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I mean, it's a little harsh. We want him to be selfish and thinking mostly about offense. Goals determine who wins and he creates them sometimes out of thin air. Just cough it up less.

Like the poster above, I think he's further from ready than I had thought. The deal with him is that he is top six or bust. He does not have a bottom six game. So he's got to be truly exceptional to get a spot. His elusiveness is at that level, elite at this level and maybe even in the NHL. But he simply won't play there, whether he wants to or not, when he's so loose with the puck. Carolina, especially, has forwards who are hard on the puck. They would have a problem with one of these turnovers per game, let alone five or more. He's amazingly explosive here, but will have to be more careful down the stretch this year.

Persson was not remotely the problem this weekend.

Can't think I've seen a faceoff game like this before. Just unreal.

The thing that sets this team apart is its top-end forward talent. The rest of the team is solid, but so is pretty much every team. So when that edge you have over most teams is going, you're usually going to win. When they're struggling, you get this weekend.

By Tyler Dunbar, former UND commit.

Disagree. 3-on-3 is a perfect situation for him. His skills are magnified with all the open space. Plenty of people would call it insanity to not have him out there.

CC looks like a trap weekend to me.

Blake was probably the someone.

I have a feeling a March and/or April matchup between these two may end up in OT as well.

We've seen some beautiful OTs, but that was ugly. Finally got the puck and then did ridiculous things with it. Denver is pretty good. Their goaltender was better tonight. It's too bad it had to include a loss, but this experience was important for UND. They had to see what it's like when a very good team revs it up and comes back against you. The younger Buium is very good and I hope whoever drafts him loves him.

Face-off pretty critical here.

God UND has a problem with stopping playing in the last three seconds of a game.

I guess there are two good teams playing tonight.

UND with a terrific start to the third. Now Denver with a little push the last few minutes. Any of these point shots could find their way into the net with deflections, etc.

I love the north-south element he, Strinden and Berg bring. Just head up the ice, preferably straight to the net.

On Gaber's goal, he and Pyke were playing catch, then the third time, the forward marking Gaber went to a knee in the middle to block a lane for Pyke, and that opened up the ice for Gaber. Pyke got him the puck, Jammer set a textbook screen, and Gaber hit the spot. The PP has actually been pretty good when they get it set up, but they have just struggled so much getting there.

I was most shocked that Blake was physically able to throw that hit. Didn't know he had that ability. I think he just really wanted to win that loose puck and clear it. A little reminiscent of Oshie's famous hit when he and another guy were racing down the ice for the puck. How about instead of winning the race I just drop you. I don't even think it was a penalty.

The big difference is this team can score (not like Denver, of course, but by UND's standards), which means they can always come back. They won't always do it, but they can, so don't walk away.

The DU fans watching replays probably can't believe two Denver guys converged on the puck carrier, leaving the middle wide open.

Play of the game might have been Ludvig's save on Webster with 5-6 minutes left.

I think he's been ok.

God it seems like everyone is. UND just generally cannot seem to get set up.

Disagree that this looks like last year. UND barely touched the puck last year. They've had it plenty tonight. A couple missed assignments in the defensive zone and this happens.

Yes, but just horribly bad luck. Maybe too close to overturn, but it was high. Then off Pyke's chest and in.