AlphaMikeFoxtrot

Brad's article about Toews alleviates the concern that he does not have a special place in his heart for UND.

https://www.nhl.com/news/ruck-twins-bring-proven-chemistry-to-2026-nhl-draft Get them in Grand Forks next year!

Saw on EP that Verhoeff turns 18 today. Forgot that he was 16 when he committed, kid definitely has a good head on his shoulders

Whatever happened to that gopher hockey "insider" who predicted Boeser to MN as a done deal or whatever and then basically disappeared after it didn't come true?

Brad has an article up about it

Mason West's WHL rights traded from Vancouver to Portland. Guessing he deferred for another year. Doesn't want to end up like Tufte. Hopefully this doesn't mean another chipper is about to commit to MSU for the fall.

Not when then they deem him ineligible for playing at SSM the prior year and he spends most of the season on JV. Honestly surprised he didn't bolt right then and there.

https://www.nhl.com/news/keaton-verhoeff-pushed-to-next-level-by-ncaa-move

Someone north of the border acknowledging the upside of the new rules for MJ: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/americans-qmjhl-draft-9.7230313

If he signs we flip Bleyl. Problem solved

Great blurb about Cole Smith where he says playing at UND was his goal, and it made him into the player he is today. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49009036/nhl-undrafted-players-ranking-scoring-scouting-contracts-free-agency

Maybe top 10 for compensation?

Has anyone ever gone first round after being passed over in previous drafts? Perunovich in the 40s is the highest I remember.

Felt like they went out of their way to avoid it, very low hanging fruit that they both went there

https://archive.is/2026.06.06-150926/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333777/2026/06/06/jason-blake-jackson-blake-stanley-cup-final-hurricanes/

NCAA accepts hockey's age proposal for 19 after basketball and soccer threw right behind it.

Blake with an all time bad penalty. Cannot give refs anything to call with a late lead (just like Cooley vs Quinny in 23).

Billings just got a great new community facility with multiple rinks. Friend from there sent me a link and I thought it needed a junior team.

https://ushl.com/news/2026/6/2/mens-ice-hockey-west-coast-expansion-on-the-horizon.aspx

Blame Canada!

He might have selected another sport entirely for college. I do expect some aristocrat, like Larry Robbins or *gasp* Murry Gunty, who is a college hockey dad to sue the NCAA to force an exception for hockey. Another lawsuit angle is something involving the Post Grad year that kids do at NEPSAC and similar schools, which have plenty of aristocratic parents as well.

If you want to know which schools might shutter (or cut hockey out of desperation to save money), this lists the financial health of all private non-profits in the US. Some MIAC D3 schools look shaky. Niagara, Merrimack, and surprisingly Clarkson all score low. AIC and Mercyhurst are low too if that's any indicator. https://www.forbes.com/lists/college-financial-grades/

Cole Smith with an apple on the goal that kept Vegas in the game. Getting one before the 1st ended was massive. I keep thinking I see Sioux jerseys in the crowd, but they are Whalers green.

NHL is secondary to NCAA puck for me, so I might be off base here, but it seems like nobody ever thrives there and then wind up doing better elsewhere.

Hopefully once all commits from prior to Chyzyk coming aboard are either on campus or going elsewhere they take can advantage of this more. The new 5 in 5 may draw out MJ accepting its new place in the development pyramid now that the older and more experienced players touted as college hockey's biggest advantage won't be as prevalent. Brad and the rest of the college hockey pundits said it was only a matter of time until they came to terms with it, but who knows now.