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What's with all the Trolls...they must have mascot envy

I doubt they were low on their offer. Everyone around hockey is aware of Toews abilities, and after his WJC heroics, great second half, and due to being drafted third overall, the offer is for the max. I bet these guys are still in a daze, and I bet he wanted to stick around to see his buddy win the Hobey. He has time, and he needs to take care of his apartment or wherever he lives. JT knows he will be in the NHL next year, why hurry off for two games?

Congratulations Ryan Duncan. Great year, way to be a leader and a winner.

Got a second confirmation it is now on ESPNUs website, not that I didn't believe you Siouxdonyms

Woohoo!!!! Congrats Duncan!!! That is incredible, I am pleasantly surprised. I'm surprised he can uphold the values of the Hobey Baker considering he wears a hostile and abusive jersey Way to GO Duncs!! It is an individual honor but a team award!!!!

is that official? Our second Hobey winner?

and the winner is...

I thought it was Blake Wheeler, my bad.

Agree that Stanley Cup and Blackhawks don't go in the same sentence for 2008, but every Canadian kid dreams of playing in the NHL, not the WCHA. Unfortunately for us, he is for sure gone

Here is what I am thinking: Let's move TJ back to center, we gotta keep TJ and Duncs together, whoever plays on that off wing could have a breakout year, maybe Kozek?? He has disappointed a little for a second round draft pick, maybe if we play him with the top line and give him more ice time he will live up to the billing. I think that the Dutchman and Watkins should also remain together, maybe throw Zajac Jr on that line and see what he can do. I like Kaip anchoring the third line, put Miller on one wing. Trupp and Hextall will be coming, Forney will be healthy.

We could if we hung frozen four banners or "participant" banners like Jan Brady Tech College. The only title that either the Gophers or Sioux covet is one that elluded us both this year.

7>4, are you talking about Parise about 1,970 years ago?

Agree with Woog being an excellent hockey coach. Winning the national title has so many components, as I rattled off on an earlier post. Coaches help get you ready to play. Players win or lose games.

hmmmm. I remember calling them the GOlden Chokers back in the 80's, i am not sure when it became integrated into the lexicon or popular culture of college hockey. I think Delta Don had a similar run back at CC where they had huge seasons and couldn't win it. I am not worried about coaching. Dave Hakstol should get a contract extension. Noone's calling for tDon's head, and he hasn't won it in what 4 years now

Toews and Oshie in the mix for captain? Wow glass is half full, eh? Toews is gone for sure. His performance in the shootout alone at the WJC had Chicago salivating. Speaking of the WJC, Chorney wore the C their for his country as the leader of the best teenage american hockey players. If he could wear it for the red, white and blue, he can wear it for the green, white and black.

Buckysieve, you must be a genius in order to hand out the logic criticism. I am surprised you are trolling on this site and not on your yacht in St Tropez with the Victoria's Secret modeling personnel with your clear intellectual superiority. Why come over to gloat? If any Sioux posters gloated on GPL following the Regional final, I apologize for their lack of class. Gophers won a couple nice pieces of hardware. I again reiterate that neither one of the teams had their season end the way they wanted. I would trade every Broadmoor and McNaughton to keep knocking the Gophs out of the NCAAs.

And he was 14 the last time the Gophs did. Big deal. The Fighting Sioux ended the Golden Gophers' season. That is a fact and is the bottom line. Minnesota is an elite program and rode a great first half to the regular season title. I certainly feel better about getting ousted in the frozen four by BC than I would feel had we been ousted by the Gophs in the regional. Minnesota should win it every year if the games weren't ever played. Let's see, a metro area of 3 million people, a ton of talented kids playing youth hockey who grow up watching Woog and Mazocco (sp). A Top 50 national University with 60,000 students. Some top 30 programs at Carlson and IT, the Blarney What is the argument about who had a better season? Who cares, neither of us is hoisting the piece of hardware that our programs covet. McNaughton and Boradmoor are nice, but we all know neither team is happy with their season. The goal was not achieved. If it were easy, everybody would win it. It takes the right team chemistry, the right players, the right coaches, the right matchups, some guts, some skill, some meanness, and some puck luck. The puck will drop again in October, and there will be new faces and names. The rivalry will remain.

Woog was made fun of as the perennial bridesmaid, because it happened so often. You can't make the comparison in three years of Hakstol vs 11 years of the Wooger

In the last 24 hours I have seen two of the most absurd things I have ever seen in 31 years of playing and watching hockey. 1. Porter gets called for interference playing the body with the puck two feet away 2. Calling for the coaches head when he has taken our team to the frozen four three consecutive years. Also, mind you all, He has done this with teams with low expectations. Hakstol is inarguably a great coach. How can you explain a trip to the frozen four with a team that was given up for dead at Christmas. Lose Stafford, Lose Zajac, lose Parise, lose Smaby and still go to the frozen four. I think Hakstol encourages teams to find their own identity and gets the most out of the players he has. Yeah, Toews is as special as they come, and Oshie isn't far off. We had a very successful and winning season. Another Frozen Four. It hurt to lose last night, but let's get real. It was a great ride.

Wow, awful lot of Trolls. Domination? That's a bit over the top, wouldn't you say? considering BC never lead until late in the third. Shots are not a good representation of how close a game was. You have to consider shots attempted, powerplay shots, rebound shots, shots from a decent angle. I would say that BC had some better chances, but a lot of those were on the powerplay, where they clicked and we struggled yesterday. Last time I checked, the only shots that matter at the end of the game are the ones that ended up in the back of the net. You can generate a great scoring chance without a shot on goal for the statistician if you pull one high or just wide. Schneider is not getting as many props as he should. He made two or three terrific saves on Duncan on that pp in the first. Duncs doesn't usually come up short in those situations. Why are the Gopher trolls coming over here to gloat, I didn't know that the U of Minnesota was in the Frozen Four, oh yeah... they aren't, because we beat them in one of the best hockey games of the year, after losing to them in the other best hockey game of the year. BC is a great team. Fast, skilled, old school hockey east style. We couldn't beat them up due to tight officiating, and they were able to get the job done. Congrats to them. PS, have any of you seen the Blake Wheeler home video on youtube from after the final five where he is wearing a Sioux jersey and yells "have fun golfing". What a moron. If he didn't know that the Sioux were still going to the FF after the final five, his daddy wasted a lot of dough on that exopensive prep school education.

I thought that Kessel worked out some sort of one-way deal. How did BC keep Brian Boyle for 4 years?? A 6 foot 7 first round draft pick four year player? That's almost absurd these days. He had a very good year last year too.

The problem for free agents is that they have no leverage to keep them out of the AHL. Toews will be offered a one-way contract to Chicago and will get the league max for a rookie. He will have no incentive whatsoever to stay at UND. Stanley Cup or MacNaughton? hmmm tough one there. Oshie is an interesting question. If he gets offered a one-way deal, he'll go too. I am pretty sure St Louis will make him the same sweetie pie deal. So, he will be gone too. Where we are especially vulnerable is at D. If Chorney turns pro we are in a world of hurt for next year. I just want to keep the defensive corps together. Let them mature another year. Chorney became a bonafide superstar back there this year. Lee was a bit inconsistent, but I bet he's been injured or something. Finley has improved by leaps andd bounds. Genoway shows potential, Jones Jr has gotten a lot better since last season, and Bina really became a key player this year too. I am worried that Big Joe will turn pro, because of the ticky tac penalty callig he gets against him in this league. I am sorry if he is a foot taller than some guys, where is he supposed to put his elbows? All the powers are going to keep losing the top talent forwards after 2 years, so what we need to do is to keep and build defensemen and role player forwards.

Isn't BC maroon and gold too? We've got nothing to be ashamed about. It was a great year. I can't wait for October! How about Evan Trupp centering Duncs and dare I say it...TJ ( please come back, kid) next year. Maybe put Hextall with Watkins and the Dutchman? I expect much bigger numbers from Kozek next year.

I just wanted to start a thank you post to our seniors. These guys defined the spirit of the Sioux, hard work, tenacity, strength and skill. These guys all accepted their roles and came out and gave it up every night. Foyt kept going to practice despite limited playing time, Porter was a leader and a force out there, Fabian was a terrific mucker digging in corners and putting other teams on their heels. You will all be missed. Three consectuive trips to the FF and you guys were a big part of all of it. subcomment: TJ and JT, thanks for always creating out there and making it exciting every shift, good luck in the big show.

I think the refs were too concerned about calling the penalties even and dictating the flow of the game. The best officiated games are ones where you hardly even know the ref is on the ice. Either way, poor officiating did not cost us the game. Tough loss.