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Very few people actually said this. I never said it (you can go research it if you want). My position was (and still is) that it is a false choice (national title vs. consistent success). The two are not mutually exclusive. This is not a zero-sum game. I definitely am concerned about the past two years, but I am also not convinced we are headed to another 1991-94 situation either.

He also started during our 7-0 home win vs. Omaha on January 6th.

Yeah, NDSU is still in a hole. But they are more competitive than they used to be. And they will probably get better in the next 2-3 seasons. And when they do, I want a team that can beat them.

If this happens, we need a change at the top. Chaves picked one heck of a time to take over this athletic department. WBB on the rocks. MBB on the rocks. MH struggling for the second straight season. FB on the verge of going backwards after some big steps forward. I really hope this prediction is wrong.

Go back and watch the 2016 NCAA title game. Cam made some big saves when he needed to. Our D-Corps were good, but not perfect.

I agree 100% USD and SDSU have established solid WBB programs. NDSU is finally climbing out of the hole they dug themselves with the disaster that was Carolyn DeHoff. UND runs the risk of being a distant #4 amongst the Dakota Four. Unacceptable.

If Cam is back in net for Friday's game at Omaha, you can bet on a loss.....with a few soft goals thrown in for good measure. I don't know what happened to him, but he is not the same guy he was two years ago.

That is the Mismash we expected to see more this season.

I was just going to post something like that. The team plays harder when Thome is in there.

Dr Jekyll, meet Mr Hyde. #twodifferentteams

Hak wasn't a "failure". But national titles are what separates the good programs from the great ones. And, fairly or not, Hakstol will always be viewed as our "Doug Woog". Every great program has down years and/or periods. That is all I was saying. But nice job bringing Hakstol into it.

FYP. Thank you very much Kris "Bleeping" Kolanos.

2001-02. I remember it vividly. Except this time, there isn't the novelty of REA to attract people to the games.

I meant years when we don't have home ice and/or don't make the NCAA tournament. It is bound to happen sometime.

Since we'll probably have to have a shutout to win, I'll say 2-0 UND with an empty netter. Anything else results in getting swept at home.

Yep. If your goaltending is bad and your penalty kill is bad, just book a weekend at Club REA and both of them will get better. Or your money back!

The seat is definitely getting warmer for Berry with each bad loss and bad weekend. One other way to look at it is this is just the law of averages sticking its nose in. We were bound to have a down year at some point. We just don't want it to turn into 3 or 5 down years. With all the advantages we have (winning tradition, numerous alums in the NHL, NCAA title two years ago, best facilities in the world), that should not happen. And if it does, I think Berry knows his head will be served up on a platter.

For recruiting the players, of course he should get credit for that.

I didn't say that, but I suppose some people did.

My point is that the recruits people are b!tching about are NOT Berry's, but are Hak's.

This is something that gets lost in the shuffle. Looks like Hak picked the perfect time to leave.

Bubba is definitely on a warm seat for the 2018 season. Whether or not that seat gets warmer or cooler will depend on how we bounce back from 2017, which was an unmitigated disaster.

Okay, it just seems like there has been a lot of talk about commits struggling.

Anyone else a little concerned that a good number of our commits are "struggling in juniors"?

I suspect those numbers will improve drastically this weekend.