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Precisely

Mismash-Jones-Kawaguchi Adams-Gardner-Janatuinen Hain-Hoff-Yon Smith-Weatherby-Bowen Tychonick-Poolman Shaw-Bast Kierstad-Peski Thome Just my thoughts. What do you guys think?

Huh I guess I stand corrected. I wonder if he'll only be on campus for two seasons or when he does come, since he'll already have played a year drafted

I don’t think they can ask a 2nd round pick to go back and play a third year in the AJHL and I don’t think they should either. The second a kid gets drafted the clock starts running on when he’ll be signed, so they may as well get him to campus as soon as possible

Kleven, Kunz, and Sanderson were all named to the NTDP evaluation camp roster today

Not sure which thread this would fall under, but Matej Tomek is headed to Omaha. He's got 2 years of eligibility left

I'd agree with that. Poolman doesn't seem to get the credit he deserves outside of ND, couldn't believe he was only an all NCHC honorable mention. Guys got a rock solid defensive game to go along with almost 30 points on the season.

Bernard-Docker and Tychonick coming in the same class is ridiculous. Tychonick's probably a first rounder and JBD is likely a 2nd. They're both going to be fantastic

I hear a lot of what your saying and while I would put Peski ahead of Rieger too, I wouldn't do the same with Johnson. I actually think Casey's future with this team is at forward

Ah that makes sense

Wait so they can't be coming next year? Cause I'll go on record saying Keane is a miss

What are the odds Rieger gets the start tonight? Got the nod over Peski last saturday and looked pretty good. Overall he's been a pleasant surprise this year considering he had fairly low expectations

Yes, he was back on the ice within a few minutes

Yeah I’d agree with that. I’m just saying I think he’s the first kid in awhile from ND to have that kind of potential

My bad, forgot about him

Exactly what I’m thinking. I believe JPL is the last goalie from ND to play in college, but I think Kaleb could be the next

I was thinking more guys who can be on campus in a year or 2 but I’ll have to check him out. Kaleb Johnson has gotta be another younger goalie to watch. Junior at GFC has played some fantastic hockey the last few years

We've gotta be looking to add a goalie soon, right? Scheel will be on campus in the fall and after him there's nobody left in the pipeline. I know its not an urgent need, but I have to imagine the coaching staff would like to get somebody for the 2019-2020 season sooner rather than later

I don't think the Kawaguchi-Duncan comparison is quite accurate. Duncan was a much higher end player who had pretty much every tool to make the NHL except size. I think a better comparison would be Guch and Caggiula. Pretty similar caliber players and I would think Guch's career trajectory will probably mirror Caggiula's a lot more closely than Duncan's. So I agree Kawaguchi can be a great player, I just think it will take more time for him than it did for Duncan

I think the biggest issue with the incoming class is that it just doesn't have a bonafide blue chip recruit at forward. The last 4 years we've had N. Schmaltz, Boeser, Jost, and Mismash all come in with a lot of fanfare and reputations as big scorers. This years class just doesn't seem to have that player. I would guess the coaching staff was expecting Hain to be that guy, but given his numbers with the U-18 team he may not be able to fill that role. I think that's what makes this seem like a bad class. Since we don't have that one stud of the group, these guys who would normally play more secondary roles are being expected to fill a role they weren't recruited to

Haha, haven't seen a lot of any of them I'm just basing it all off of stats mostly. I could be, and probably am, pretty wrong about all of them but this is just what I think from what I've heard and read

Keane probably should not be playing D-1 hockey plain and simple. At the very least he doesn't belong in the NCHC or anything like it. Senden is better, but I'm not sure how much at this point. He's struggled mightily to score in the USHL and well he does have excellent defense/leadership abilities, I don't think that'll be enough to make up for his lack of offense. Hain will be solid, but could probably use another year of juniors. Huber is a bit more of a question mark, but I don't see him being anything more than a bottom 6 player for next year. Weatherby seems like the only one of the bunch who will be able to contribute right away (except maybe Hain), but I still don't see him putting up more than 10-15 points next year. Love our defensive recruits, but right now it looks like we're gonna have that same scoring problem next season...