fightingsioux4life

Yeah, that Jonathan Toews guy didn't do much in his career after playing at North Dakota, oh wait......

I thought UND was thinking of changing their mind on opting out?

You have to have a passport or passport card to use that option.

Now watch the naysayers insist that none of this is enforceable and will be overturned by a court.

I think this is one tradition that we can learn to live without.

That would be one heck of a home ice advantage.

Maybe an NCHC/B1G Challenge tournament to kick off the season? I would pay money to watch that.

I think both teams will have some growing pains early in the season. But I also think both teams will get better as the season goes on.

Is this a make or break year for Sather? Or does he have a de facto lifetime contract and can stay as long as he wants?

Maybe Grand Forks should just get rid of its airport?

Yes, you would think so. But UND is going to UND.

It's unlikely they'll finish below Miami.

He never shied away from calling things like he saw them, that's for sure.

That better?

Horrible way to leave this world.

Former Grand Forks Herald sportswriter and columnist Ryan Bakken has passed away. https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/ryan-bakken-longtime-herald-staffer-remembered-as-a-storyteller-mentor Condolences to his family.

How many teams do we get to before the talent level gets wattered down?

What a difference a few months makes! After the 2024 season ended, I was very pessimistic about this program. Now I can't wait for the 2025 season to start! LGH! 😁

I wasn't talking about other teams, just the Wild. I agree with you on the butterfly effect. I think Zach wanted to live closer to home.

The bottom line is that Parise was not going to win the Stanley Cup with the Wild. That team has been average at best from their first game in 2000. One division title in a quarter century of existence doesn't exactly scream excellence.

We'll know soon enough.

Overall, the odds are much better for that to happen.

I was thinking the same thing at the time. Turns out I was right (unfortunately).

Just having Toews on the team is huge for experience and leadership, whether or not he wears the "C".

It lasted a lot longer than some other names.