fightingsioux4life

They don't meet the criteria, let's hope they stick with it.

As long as we aren't considering Spoilers (GPR) or Bruins (Fargo South), I can live with it!

Remember, variations on names could come into play here. :"Stars" without the "North" in front of it might be what is being considered here. But that is just pure speculation; I have no contacts on the Committee (maybe gfhockey does though! ).

So you are saying that ticking off Gopher fans is a bad idea? Anything that gets under their skin is a positive, IMHO. Besides, we could use just "Stars" without the directional abjective in front of it and it probably would STILL tick them off! For the record, I voted Roughriders in the poll and I think that is what it will end up being.

To be honest, I have drastically cut back on my fast food consumption; it's amazing how bad it is for you.

You obviously don't understand the difference between a public message board and a scientific survey. The former is not an accurate measure of public opinion, while the latter usually is.

Actually, someone on here said that the whole "process" is pure window dressing and that UND was negotiating for the legal rights to the North Stars name and logo. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

But according to some people here, that would be "a small price to pay".

Bring on Seattle or Hamilton, Ontario.

And you can bet if it was the Anaheim Sucks instead of the Blackhawks, it would be much slower and more sleep-inducing. This series is living up to what I thought it would.

I don't recall Baker or Kupchella doing this as much as President Foxhole. I didn't always agree with Baker or Kupchella, but for the most part they owned their decisions and defended them.

I like to call him President Foxhole. Everytime there is a controversial issue or conflict, he runs and hides in his foxhole and lets his handmaidens in Twamley do the dirty work for him. This made my day.

I believe that Goon does indeed have press credentials.

Believe what you want, but the only BS being thrown around is from you.

I would not have ripped Hakstol; I would have given him credit for trying something to change the momentum. I was watching at the Ground Round and I wasn't the only one that was thinking it. I remember one game vs. Anchorage in 1996 when Blais pulled Toby Kvalevog in favor of Aaron Vickar and we came back and won. I also remember the 2006 Final Five semifinals when Lucia pulled Briggs for Frazee when they were down big to St. Cloud and the Gophers came back to tie it and send it to OT. Although they lost in overtime, at least it gave them a chance. So it has worked before.

Berry will likely get a "honeymoon" period, like most coaches do. I will say that Hakstol did not get his "honeymoon" period, as he was following up a legend and that is always hard to do. That I definitely don't blame him for. I think Hakstol is a good fit for the NHL and I think he has a good chance to be successful, even though he coaches a team I can't stand (Flyers).

It isn't just one year; when it happens year after year after year, that is when people will start asking questions. And a 1-7 Frozen Four record over a period of 11 years, it qualifies as a trend. And trends cannot be 100% explained away by "lucky bounces", "puck luck", "one and done", "hot goalie", ect. And yes, I might have put Johnson in, just to change the dynamic of the game. I have seen it work in past games and it might have worked here. But I guess we'll never know.

And some people's hero worship of Hakstol makes any sort of criticism of Hakstol blasphemous and inappropriate. Case in point, bigskyvikes. I guess the program will tank now that Hakstol is gone and Brad Berry is in charge, right? Me thinks Brad Berry will do just fine at the helm of the Good Ship Fighting Sioux.

IALTO!!!

I hope so. With AP, this is a potential playoff team. Without him, they'll finish 8-8 or 9-7 at best.

This should be a fun Series to watch. Speed vs. Speed. Skill vs. Skill. Goalie (Crawford) vs. Goalie (Bishop). I will go with Blackhawks in 6 because of their leadership and experience. But don't count the Lightning out; they have young talent and some experience to balance it out. They could very well pull the upset in 7 games.

I actually was hoping some of them would have taken the bait! And the REAL reason they dislike the Big Sky is that they shot them down not once, but twice before the Slummit took them in out of the cold.

Hawks win Game 7 5-3 Hawks win Series 4-3 Sucks, this is for you!

Sucks PP Goal 5-3 Hawks

Cripes, a delay of game penalty against the Hawks with the Sucks having the goalie pulled. 6 x 4 Penalty Kill coming up. At least the Hawks can take all the free shots at the empty net that they like from now on.