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Schloss was told by several scouts that Simpson needs a full year of junior before coming in. Schultz should be mostly ready.

I'd be very surprised if both O'Neill and Lindberg come in for 2025-26. I actually think both need to go back to junior for another year before coming to UND

In terms of Dub guys, here are the high end draft eligibles who should be serious UND targets: Jackson Smith (LHD) Roger McQueen (C) Carter Bear (C/LW, likely out 1st half of 2025-26 season due to injury) Ben Kindel (RW) Cole Reschny (LW) Cameron Schmidt (RW) Lynden Lakovic (LW) Blake Fiddler (RHD) Josh Ravensbergen (G) Braeden Cootes (C) Nathan Behm (C/W) Everyone else in terms of the WHL draft eligibles are tiers below those I mentioned IMHO. Of course, you'd love to get high end guys from the O and the Q, but UND just doesn't get Ontario or Quebec/Maritimes kids very often and doesn't recruit those provinces/areas as much.

Even with a poor O Playoffs right now, Misa has a legit shot to go straight from junior to the NHL (of course depends on who drafts him). A team like the Boston Bruins, who strongly supports NCAA route development, might steer him in the direction of 1 year in the NCAA for better development & steer him to Boston University or Boston College for ease of access. Like I've mentioned before, I expect Michigan to make a serious push for several CHLers, Misa probably included. Michigan has opened up a ton of spots and still has plenty of space after Perron committed there, they aren't slated to bring in too many freshmen right now and can defer some of their guys a year by sending em back to junior.

I'd like to see 2 more CHLers. High end ones

I personally don't think O'Neill is ready yet, but completely understand if they bring him in

Any news on Gibson Homer?

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How quickly has Jackson gone hard into the portal, that is the question. Now that the press conference is done, I'd guess he's doing 12 hour days at the office for awhile now.

Miller was signed by the Bruins on November 4 2022, then his contract was terminated on November 6 2022 after fan pressure and pressure from the Bruins players on management. Miller played 2021-22 with the Tri City Storm of the USHL

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Michigan will be big game hunting all offseason. Full mercenary

Cameron Korpi (Michigan) to the portal. Wolverines going to have another mercenary roster for 2025-26.

Looks like Michigan will have to replace about half their roster as result of graduation, turning pro, and portal entries. They already have Perron added. Would seem like they're going to add a few more big names in the portal and go hard after a few big time CHLers

Toews does not have kids.

Is this all that he said regarding the CHL and recruiting all 3 CHL leagues?

Some really good players in USports. I know it gets overlooked because it's a bunch CHLers who weren't good enough for pro and Junior A/Junior B guys not good enough for the NCAA, but there will be some solid guys who come down here.

They'll get a couple solid portal forwards & I expect one or two big time CHLers (bigger names than Zakreski who is considered depth) coming in for 2025-26. We'll see what happens over the next couple months

Whitelaw to Western Michigan per Divver

He'll be back in the NCAA for his 20 year old season or maybe after his overage junior season and comes in for his 21 year old season.

Christian Humphreys (Michigan & Kitchener Rangers, Colorado 2024 7th rounder) & Noah Powell (Ohio State, Oshawa Generals, Philadelphia 2024 5th rounder) have their names officially entered in the portal, so their plan is to come back to the NCAA it appears. Both should be considered, but unsure if they'd wanna go west in the direction of UND.

Old friend Brent Johnson signs in the Coast with the Wheeling Nailers. What a fall from grace (relatively speaking) for the Washington Capitals 2021 3rd rounder. Wheeling is like going back in time, you might think you're in a 70s/80s movie driving through there.