Frozen4sioux

NAHL camps are the stuff of dreams for the organizations bottom line. So many kids invited in so may different ways. Families could (and have) spend o er $5-6K easy just this summer chasing NAHL chances.. which is zero for 99.9% of the player's still in HS. Northstar is basically NorthDakotaAllStars (who can foot the bill) at this point.

You are 100% correct. Absolutely hit the nail on the head.

Yep that's all true... in that context. Im the context of competition from Major junior.. Im just saying the value that we place in the lofty ideals of the academic athlete may not be AS shared by the current and future players. The promise of a Communications degree from UND ilmay not hold weight vs a 50k a year NIL deal from a car dealership. .... or in that example vs the free burritos some think NIL is all about.

Is that an asset that's as valuable as it once was?

RE: NIL Kinda sounds like what someone around here has been preaching for a year or so around here.... I'm not the person to start/lead something but as I said before UND/Alumni/REA/factional minor sports (football) interests are going to compete against each other in this arena. It's going to be a few years before they all realize how far left behind they all are by then. Also hint (we're way way behind already)

That's more of a St. Cloud, Chicago or North End Fargo type thing.

Or has the landscaped changed to the tune of, do two years at a feeder school and then we can talk portal.

"flame out"??? Not sure that's even a remotely accurate way of describing the Force season or postseason loss in the Clark Cup final but... you do you man. Personally I don't see a comparison.

Smaby getting press in Waterloo as well. Do you put much into USHL "shakeups" seems people move on and up and around at a pretty regular pace year to year. I think the dumpster fire in Omaha is still smoldering not sure they've solved any of their issues.. kinda the burning coal vein of the USHL

Basically you can hang their banner now after making this comment on this board

Would need a UND E-Sports HOF grad on the bad word beep controller.

It's interesting but if you like House of Punjab I'd urge you to try India Palace on 13th in West Fargo... "Allegedly" as per the facebook post war GF's Punjab was started by former Palace people, employees, or patrons connected somehow, who may or may not have stolen, borrowed, copied, whatever... the recipes (or whatever the posts insinuated..) The GF house of Punjab does not even come close to doing the dishes justice when compared to the original though. I'd rate House of Punjab as "tasty". India Palace in WF is rated as "Knock your di<k off good" as El Presidente would say.... Try the Vindaloo.

Winner. ^

Looks like a few more High School head coaching jobs opened up. Saw Mayville and Dickinson both posted on facebook about them. Dallas Kuntz had been thw Dickinson head coach for 10 years I believe. Haven't heard who got or if the West Fargo or Fargo South Shanley jobs had been filled.

Pretty rare that once these hires are established they willingly relinquish their "need" Much more likely they just continue to find ways to evolve the focus to keep the grift going. I need to find ways to be compensated for the perception of the past in today's worldview.

So its a payoff. That's all you had to say.

Grand cities Mall is exponentially more interesting. GF has to grew some testicular fortitude and make something happen to the Columbia mall, it's a sucking chest wound to the city and providing nothing but a tax writeoff for..... whatever holding company has it now. If there was ever a valid cause for eminent domain... it's the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks.

ASU would be a temporary addition to the NCHC. The eventuality of a western or Pacific based conference will make that so... But I think they would be a very good partner for the next ten years or so.... then...... As has been talked about here before, there will be a different landscape in college hockey

He's an absolute tool in my opinion, he knows exactly what he did, why and how to do it to avoid actual being accountable for saying it. He's the slithering jealous worm of the college hockey media world.... I categorize him as basically a meth'ed out dubay with a spellchecker and the login to a Twitter account.

Answered it yourself. so your saying their team 2 years from now may be remotely competative... Facilities open 2 years (barring delays) from now 3- 4 years at least from there for recruiting to benefit the on ice product (even with portal supplements) They have current conference obligations ..... and in the meantime that's 6+ years of changing college hockey landscape... As much as the alumni and location benefit... its not the type of draw that ASU has and I don’t believe it's realistic to compare the two's ability to draw recruits as equal. All things being said does anybody think they can win a battle vs Gophers for the MN kid?? No that's not reasonable to believe. but by 10 years time.... its fair to see an established program be nationally competitive and fit within the structure (that we know today) that the NCHC is. So to say St Thomas is 10 years away is a very rational and reasonable assertion.

This might be the stupidest conversation these boards have seen in years. St. Thomas is a minimum of 10 years away from being a NCHC addidtion consideration. And by that time there's going to be a completely different world in the college hockey landscape.

The only switch that will happen is MIAMI out to CCHA ASU in to NCHC That's the only realistic change in the 5 to likely 10 year future. NCHC under summit or a summit league is not going to happen, it would be foolish and absolutely not in the best interest of UND DU or UMD.... and frankly that's who matter and swing the biggest..... sticks. Out past 10 years from now.. who knows, that all depends on the growth of D1 programs in the west, and a different conversation. UND etc, isn't going to allow the NCHC to be watered down into an afterthought sport in a plucky low level also-ran league like the summit is in the grand scheme. It's not happening, foolish to take it seriously.

So long Winnipeg.. hopefully the disgruntled 'peggers don't get too stab-happy on Portage tonight. Things seem quite glib up there, hopefully they can all just mellow out at the forks a bit and relax this summer, come back strong.

BC is well represented to day the least.

The Qu team that played in the fall was a terrible team compared to the team by the time the tourney rolled around... its foolish to toss that out there as "validation" for the season. In fact... I'd say it validates the anti-Berry crowd (of which I am not a part of at this time FWIW)... Both teams DID NOT play good hockey that weekend but, one team progressed and improved to the point of being the Natty Champ.. One team regressed and repeatedly under-preformed...