hockeytherapy13

As time moves on, that 2013 natty just gets weirder and weirder. At the time I was a little surprised but at this point I’m just bewildered. Talk about taking advantage when you had a glimmer of hope. Thinking of the scary good teams of college hockey the last 20 years that didn’t with a natty yet somehow Yale did it with a decent team.

Can’t blame him too much for taking the opportunity to play with his brother. Guessing it didn’t hurt that Nodak will be the much better team on paper

Up until 2 weeks ago I was assuming Davis was going to be riding pine a fair amount of the season but now it’s anyone’s guess. We are going to have some great college guys sitting out each night.

Kernan will be a big offensive threat too. Guessing he will tuck 15+ goals as a top 6 guy this year

He's getting the C, that's my guess. Second guess would be Swanson. I'd go Croal with the C, Swanson, Reschny, and Emery get the A's

Looks like they've found a new song for pre-game warm-ups

Gotta feel Croal is a STRONG contender to wear the C. He's the one I'm giving it to.

I’m excited to have him on the team and jacked up to watch him progress throughout the year. But the way he’s talking makes it feel like he’s got one foot in and one foot out already. I know he’ll give it everything and have a killer work ethic while he’s here; it’s just feels weird going in assuming you’re a one and done. Guys like Makar, Sanderson, werenski, Hughes, Hutson all did 2 years and it served them greatly; no need to be in a hurry. But with him I’ll take one and done over nothing at all.

And your thoughts on Hage? Since my point was more so high picks staying longer thanks to NIL. Which is going to make it more likely that these high end teams will actually start winning the final games of the year with the top players being older.

It’s a bit different now because some of these high end picks are staying a year or 2 longer thanks to the NIL money. Michael Hage and Perron sticking around for Michigan would have never happened if it weren’t for the bag of cash teams can use now

I think we can assume Duluth will be just fine. They always land on their feet with goaltending the last 15 years. Plus their forward/defense will be so good this year that it'll help Reyelts get things rolling. Their top 6 is going to be brutal to play against.

Jackson Blake did an ECH interview when he was a freshman saying he wanted to play 4 years lol

Justen Close (gasp, a Canadian) was a 25-year old his final season. Souliere (Canadian) was 25 or 26 at the end of the year as well.

Fair but defensemen just need more time in general. Rucks are skilled enough to go 2 years after they’re drafted depending on progress and how much muscle they put on. So it’s not crazy to think that one more year in WHL and 1 year at college wouldnt be enough. Reschny went #18 overall and will *likely* leave D+2 and these guys aren’t going to get drafted that far behind him. But again this is all speculation that will be moot for a long time.

I would agree if they were coming this year. But with them coming in at 19 I imagine we get them for one year and then gone. Part of me even worries that they don’t even make it to campus after next year but I hope I’m wrong.