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   Gone are the days of players making a pact to come back to finish the job.   Of course, most of the time that happened in situations like Minnesota's where they fell just shy of winning a title.  It's not like UND can say "we were so close".    Obviously, Blake was being pressed by Carolina, and I can understand their need to sign him so they don't lose him next year.   Just sad that Minnesota is holding on to players, where in the past guys would stay around here because they wanted to make another push for a championship.   

   So this obviously is going to give Berry even more grace, because we lost Blake and Berg, so we lost our top scoring threats.   You know, if you are going to lose guys anyway, might as well recruit like Michigan and BU.  Very disappointing.  

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14 minutes ago, tnt said:

   Gone are the days of players making a pact to come back to finish the job.   Of course, most of the time that happened in situations like Minnesota's where they fell just shy of winning a title.  It's not like UND can say "we were so close".    Obviously, Blake was being pressed by Carolina, and I can understand their need to sign him so they don't lose him next year.   Just sad that Minnesota is holding on to players, where in the past guys would stay around here because they wanted to make another push for a championship.   

   So this obviously is going to give Berry even more grace, because we lost Blake and Berg, so we lost our top scoring threats.   You know, if you are going to lose guys anyway, might as well recruit like Michigan and BU.  Very disappointing.  

Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track

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2 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track

Any evidence to support that?   

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4 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

This IS the standard with programs like UND. We are not a mid-major program that only hopes to win our conference's auto bid.

We can’t win our conference auto bid unless we are hosting the games at home…..

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4 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track

Blake's turnaround from December to March was impressive. He went from being a constant defensive liability to becoming reliable almost all of the time. Sure he was easy to knock off the puck if someone got contact. But his 200 foot game improved big time this season. 

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4 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track

Wow I hope to goodness this is sarcasm , you can't really believe this.  If you do please seek professional help 

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4 hours ago, Goon said:

According to some that’s the standard. 

 

 

Spoken like a true winner…….

We need to decide whether we want to be an elite program or not. Our results are ok if you are fine with no tournament success. Top programs should expect more every year AND be disappointed if we don’t get there. Winning Mentality must not be in goons values……

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3 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

League forward and player of the year. 
Sets league season scoring record.
Hobey finalist. 
Off track. 

How about CAR doesn't want to lose a draftee in a year. 

Take it from a guy who regularly talks through his arse, Sioux> is talking through his arse.  

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7 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Blake's turnaround from December to March was impressive. He went from being a constant defensive liability to becoming reliable almost all of the time. Sure he was easy to knock off the puck if someone got contact. But his 200 foot game improved big time this season. 

Just because he didn’t turn the puck over in the worst places doesn’t mean he improved his 200’ game. Coasting back on those Michigan goals proves my point.

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1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Dang.  There goes our depth at center.  :(

I guess I took it different,  assuming you are referring to the Berg & an unknown female companion being quoted about him going to the NHL....   I  took it as she said it, not him... and time frame was not mentioned....  oh and bars in GF with dudes scamming puck bunnies?  Probably not a thing anymore?  

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2 minutes ago, burd said:

Take it from a guy who regularly talks through his arse, Sioux> is talking through his arse.  

I was just responding to a post asking why Carolina was in such a rush to sign him. If they think he is ready to go then there must be a reason. Either he is ready or he is not. Carolina knows more than all of us.

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3 hours ago, RhettRingers said:

Honest question, do you think the name change has hurt recruiting?

Absolutely not. Name change is just for show. Maybe a little distraction because of the fight to keep hawks off everything but that shouldn’t affect any of the players.

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4 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

12 players gone off this team , the new normal for Berrys recruiting. 

8 of those players were seniors or grads, so far only one portal entrant.
We knew those first 8 were gonna be gone regardless.

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1 minute ago, brianvf said:

8 of those players were seniors or grads, so far only one portal entrant.
We knew those first 8 were gonna be gone regardless.

Technically two portals: Emerson, Benoit. 

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