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Does anyone think Cameron Schmidt could be an option? He fell to the 3rd round but some had him listed as a 1st round talent but his size dropped him down to the 3rd. He was drafted behind Simpson so I don't know if that would mean they wouldn't want to take him in over Simpson for this year.

Fiddler is a D so I would say he would not be a target for this year.

And I've said this a million times as well. The committee swayed the vote by putting "Fighting" in front of hawks. I've said it forever that whatever nickname they put "Fighting" in front of was most likely going to win.

I sure hope this means that we see 7 D dressed each night vs. a 13th forward. I never understood dressing a 13th forward vs. a 7th D. When this rule was put in place, I thought it was the ideal spot to work in a freshman D man where you can strategically spot him throughout the game.

It sure seems crazy to me that Tampa isn't actively shopping him. I figured they would have traded him by now and he would have signed with whomever traded for him.

Doesn't this seem strange? Why in the world would we take a commit supposedly months ago that is considered an extra/depth player when the recruiting player pool literally doubled and there was/is tons of talented players available. Is this a sign of where our recruiting was back then? I certainly have no clue who said player is/was but it seems like a blessing in disguise that he can't get into school if he truly was only a depth piece.

He could be talking about Tate Prichard as one?

I would think based on numbers we will probably have to bring in one of or maybe two of Schultz, Simpson, Pilgram and O'Neil but I would say O'Neil would be the least ready at this point. Ideally they all play another year of juniors though.

I think we have to hope Chicago throws the bag at him! Chance to coach a "generational talent" in Bedard and build a young team.

You may want to check your research on those natty's!

I've never seen a player so afraid of contact more than Perron. He's small but ultra talented but turns the puck over because he avoids body contact at all costs. The play in I believe it was the second period where he has the puck on a mini 3 on 2 and the Western D man steps up on him to make a hit and he totally bails giving up the puck and Western turns it right back with an odd man and TJ bailed him out. I've been hoping he doesn't hit the portal but after watching last night in a big boy hockey game he is totally neutralized which is why (along with the turnover) he wasn't one of the top 9 playing the third. Hate to say it but not certain we would miss him all that much and if rumors are true he is getting 6 figure offers I'd recommend him to take it to go elsewhere.

Could this be deja vu as I recall right around this same time last year someone posted a stud d-man from Bemidji would be hitting the portal and was all but a shoe-in to UND! How'd that work out?

I agree and haven't heard this either. The biggest and most well-known payment I'm aware of was the Minnesota boosters paying Snuggerud $100K to come back. I'm of the belief that there aren't a whole lot of 6 figure NIL hockey deals out there but I certainly could be wrong.

The ultimate dream for any kid growing up in Minnesota playing hockey! I don't think there is one kid that would ever vote to move the state tourney out of St. Paul.

Remember when the two class system began in 1994 Roseau played class A. A few years of losing to Warroad and they moved up to AA (not a single Roseau resident/fan will ever admit that being the reason although it certainly worked out pretty well for them as I played against that loaded 1999 team that won and they got another in 2007).