Komets

Regarding the rumors on Kevin St. Pierre and Colin Chaulk: Nothing official has been done and can't be announced until after the league meetings in Las Vegas the third week of June, accoridng to General Manager David Franke, who also cautions fans that, ``We're evaluating everything and there are going to be changes that will be made. How many I don't know. There will be a new look to the club next year for sure. Whether it invovles these other guys, we're not at that point yet.''

If you could have one player come back to the Komets who did not play here over the past two years, whom would it be? I'm not suggesting in any way this player should be at the expense of a current player, either. Could be anyone who is still active from the UHL or the IHL days, though there are a lot few of those. My choice would be Andre Roy. He'd be a star at this level and would have impact every time he skated onto the ice. How about Marc Magliarditi? Anybody see the numbers he put up in the ECHL this year? It's also too easy to just say Sean Venedam, so try to stretch a little.

I just haven't been able to get into it. I can't tell who half the players are, and I can't believe half of the goaltenders who are playing. The hockey season is just too darn long. I feel like the last thing I want to do is watch another hockey game, especially one where I don't know who's playing.

What do you guys think?

Anybody got anything interesting planned for the summer. I'm looking for ideas. LOL.

So you guys better respond on here to let me know whose jersey cost the most tonight.

Also "me" suggested we start a topic (again) on what you guys think about what would happen if the Komets joined the USHL, a junior league? We could renew the rivalry with Indianapolis for one thing and see younger players. Now, there's no way the Frankes would do this, but it's fun to talk about.

Take it away "me'' and make your case.

He's dressing for Milwaukee tonight in Game 7 against Iowa and former Komets coach Dave Allison. I don't know the details on whether he's an emergency goaltender or what. Milwaukee is coached by former Komets assistant Claude Noel.

I'll bet this has been an amazing series. Allison felt that Noel stabbed him in the back when he was coaching Milwaukee and Noel was his assistant.

Thanks for all the kind words from everyone. I hope you have learned as much this year as I learned from you. When I started this in November, I really didn't want to do it because I looked at it as just more work to squeeze into the already 14-hour days. Instead, it turned out to be quite enjoyable, thanks to you. It was a lot more fun than I expected, so thanks for that.

Thought you might find this interesting. I was dead tired today, but I stopped by Loyola-Chicago on the way home to catch IPFW's match against Loyola. What a contrast with the Komets!

And good riddance. This was one of the strangest years I've seen with the Komets. No matter how hard they tried, the pieces just didn't seem to fit. They played hard tonight, but Rockford played just a little bit harder. Rockford got all the bounces in this series because the IceHogs earned them.

More to come later.

He was named the UHL's best defensive forward today for the third time in his career. It's the fourth season in a row that a Komet has won the honor after Sean Venedam won it last year. I think that's very impressive because this was not an especially good defensive team during the regular season, and you can really see during the playoffs how much he and Troy Neumeier have been missed at the defensive end of the ice.

Are they done or do you think they are just getting started? My feeling is that they haven't even come close to playing good hockey yet, and it's still there if they can play smart on the road. I think the pressure is all on Rockford.

What do you think? I'm headed west.