WCHA base coaches salaries Alaska Anchorage

Hak makes market for a big-time college hockey program. Big time football and basketball coaches make 7 figures. It is a 24 hour job. Hak is always the head coach of UND hockey. He must constantly sell it, promote it, and be an ambassador of it. He doesn't get to leave work at the office, so the freebies he gets in terms of rounds of golf, drinks, lunches, etc are all work related. I have no problem with his salary.

$210,000 base, $52,500 in bonus incentives, and $50,000 in deferred compensation. So he makes $260,000 in a bad year and $312,500 if we win it all.

Venting is healthy, but its time to get over the loss. It was the first time all year that we lost by more than a goal, and it was against our arch rival and fellow national powerhouse. If memory serves me even the Hrkac Circus lost a game at Mariucci. The Gophers are a much better team with that Cepis, so their record pre-cepis should be discounted in evaluating them. We all knew that we were a young team with moderate (by our standards) realistic expectations. Top it off with Chay and Hexy being out of the lineup...what can we expect? Hak can't make Chay's head and Hexy's leg better. All that said, I still hate the cycle approach to offensive zone work, and It stl hurts to not have won. The loss to DU with the Parise team in the Regional and the loss to BC with the DOT line are probably more on Hak AND Blais than this weekend was.

Stub and Herb's is probably the closest to Mariucci. Both Sally's and Stub's will be packed with Gopher faithful as well as some green and white.

How great a boost would it be to get number 5 back for this weekend's games...you gotta believe he wants to play, so if there is anyway that he can go, he'll be in the lineup.

The web feed is down, is cable working? debating running to Joe Senser's

You can learn how to punch in the barn, but you gotta learn how to survive on the ice!

I've put out a couple options, but they are for after Kristo gets back and after Darcy gets healthy. I agree with keeping Malone and Trupp together. For this weekend maybe: VV with Gregoire and Hexy Malone with Trupp and Toews Rowney with Mario and Davidson Knight with Cichy and Frattin I see Frattin moving up the depth chart, but I think that part of the statement will be skating him on the fourth line this weekend.

Really glad to have Matt back. I sincerely doubt it has anything to do with the team's record or roster. Hakstol had to adhere to strict rules to control the team, so he had to suspend him. Frattin made some dumb decisions, but they sound like decisions that many a college man makes. Nothing unforgiveable, just stupidity with booze. Frattin paid a heavy price and it sounds like he manned up and accepted accountability, righted himself, never quit training and trying to get another shot. Sounds like a true Sioux to me...perseverance, accountability, never quitting, and ultimately earning his opportunity back. Way to go kid. Now pump home 20 this second half!!!

You have a point with the two shooters, but I like speed with speed, and it seems that our shortage is playmakers where I really only see Trupp being effective of late. Gregoire should be a playmaker, so I want to get him with people who can play with him. Maybe this: Malone with Trupp and Kristo (power forward with playmaker with shooter) VV with Gregoire and Frattin (power forward with playmaker with shooter) Zajac, Lammy and Rowney Toews with Hextall and Cichy

One thing about Frattin is that he can flat out skate, which might make him a nice off winger with Kristo. I like: Malone with Trupp and Gregoire VV with Frattin and Kristo Zajac with Mario and Rowney Toews with Hextall and Cichy That is a deep four lines that can all score