I think the experience will be huge for us. There is a certain level of comfort you get from being at state tournaments and that should play in our favor.

We'll rotate eight or nine guys that can start for us. We have tier one pitchers, but then we have a whole slew of sophomores and freshman we can use.

We are very pleased to add another big strong defenseman that will bring leadership and experience to our team. Chad played 79 games last season making him a reliable horse for the upcoming year.

It's a comfort that it will give us two more years to fight, to get ready to lobby government for some more help besides, say, Bill 27.

We have a high level of comfort that the combination of insurance dollars and federal government dollars will cover us.

We will not flip the switch until we receive some information that gives us comfort; we will not be putting Vermonters in jeopardy.