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More NIL money allows him to buy a bigger insurance policy hedging future earnings against any potential career ending injuries between now and his ELC expiring. Just a thought. Nolan Patrick hopefully had a policy.

Love love LOVE that hat. Seems like he's got a good head on his shoulders.

Tri City gave up a first round slot in the USHL draft a few years ago to tender him. There was a rumor on here they wouldn't let him "before and after" the HS season so he may not want to play for them. Vancouver is a top 5 hockey city in the world but also insanely expensive. Might come down to the better billet arrangement.

No Cooper Williams? #chippaz

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/29/sports/bruins-development-camp-players-to-watch/ Will Zellers, LW One of the top prospects acquired in Boston’s trade-deadline teardown in March, Zellers has elevated his stock since being acquired from the Avalanche in the Charlie Coyle deal. The 2024 third-round pick was a force last season with Green Bay Gamblers — winning USHL Player of the Year honors after compiling 44 goals and 71 points in 52 games. The only players to score more goals than Zellers since the 2001-02 season? Kevin Roy (54), Matt Coronato (48), Macklin Celebrini (46), Thomas Vanek (46), and Rem Pitlick (46). The 5-10 Zellers has a dangerous release, while also possessing the willingness to skate in Grade-A ice to cash in on quality chances. For a Bruins team short on high-end offensive talent, Zellers — who will play at the University of North Dakota in the fall — has the potential to be a 25-goal regular.

Nice blurb about Brady Martin spending draft day on the farm. Get him on campus for a tractor ride down University. https://www.nhl.com/news/top-10-moments-from-2025-nhl-draft

Our staff to recruit him, as well as the NTDP borrowing him for a weekend. It'd be interesting to know what his role was this year in Muskegon.

Snatch him out of the portal!

Alex Weirmaier is a surprising pick. Bailed on Denver early in the year and was never on the top line in Portland. It's far from certain he has a spot there next year as an overager. I think it's only one per team?

Schloss-whiff, the opposite of a Schloss-bomb. Looks like Sanderson just barely made the Sept 15th cutoff.

That's a pleasant surprise.

Owen Martin of Winnipeg drafted in the 3rd round. Currently in Spokanistan, worth looking at for next year.

Fair, I meant of the potential commits after the draft. Denver, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State the the Boston schools are the competition so having one less of them to worry about is encouraging. Minnesota and Wisconsin could (should) be but just doesn't seem to be the case. ND and OSU could come out of nowhere too.

Michigan filled a forward spot with a depth F from from the Q (Justin Larose), that's a sign they aren't getting the expected traction with OHL blue chips.

Agreed on Bryn. Faith in him has been rewarded thus far.

Martin being a farm kid makes him unique compared to the Quebecoise and Golden Horseshoe kids in the Q and O. Otherwise he wouldn't be with mentioning.

Who do we want for next Friday's bat signal? Fingers crossed on my part for Brady Martin. Any 2nd/3rd round CHLers not yet on our radar?

Sounds like exactly what we want. https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/nhl-draft-saskatchewans-cole-reschny-a-two-way-player-loyal-farm-hand

Keaton Thompson to Germany

It's a portmanteau of Zach Parise and Joe Mauer, two big name MN natives who signed massive contracts and were often injured. Credit goes to MN sports fan Negative Dave. I'm admittedly not in tune with baseball so I don't know if Mauer was a disappointment (he is in the HoF so probably not) but Parise definitely was. The buyout is only now off the books for the Wild.

Oh yeah, completely forgot about that. Probably for the best to get out of town for college.

Back to the Motzko talk, Mason West told the Strib he wasn't really recruited by the Gophers. Also said MSU being the first to reach out played a part in his decision.

Hopefully he takes a hometown discount and doesn't wind up another Zach Mauer situation. He brought us to the promised land, he would be a deity in the state of MN for doing so with the Wild. Side note: his draft class was stacked https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft/nhl-entry-draft/2015

It will never fail to amuse me how they recruited someone that another school thought wasn't ready for college hockey.

They don't even have any smoke on a CHL blue chip though. He may not have a roster full of Edina divas and alumni's offspring, but his roster management isn't nearly as strong as is was when he was recruiting to the concrete palace. His tenure would be viewed differently if Cooley hadn't taken one of the more ill advised penalties in college hockey history, but as of now all he's done is get them back to status quo after Lucia left it in worse shape than he found it.