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Minnesota State Offseason Thread 2019

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MAVS21 said:
I just saw the updated roster lost Bigelbach and Zak Galambos. Also curious as to why Brendan Furry isn’t listed on the Roster. Anyone have any insight?
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A little sad, but not surprising. New people coming in, and no defensemen leaving, is bad news for guys who essentially didn't play last year (Zero games for Bigelbach and 4 for Zalambos). Not sure on Furry, but he just turned 21, so he can't go back to the USHL.
 
MavHockey14 said:
FWIW, MSU has been transparent with the other 6 league members of the new conference that it will leave for the NCHC if asked. Sounds like Miami would be the team that would “swap” with MSU in the new league — doesn’t sound like anything too imminent, but the new conference was the first step towards joining the NCHC — it eliminates Miami having to travel to AK or AL, and gets them back to a primarily Great Lakes conference.
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If this new league imposed stiff exit fees like the NCHC did, that would make it far more difficult for MSU to leave. As for “trading” for Miami or Western Michigan, that’s nothing more than fan speculation.
 
davyd83 said:
If this new league imposed stiff exit fees like the NCHC did, that would make it far more difficult for MSU to leave. As for “trading” for Miami or Western Michigan, that’s nothing more than fan speculation.
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I’m just passing along information from the most trusted source I have within the program. WMU and particularly Andy Murray don’t want to leave the NCHC and enjoy being a member of the conference.

I can tell you Chris Bergeron would prefer to get Miami into the WCHA for part of the reasons I mentioned, but getting administration on board is a hurdle (as it was for Blasi as well).

Ultimately, the conversation I had led me to believe that the NCHC would stay at 8 teams, and if the Mavs get the invitation, it would be in a scenario Miami leaves, not at addition to 9 or 10 NCHC teams.
 
Re: Minnesota State Offseason Thread 2019

MAVS21 said:
I just saw the updated roster lost Bigelbach and Zak Galambos. Also curious as to why Brendan Furry isn’t listed on the Roster. Anyone have any insight?
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Any word on Israelsson?
 
davyd83 said:
If this new league imposed stiff exit fees like the NCHC did, that would make it far more difficult for MSU to leave. As for “trading” for Miami or Western Michigan, that’s nothing more than fan speculation.
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If there is a sizable exit penalty, I wouldn't expect MSU to join the new Mercury 7.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Which is why MSU has been transparent with their long term goal or what they’d do if the NCHC asked them to join.
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Personally I think it would make much more sense for these 7 to join with NCHC and create 1 conference with a great lakes and Western conf. That would eliminate 1 auto bid and for some NCHC teams on the bubble that would be appealing. But at this point who knows. I think the 7 team league is a good move although I really don't like doing to UAA, UAF and UAH what the NCHC did to us. We shall see what they do with name and logo, scheduling too. Im not sure on the rules but will the smaller conference allow for more non conference games?
 
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Rumor has it an 8th team is in talks to join the new conference, FWIW. Based on what I’ve beard, I’d anticipate that 8th team to be ASU.

However, expectations are that heavier discussions will happen about the long term viability of WMU and Miami in the NCHC, and if MSU and on what I’ve heard, ASU(not BSU...) would be better fits.

Sign me up for ASU joining the league — talk about a nice long weekend road trip...
 
MavsFan19 said:
Personally I think it would make much more sense for these 7 to join with NCHC and create 1 conference with a great lakes and Western conf. That would eliminate 1 auto bid and for some NCHC teams on the bubble that would be appealing. But at this point who knows. I think the 7 team league is a good move although I really don't like doing to UAA, UAF and UAH what the NCHC did to us. We shall see what they do with name and logo, scheduling too. Im not sure on the rules but will the smaller conference allow for more non conference games?
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Likely 24 conference games. Next year will be interesting. Will there be one Alaska? Will there be two? None?
 
MavsFan19 said:
Personally I think it would make much more sense for these 7 to join with NCHC and create 1 conference with a great lakes and Western conf. That would eliminate 1 auto bid and for some NCHC teams on the bubble that would be appealing. But at this point who knows. I think the 7 team league is a good move although I really don't like doing to UAA, UAF and UAH what the NCHC did to us. We shall see what they do with name and logo, scheduling too. Im not sure on the rules but will the smaller conference allow for more non conference games?
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The NCHC formed to get away from the smaller schools. It’s highly unlikely that the NCHC would want LSSU, Ferris, Tech, NMU or Bemidji.
 
Re: Minnesota State Offseason Thread 2019

Has anyone received their tickets/the actual bill for their tickets? We put down our $50 per seat in the spring, but haven't heard anything since then.
 
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Bale said:
Has anyone received their tickets/the actual bill for their tickets? We put down our $50 per seat in the spring, but haven't heard anything since then.
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Was wondering the same thing. I haven't seen or heard anything about tickets since the $50 downpayment.
 
Re: Minnesota State Offseason Thread 2019

MavHockey14 said:
Haven’t received mine yet — the team will be delivering some of these locally, and calls to thank each season ticket holder, and that hasn’t occurred yet either, FWIW.
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OK, I just wanted to make sure. We switched some things around with youth tickets and added some seats. I was getting nervous that things got goofed up.
 
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