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OMG, first time seeing Legg's goal. I'm not a big hockey fan(obviously), but that was amazing.

Recent comments about Cox and Demens finally accepting the coaches challenge, speaks to how much of the game is mental. Players need to play with the mindset that their time is now. Good to see.

It remains the possibility, albeit unconfirmed, that Demens might have been slower in getting up to speed in 2009 because of his redshirt-mandated injury. Further, if he was still recovering, it would make sense that if GERG knew more of Leach's ability than Demens's going into the season, that GERG would tap Leach as next in line when Ezeh was sent to the bench.

So, I don't really find it that surprising that if Demens is now healthy and being given the chance to compete, that he might now be a viable LB option.

Also, it may well be that GERG simply made a mistake regarding Demens's abilities in 2009. After all, he only showed up a month and a half before spring ball.

When these players emerge from being "buried," sometimes they are buried due to an error by the corches, not always because they aren't worthy of playing. I hope Demens proves the former - it sounds like he is.

Since I am detail oriented, I just wanted to point out that where Brian says "Here's a transcript for the detail oriented" there is no link to said transcript.

And the Legg article was AWESOME. That was my Frosh year, and it brought back lots of memories of my early M Hockey fandom, and lots of stuff I didn't know about where Legger learned the shot.

I had always heard from other students at the time that he was a good lacrosse player and that's how he knew how to pull off that shot.

Amazing way to get a goal - very, very impressive.

For those who may not have seen "the goal" from Alex Ovechkin from a couple of years ago, take a peek at this. It is worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbmI6-YSnQ

I am the kid in the blue jacket in the Mike Legg video.

It's amazing when you have competition, how much the improvement comes.

... cannot be emphasized enough.

Brian, is it possible that Summers took the "basic" two year deal while Mitera liked what he saw, in the contract, and opted for three years?

For those of us who were around during Terrence Robinson's recruitment and remember his hype and videos, it's hard not to be excited about him with the ball in his hands. We all KNEW it would be him, not Odoms, who would take the first slot spot. Now with Odoms, Gallon and TRob, this should be an exciting year at that position.

Maybe even more so, Kenny Demens! If he can be a good MIKE, we are looking good for a few years. That's a bigger deal than almost anyone of the other developments, IMO.

"Mudcrutch" was the name of Tom Petty's first band, before they became The Heartbreakers.

Demens....lets not forget that he was a Rivals 4-star, which means, IIRC, per their own explanations of their stars, that they project him to be an all-conference caliber player as he develops in college.

Not all conference immediately. Not all conference after recovering from injury during a freshmen redshirt year. But all-conference as he develops during his collegiate career.

Sounds like he is making progress towards those bonafides. With three seasons left to play for Michigan, to boot.

Keep in mind how few tackles David Harris during his first two years at Michigan. It takes time to reach your potential.

"Question: Summers has a two-year deal, but Mitera signed for three. Both waited until after their seniors years to do so. Why are the contracts different lengths?"

Brian, it's because Entry Level Contracts are not dependent on what year of college a player leaves, but rather on the actual age of the player. Kids 18-21 are required to sign a 3-year contract, while kids 22-23 are required to sign a 2-year contract.

Mitera was 21 when he signed his deal with Anaheim.

Summers was 22 when he signed his deal with Phoenix.

You can reference this in the NHL CBA, in article 9 (specifically, 9.1(b)).

Ok...sorry this sounds like a Penthouse Forum letter...but this really happened last night, and I am still in shock. I am a 1992 M grad living in Dallas. I support the Stars and Turco, who, sadly, is on his way out of town. (He still has a lot left...he just needs a D in front of him.) I decided to go to the Stars' last home game of the season last night, which was also probably Modano's last home game. My buddy won a prize in a charity poker tournament that allowed us to meet Turco after the game and get a tour of the Stars' locker room. Epic game, if you have not read about it or seen highlights - Modano tied it up late in the third to send it to OT, and then got the game winner in a shootout. Turco played great in the shootout.

Anyway, long story short, we got to meet Turco after the game. He introduced us to a bunch of players, including Modano, gave us sticks and autographs, and we drank a beer with him and chatted with him for about 45 minutes. I wore my Michigan sweatshirt to help break the ice (no pun intended). We talked a lot about Michigan hockey. Super cool guy and very down to earth. First thing I said to him, after introducing myself, was a question about the Mike Legg goal against Minnesota. He said Leggs was ridiculous with that trick in practice. I had not seen the ESPN article yet. I just wanted to pass that on and let you what a genuinely friendly and cool guy Turco is.

P.S. - someone was blaring Iron Maiden Piece of Mind in the locker room. I commented about it to Turco and he said - yeah, that's Lehtinen, he is an old-school Maiden fan. Excellent.

star power of a Graham or Warren but it sounds to be a more even well-balanced defense. With the emergence of Demens, Campbell, Gordon, and hopefully the Freshmen coming in the fall; this years defense can be a good balanced defense. I am not looking for a great dominating defense just one that doesn't make the mistakes that they have seemed to make the past couple years.

was really good. It makes me even more excited for next season, which I wasn't really sure was too possible. Sounds like he's mostly over the Miami game but still harping on it a little bit to keep the chip on his players' shoulders. Next season's going to be really exciting. Too bad the Miami series is in Oxford this time, I would love to watch that.

I remember when he signed with us I was really excited because I saw all those crazy highlights on Youtube. If it starts coming together for him our slot position will be insane this year.

Up until just a few days ago, it was "common knowledge" among Michigan fans that Demens was a bust. The same assessment was routinely given out to Terrence Robinson. JT Turner is now getting the "bust" treatment. Even Will Campbell has been the subject of a few "he doesn't seem to be progressing" comments here. It seems as though a lot of Michigan fans have formed the opinion that excelling at a high level is the norm for freshmen and sophomores, when the reality is really the opposite—it's very rare. We've just been incredibly blessed with a few high-profile guys over the years who were difference-makers from the get-go.

And the thing that's so crazy about the Legg goal is that, for many of us, we couldn't believe it because we couldn't see it.

See, during this year's tournament, there was much hand-wringing that our games weren't in HD.

We so quickly forget that there was a time when Michigan tournament games weren't even on TV at all. Or, if they were, were broadcast on tape delay.

I am 99.9999% sure the Michigan-Minnesota game in 1996 was one of those games. Because I had to sit there in my living room listening to it on the radio, and Al and Jim on 1050 just went absolutely ballistic about this goal and how it was the best thing they'd ever seen and talking about it like it put the world off its natural axis. And I had to wait until the game was actually shown to see just how absolutely right they were.

The moral of the story is two-fold: 1. I still love technology, always and forever, for bringing me every Michigan NCAA tournament game in some incarnation of live video. 2. Damn, was that 1996 team fun. And not only were they fun, but the 1997 that DIDN'T win was even MORE fun.

Well that's true when gordie said for the commercials.
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