Merle

I then asked, is he black?

This is prior.

Somebody said no.

Whatever happened to Tennessee State, they didn't get a team, so Denver brings this kid in.

He's not even starting.

The starter gets injured.

What happens?

He doesn't lose one game.

That is just Denver in a nutshell.

You find some kid you weren't even going to get, and Coach Carl goes into this, and he stands on his head, and somehow, once again, Denver wins the national championship.

Another thing I'm shocked to hear, Grinelli tells me the last team to win

the NCAA title with more than one first round pick was North Dakota 10 years ago.

I don't think Denver even has one first round pick.

So it kind of leads into the conversation of college hockey.

And like, do you go after all these super prospects or do you build like a deeper roster and get a bunch of really solid players as a,

opposed to a couple of superstars.

I mean, the proof is in the pudding and seeing these winners, they don't have a bunch of first rounders.

I looked at the roster 22, I think was their oldest player.

They had a couple of those guys.

That's not crazy considering how old some of these guys can be, but it's a coaching masterclass.