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Win the postseason tournament? Better hope for all shutouts as this team just can not finish. There are no Caggiula's, Boesers, Kristo's or even Luke Johnsons on this team. Have to wonder what is going on with the coaching staff with this continuing into the 2nd year of putrid offensive punch. Wolanin was our best hope last year and séems like our D-corps have a better chance of scoring than our forwards. A number of these forwards were NHL draft picks, why can't any of them score consistently?

Report i heard awhile back was that he had some type of illness.

Point with Hain is that why did they bring him in so young? They must have believed that he was ready but looks to me he could have used additional development time.

Very frustrating team and I am sure the players and coaches are frustrated too. Just can't seem to catch a break. High NHL draft picks like Mismash and Hain should be scoring more than they are at this point in their college careers. Mismash's accuracy seems to be lacking and Hain for the most part is not in the action. Keane looks like a very solid player for the future. We have excellent skaters and can skate with anybody, however finishing the opportunities has just not been there all year. I do believe that if we had somebody like a Kristo, Boeser, Caggiula in the lineup it would put less pressure on the rest of the roster. Allowing teams to charge back into games after getting 2 goal leads lately is alarming.

They only look like Hobey Baker or Richter Award potential winners the weekend that we play them. Maybe we are playing against Ryan Miller's clone who I believe was the last goalie to win the Hobey Baker.

We make everybody's goaltenders look like Hobey Baker finalists.

Should make for an interesting 2nd period, as we have had our struggles there too. Sioux win 2-1 tonight, lose tomorrow 2-0.

As has become way to common, we make opposing goalie look like Mike Richter award finalist. Teams with struggling goalies have to be licking there chops when they see us on the schedule.

It's always tough sledding in the NCHC. Just ask Denver. UMD does not have what I would say "has everyone back". They have 6 seniors and Kuhlman and J. Thomas were key contributors. With Anderson going early they have to be holding their breath on Tufte. That being said, I am sure they will not be pushovers but numerous teams in the NCHC could very well have better years with UND being one of those teams.

Probably need to start going around to all the hospitals and dropping off UND stuffed animals to all the kids born.

He needs to save some of that for this fall. Looking forward to seeing him play. Also seeing how much Hain has improved since we saw him last fall.

I read this to be $10,000 for 4 seats or $2500 per seat. This price is still ridiculous for a Natty game yet alone a regular season game.

On the college commitment page that I referenced, DU has 10 recruits for this coming fall. Not sure of their quality, but hard to expect DU will be as highly regarded this coming season with all of their potential player losses. If Montgomery has any aspirations of going to the NHL, now may be the time to explore any opportunities.

Has anybody seen Carter Huber play? His coach at Okotoks sure speaks highly of him. That is the same team that Bernard-Docker is playing with and he is projected to go as high as 2nd round in the NHL draft.

Don't see 2 freshmen on that 2nd line with Rhett. JJ and Adams are definite possibilities.

I guess Air Force must have caught St. Cloud.

I am confident that Mm, Adams, and Guch, will see their stat lines go up appreciably next year. I also see Bast being a significant contributor to somewhat pickup what we are losing with Wolanin's departure. I think a possible surprise next year will be JJ. He was missed some games with injury.

Don't necessarily think that is a bad thing. Need to get control of the team and doing it to start the year hopefully sets the tone for the season. Need the team focused and that the goal is #9.

Although it would be great to keep these guys longer, that is not realistic. I would think that having the larger numbers of players not only leaving early but playing successfully in the NHL, is a valuable recruiting tool to get targeted players to commit.

Suspensions imposed by the coaching staff, league or NCAA?

This is sometimes used as the carrot to get these guys to sign. Particularly with teams that are having down years. Hopefully Shane goes on to a successful career. Based on rumors for most of the season, it sounds like he has had his mind made up for quite awhile. I sensed the same thing from Luke Johnson his last year at UND. Interesting that both were 5th round draft picks.

Adams leaving or staying is going to depend upon what the coaches tell him where he needs to do to improve his game and how much he buys into it. The talent is definitely there for him to be a major contributor and if he is committed to what the coaches tell him, I see no reason why he will not get plenty of ice time next season. In some respect, I would see the say thing happening for MM. Once the light bulb goes on for these 2 freshmen, I see both of them being major contributors in the future.

Hoping it works out well for Shane. Maybe the Caps system is more conducive to his style of play. Living in AZ, I remember how much hype there was here for Hextall when he signed early with the Coyotes. That didn't work out very well but hopefully Shane's career goes well.

If Gersich returns the line of Gardner, JJ, and Gersich looks like a #1 line on most teams. Line of MM, Gooch, and Jones has alot of top end ability.

Huber will be in the mix.