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1st draft: Gersich - Hoff - Pogo (until he signs im assuming he stays) Mismash - Rhett - Olson JJ - Kawaguchi - Wilkie C. Adams - Simo - Njones - (Yes I know I'm missing Bowen in a 3rd or 4th line role, does he play over Simo? ) Wolanin - Peski Poolman - Shaw Johnson - Bast Cam Tomek

I've never been known for my defensive abilities. On or off the ice

Not a breat comparison, but guys like Brent Burns and Erik Karrlson do much more damage from the back end. I'm not saying Wolanin wouldn't cut it at forward, I'm just saying those fans that complain about his defense and praise his offense need to realize that in most (not all) cases his skillset wouldn't translate as smoothly by shifting positions. Plus going into next year, who is going to drive offense from the back end (which has made our team so good the past few years)? We typically have multiple defensemen who drive possission. I can think of Wolanin and maybe Shaw (assuming he steps it up this year, which I think he will). Peski, Johnson, CPoolman all showed they were ready however we need several mobile dmen....not one.

Haha that's a good one.

He's not a forward. He's an offensive defensive. There's a difference :). For developmental reasons, he needs to stay back there and work on defending his own zone. Also, just because he shows offense doesn't mean that would translate by putting him at forward. He's a guy that likes to build a rush (from the back end) because his top speed isn't high end. Kid should have a big year next year, if others pick up their games and give him support. This is an opportunity for some of the boys that struggled last year to get that oppurtunity to put up points.

Hak had multiple rebuilding years. However he was able to keep highenders for 2-3 years. The NHL is changing where younger players are thriving. Teams are more willing to let the kids play, thus signing them early. Hak always had highenders coming in every year, from a recruiting perspective so his rebuilding years were slightly masked.

Jost was awesome Friday night against the gophs

It's a tougher league than the CHL

F, just refreshed my twitter feed. Saw the bad news. That really sucks.

Wow I just read that on twitter too

Poolman can become a free agent this august and sign an entry level deal with any team that offers. Or he could come back to UND, hopefully have a huge year and sign a normal deal with any offering team August of 2018. Yeah, I'm sure Winnipeg is going full court press right now.

So it sounds as though poolman had surgery and is out 4-6 months. The more I think about it, why wouldn't he come back and play next year? After next season he'd be 24 (considered a 25 yr old for NHL free agent rules) and bypass his entry level altogether. I guess the risk would be if he further injured himself. His other two options would be to sign now with Winnipeg (ELC) or go free agency and sign on 8/15 (ELC). Interesting options. bob McKenzie was talking about Poolmans options.

So what do the men get? The viewership for the women's national team is no good.....where is all that money coming from (USA hockey is a non profit). Also, those wages seem really high.

Friedman gave bucci credit. Bucci also called Iacopelli as well, which just went down. Bucci's actually pretty locked in.

Huh? I guess I'm not following. Friedman just tweeted that he's signing with VAN. Bucci called it.

Strickland's definitely in the know. I'm still leaning that he is right. I would guess that Pogo is going to finish out the semester and start in the A next year. Again, hopefully he has a change of heart and come's back next year.

It's been pretty quite on the Pogo front, I thought we would have heard more on that. Hopefully Andy Strickland's tweet was off.

IF he stays (which is a big if), there is no way he stays through his junior year. Let's just get him back for next year.

Bucci is tweeting that both Griffen Molino and Matt Iacopelli are leaving WMU.....that hurts. Both were soph.'s

I completely agree. It's like reviewing a touchdown pass to see if any of the oline flinched (that the ref's missed).

I read that this morning too. I wouldn't put too much stock in that but it does make me feel better

No, some played all year in the A.

It seems as other teams are getting some of these guys back. Some of those top boy from northeastern all noted they were coming back, Schuldt went back to SCSU even though he got a great offer. I wonder what gives?

I think they'll make it.....but right now the USHL is a very very tough league for them. Keane was supposed to be a more offensive player and did put up good numbers in the MJ but has struggled mightily in the USHL (22 pts in 77 games; -7 on a solid team). Not sure what the deal is there.

Keane and senden are a ways out. But we do have some nice kids coming in over the next 2-3 years.