It may be in the middle of the NCAA season, but I mean, c'mon, it's his sixth year of college ..
He started every game for the Gophers so far this season, and they will probably lose 3 guys to the Olympics. What a way to blow up a NCAA season.
It is so very odd to happen now. It seems like an opportunity for him, but man... I feel for the Gophers in all of this.
Sucks for Minnesota Gophers. Think colleges carry 3 G.
Yeah it's totally understandable for him to sign but it sucks for his former teammates
Man, Jack Lafontaine is a piece of shit.
it seems like karma, that the Gophers got stung by a 24-year-old player who they found themselves relying on
Gophers, with prior coach Lucia, were behind the cruel, self-serving effort of Big Ten to change NCAA eligibility rules,
to undermine the opportunities of less-elite schools, and players not immediately D1 ready, from achieving D1 NCAA hockey success.
At the time, many saw it as a defensive response, by established programs, to restrict competition, by outlier teams, like Union in 2014, which won title w no scholarships and only 1 drafted player
Q&A with Don Lucia
"The Big Ten, as a conference, is the entity that submitted legislation into the NCAA pipeline that would lower the age maximum for incoming college hockey freshmen. But Minnesota's Don Lucia was the one who first raised the idea within the Big Ten, ..."