Eric Burton wrote:
 
> > As a fan of college hockey and someone who has known kids going into it, I
> > think expansion is great. College hockey is not the feeder for the pros as
> > other college sports.
>
>     I think College hockey will be watered down with too much expansion, I see
> it in the NHL right now,  with expansion I think you will see what is already
> apparent with college football too, you have a few teams that are very good that
> will be in the hunt every season for the national title (BU, B.C. Maine,
> Michigan, UND, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan State), then you have a bunch of
> teams that are ok that will make the playoffs once in a while and have no real
> chance of winning the national title (Alaska, Bowling Green, Merrimack, Mankato,
> BSU just to name a few) then you will have a bunch of teams that are horrible,
> insert teams that dwell in the bottom your league year after year.
 
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