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He can sleep on the plane! He’d be playing two more games if the Finns hadn’t gotten in the way! good ol boys should charter him a jet get him here faster and well rested!

Prague to Minneapolis is about 12 hours...with stops...

Can we get Pinto back for tomorrow night at this point?

I'm in a hotel and can't get NHL network...any "angels" out there with links?

Not sure...good powerplay work. I need to see how this team grows.

No way is that what he said. What an idiot blogger.

US team doesn’t have an identity yet either...you could tell a bunch of guys we’re not on same page. The Lafreniere goal was a bad play by The D and an excellent play by Alex. He’s the highest regarded player in the tournament, you can’t let him put up 4 points. I think he just showed how much better he is than the USA DCorps

Great game to start off the best tournament!

Well he’s about to turn 20...solid numbers, not game breaker numbers, but don’t know his role on the team. Strikes me as a character guy.

Thanks for giving me a shot, coach. Thanks for giving me your very best.

Krygier and Janicke with the Ralph Cox talk. Always tough to be one of the final cuts.

Congrats Pinto! Final roster is out

I think Rocco got the winner off his ass

Yep to both Rocco and Kristo- I remember

Trying to think of UND players to win world junior gold: Brad Berry, James Patrick, Greg Johnson (RIP), Zach Parise, Drew Stafford, Brady Murray, Jonathan Toews, Jason Herter all come to mind...who else has guys? No google..

USA roster not set yet is it? I thought they still had some cuts to make

Attendance is a thing, absolutely; however I got Lowell playing in Worcester which should alleviate some of that. To move BC could be argued, however then you are disrupting bracket integrity for the 1 and 2 seeds, which should be an absolute last resort.

tinfoil hat eh? Since the institution and widespread understanding of the pairwise and methodology for seeding, its gotten a lot harder to grease a team to the Frozen Four.

And Allentown is the region of death at the moment

No, not even close! : )it’s saying who would make the playoffs if the season ended today...on an off-day...

Ageee it’s super early for braketology, but my take right now, but here’s what I’ve got: Albany Cornell vs Notre Dame Ohio State vs UMass Loveland DU vs Providence BC vs ASU Worcester UND vs Army Clarkson vs Lowell Allentown Mankato vs UMD Penn State vs Bowling Green You keep bracket integrity except for swapping Lowell and ASU, which prevents a first round Hockey East matchup while at same time boosts attendance in Worcester. Bracket integrity > highest seed nearest home, when it’s a long plane ride no matter what...and you’re swapping the lower seeds.

Be careful what you wish for. Altru could easily sell...once you do that though you lose local autonomy. Decisions would not be focused on grand forks interests. Which in theory senior management would be considering and the board would be reinforcing.

Ha! I hadn’t thought about that irony before...but I’ve never bought into 12 years from annihilation either.

Better to scale back than live with a bad decision...kinda like getting married. healthcare is not a booming industry. Customers don’t want to have to pay for it...

It is vastly more likely that they made this decision based on industry trends and their own financial plan than an inability to place bonds. My point is NOT about the financial position of Altru- as you can see by my other post, there are many reasons to be conservative. My point is that it is improbable that they couldn’t get the bonds placed. as for running ones own business- tons of respect for the entrepreneur. I will likely consider running my own business when I finish running this $14B one.