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In looking at little Zajac, I see that Hunter Bishop is doing well in the BC league again. Whatever happened there? Anyway, he is going to play at Ohio State next year, and I wish him the best.

SCSU looks to me to be a team that could very easily do some damage. They've lost some close games this year, and they are explosive. Two best teams in the WCHA so far: Denver and CC; two scariest teams: UND and SCSU. Roe, Lasch and Nodl might make up the best forward line in the COUNTRY. They've combined for 80 points this year so far. All three are in the top 10 in national scoring. Noone doubts the talent level of Duncs and Osh, but these SCSU guys are doing what Osh and Duncs should be doing. This will be the biggest test of our d corps yet this year. We responded well versus R & R out in Denver, hopefully we can do the same here. No UNH or UMN performance accepted. I'd put Vande back with Duncs and Osh, and put Kaiper back with Malone and Watkins. Trupp with Frattin and Genoway. Zajac with Radke and Kozek. I also think we need to split up Chorney, Bina and Finley. Marto, Jones and Lapointe all play. SCSU will have last line change, but we have to try and match up with that top line.

SCSU split with CC and took Miami to OT. They have lost six, 1-goal games in the WCHA. Technically 5, but the 2-goal loss to UMD on 10/20 included an empty-netter. They've also played virtually the same first half WCHA schedule as we have sub AA for MN. This is not a team that we can look beyond. THey have some skilled forwards upfront who can really score and move the puck. We need to move our feet.

"I can't tell you the last time I saw a Dave Hakstol team come back from two goals down. Has one?" Answer: Michigan, March 24, 2007 Regional semi-final. We are not playing driven hockey, yet. Hak is still playing with the line combos. He is looking for the magic. It takes some time to get those lines all clicking. As for Taylor Chorney, I think we are truly seeing the impact of losing Brian Lee. Now he did get criticized extensively last year, and probably rightfully so given his billing, but bottom line is he is a very skiled player and allowed for Chorney to play at his best. Taylor has way more pressure this year, as he and Bina are the only two mobile defensemen.

Hang in there, lay off the Prozac washed down with Keystone Lite. Yes, we had a collapse last night, yes, this team is not living up to the billing. We are playing slightly above .500 against the toughest schedule in hockey. We lost one we probably should've won last night, but we won one we probably should've lost on Friday vs the Goofs. I made the comment last night that we had no puck luck. Those nights will happen. Its no excuse, but what can you do? You win some, you lose some. Sioux hockey will prevail

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She is over it Our ineptitude on special teams really cost us last night too. Anybody know where we can get Hak's post game comments? AZSioux, I probably sound like I have a man crush on you, but I have to comment on the avatar...JT!!!!

We've had trouble in the defensive zone, especially in transition, all year. Passes have been too long on th breakout. Chroney has regressed after a fabulous season last year. SCSU gave Miami a good run, as did MTU vs Michigan. Two middle of the pack WCHA teams go to OT with the two top teams in the country according to the poles. What scares me about last night is UNH was without their stud too. They will be a force to be reckoned with in the NCAAs. They swept CC when they were all present.

Last comment. I irritated my fiance tonight Did anyone hear Hak's postgame comments? I am very disappointed in keeping Phil off on a draw at center ice...again, I never did any better than a third line high schooler, but seriously...

You win and lose as a team. There is no fire, and leadership is lacking. The leaders by example tonight were Trupp, Genoway and Bina

We had the game in the bag and failed to protect a lead. That's what hurts. WHy would Hak change the line combos? Both Osh and Kaip were trying to play center tonight.... Vande centering Oshie and DUncan Kaip centering Watkins and Kozek Zajac centering Radke and Malone Trupp centering Genoway and Frattin

If we make it to Denver, AZSioux, I will hapily buy you numerous rounds as well. I will get over it too, and anyone who reads my posts knows that i spas out a little and then come back to being rational. Bummed out by losing a game we could've won. We have not had puck luck this year. We definitely should've swept Bucky...a;though, we easily could've ben swept by Goldy if not for a stellar third period... AZSioux, I like your posts. If we do get to Denver, I'll give you my cell.

Team looked great last night. Team looked ok tonight for the first 2 periods. I called the loss when we had no puck luck in the third. What can you say...We just flat out are not that good. I have decided not to watch for a few weeks. I threw a little fit tonight, and realized that I am too invested into a team that I have no control over. A team that is OK, but not great. This team is not as good as the Sioux team that lost to Denver in the Regional Final four years ago. We couldn't win it with Parise, we couldn't win it with Toews, I am starting to dout that we can win it with Oshie. Why you mess with a good thing and change up the lines...I don't know. Team had a lot of chances tonight, but looked uncomfortable to me. Changes tonight were STUPID. I might not have Haks hockey coaching skill, but jeez. We dominated most of the game last night and had some break out perfomances...I am not happy with DH tonight. Oh well, Canadian education system I guess Why do you put in Michael F*ing Forney? he would be riding pine until next year at the earliest if I were in charge. Failure, Failure, Failure. Take the C off of Chorneys chest, bench Duncan and Oshie. This team needs a tall glass of wake the f up. I know i sound stupid, but I am not patient enough to draw out the defensive failures of Duncs and Osh, or the complete inability to transition the puck by the entire defensive corps, or the failure of Lapointe to play any defense whatsoever... angry and disappointed. This team is nothing short of a disappointment, and the biggest disappointment is their lack of desire. I am not on the team and I bet I would skate harder (but not as well ). Disappointment. Wake up call. I'm sick of saying it. I am not sick of saying that tonight"s line combos were a disaster. This is not our year...unfortunately

The ticky tac penalties called against the sioux in the third were simply make up calls. I hate that, but they all do it. Finley is dying to fight someone this year isn't he?

Really unfortunate story here with MF. Sounds a lot like Hagemo in MN...I guy with a big future, gets hurt, and is done. Forney is too old to go back and play junior hockey. He has a total of 18 games under his belt over the last two seasons, and limited playing time in all 18...that is hurting his development too. Now he can't crack the lineup. I hope Michael can get back to game shape, but it is starting to look like a very unliklely outcome. Good thing he went to college and not the CHL. With the underclassmen likely to be back, and with incoming freshmen class, it is sort of looking like MF missed his window.

Does anyone know where world junior games are being webcast? TSN is broadcasting, so I would asume that there is an internet feed somewhere. I'm interested in seeing the USA vs Russia and the Canada vs Sweden games. Thanks for the help

Love the Genoway, Trupp, Frattin line. MIght be a big deal in 2009 Like the Radke, Martens and Zajac line for grit... and apparently for scoring Not so sure about moving Vandevelde and Kaip. I know why he did it, but I'm not sure if I'm on board. The two seem almost interchangeable to me this year, both are scoring goals and both are playing physical. I guess Hak must see something in practice. The top two lines, however, seemed to be playing with good chemistry before the break. Oh well. Here's the million dollar question: When Malone comes back, whose spot does he take? You can't likely bench one of the checking liners when they are scoring goals. I was pleased with the effort. It felt like we had a more balanced attack, although our second line didn't do much. I do think line 2 has potential. UNH is a better team with JVR...Think Dany Heatley while at Wisconsin. This win is huge, a sweep would be even bigger.

Sioux outplayed UNH, and I am quick to criticize when we come out flat. Thought it was a solid effort. UNH's scoring opportunities all came from Sioux mistakes and were transition type chances. UNH had vey little in terms of sustained pressure.

Let's put it to rest using actual data. According to the American Association of University Professors the avg salaries of full professors and associate professors are as follows. Remember these are averages, and payment is often commensurate with discipline i.e. an MD who teaches at a Medical School will receive the most...lawyers, engineers, financiers are also high, whereas some of the humanities do not receive the average. Here is a sample; all are the flagships i.e. WI-Madison, MN-Twin Cities, TX-Austin University Professor Assoc Prof U of MN $116.6 $80.6 NDSU $77.7 $62.4 UND $77.1 $62.8 U of WI $103.5 $78.1 UCLA $133.2 $84.2 U of FL $107.7 $73.3 U of IA $109.8 $75.4 U of MI $130.4 $86.6 U of TX $121.2 $78.3 Also note that consulting, publishing and research can add to compensation significantly and is common.

agree 100% on the rules issue. Remember when Parise came back from being MVP at the WJC and was held scoreless and bloodied by Anchorage. That's the game where Blaiser ordered the code red and sent Greeney out there to straighten things out. I do think TJ has a little more developing to do. Right or wrong. He goes one on one a lot. He wins a lot of those one on ones, but not most. Again, he is a GREAT player. JT was pretty dominant after the WJC last year. He was only 18 at the time too. Anyway, I am happy that we have the players we have with the kind of character they have shown. Merry Christmas Sioux fans....ask Santa for #8 in your stocking this year.

You are entitled ot your opinion, and I do think it is a noble stance. 100%. You reference Duncs and Oshie, but what about JT? Yes, it was done in the offseason and more on the up and up, but do you slight him for leaving his team and group and saying "no" to the pact. As much as I love TJ, I don't think his game is ready to be what it could be at the next level yet. I am sure the discussion was long. TJ will be a very good NHLer, he has a little more developing to do. He is dynamic and resembles Jeremy Roenick to me, but I do think he can learn to use his teammates better. He makes the players around him better, but he hasn't quite gotten to where he can make his teammates make him better. Not knocking him, he is 1 million times better than i ever was and is my favorite player on the squad. JT left because he was ready. One needn't look much further than the WJC. I think that KO is ready physically too. He can be used as a grinder while he continues to hone his offensive skills. He is ready. Duncs isn't looking at the same kind of dough that a first rounder is looking at, so it is a little different. He may have passed up his biggest signing bonus opportunity, but he wasn't going to step right into an NHL scoring line shift. Yes, it endears those guys to me for coming back and being so selfless, but I don't fault KO for doing what is best for himself and his family.

That is why so many clubs do rotations until a guy is a senior. You want the talent, the talent doesn't want to ride pine.

Is it Thunderstruck by AC/DC? I think I've heard that played there a few times.

I agree they should've signed him in the off-season. They didn't, they did it this way. Islanders have a need. Kyle is their property. They have every right to sign him. Happens in the Q, W, and O all the time. Kyle had every right to look out for his own future, and he made a tough choice. Neither the Islanders nor KO plotted this out to spite anyone. Timing sometimes just sucks. I don't know how you can expect someone to put team above lifelong financial security. Remember, there's no "I" in team, but there is a "me".

You're telling me that you would put your teammates that you've played with for 1.5 years, your coaches that you've had a relationhsip with for 1.5 years, and fans ahead of yourself, your family and your future. Big time athletics is all about money. I'm sorry it is that way. I'm sorry that stockbrokers make more money than teachers too, but that's just the way the world works. If yourself or your child were a superstar and had a chance to leave home and lifelong friends and teammates to go play at Shattuck, would you say go, chase your dream? You should. The world doesn't do anyone any favors, you have to get yours while you can. Decision is the right one...especially if the money went up from last summer. Handling of the move was poorly done.