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If we can’t get Carle to move on, I’ll settle for their goalie coach to move on!

The thing that really gets me is that I have no clue who will be where in the lineup. Wouldn’t surprise me for Lindberg to play up or down in the lineup for forwards. You always hear during fall camp that certain guys are impressing. Last year the talk was Kernan that was impressing, which was unexpected by me. Will be fun to see who exceeds expectations or has a big jump in development from one year to the next like Emery did.

Would have been nice to get an older player like Carter Sotheran if that is the direction they are going, but he committed to Omaha. Maybe a guy like Dumanski would be in the mix. With the youth of the blue line, don’t know if you go with a true freshman age player, in case injuries crop up, plus they will probably have to play against Clarkson after New Year.

This draft is going to be a fun one to watch for a UND fan with Verhoeff and Carels expecting to go high. Then it will be interesting to see where guys like MacKenzie, Williams and Klimpke fit in. So many great players with guys from non traditional countries, that just getting drafted now feels more of a feather in your cap than it was years ago.

I’m not. Mackenzie was the one who saw the most ice time in the World Juniors last year compared to Verhoeff and Carels, and Lindberg was playing 2/3 of the game for a reason. That said, if Carels didn’t come, that wouldn’t make our team better by replacing with a last minute guy when you possibly could have had a Rudolph or DuPont. Like others have said, I choose to hope that Carels will show up and prove it at this level, then if he has an amazing year, can possibly play a game or two with the NHL team that drafts him after we win the National Championship.

Would say DuPont has more Makar type upside, but right now, yeah Carels is probably the player to make an impact, but that means little if he doesn’t show up.

If I were Michigan, I would throw a lot at DuPont, rather than let a rival get their foot into the door of elite Canadian talent.

If that is a distinct possibility, why wouldn’t you throw all your resources into DuPont, and/or Rudolph instead.

If they aren’t and DuPont goes elsewhere, that would be a major blow.

Well, if Minnesota gets that foot in the door that would suck based on their hatred of Canadians.

On top of Lin, MacBeth and Fiddler, they would be young as well.

Does Rhett Ringers know something? It was suggested we were getting 2 of the big names before.

Much like having the likes of Toews, Oshie, Parise and Sanderson tied to the program helps with name recognition when recruiting, I think the name DuPont will hold a lot of weight going forward. We were fairly lucky last year there weren’t any long term injuries on defense, and in other years we could barely fill the defensive roster. We might have the problem this year that we had last year during World Junior time, but who knows if injuries bite us more.

If they weren’t going for two big names, would think they would announce someone like Dumanski right away, or soon anyway.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Penn State could push off a few recruits to make room.