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Only thing I disagree with is Minnesota State. They did not look fast at all outside of Pitlick and maybe one or two others

Cayden Lindstrom (2024 Draft 4th overall pick, Columbus, Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL) likely headed to Michigan State, per Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch

Gophers probably losing 6-9 guys to graduation and pro. Maybe a couple transfers in there as well. They will not be as good next year.

Snuggerud doesn't pick up Suniev going back door, slam dunk finish to win it. Just simple defensive mistake backchecking EDIT: It was Suniev, nice pass by Locmelis to Suniev backdoor to win it

Thank you for your (jinx) service

Assuming you picked the Goofers, thank you for your service

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YESSSSSSSS

C'mon UMass

First OT. Both teams play too fast for it to last too long. Minnesota State slows/grinds the game down to where OT could go forever, hence why their game went 2 OTs earlier

A Gophers OT loss would be glorious, inject it into my veins

You gotta get a block there UMass

Ugh

Gophers are so weird, 90% Minnesotan skaters and both goalies are Canadian.

HAHAHAHA FULL GOOFERS

C'mon Minutemen, let's go

Would make sense

Matt Wood is their first Canadian skater since Kris Chucko

Slukynsky wow

Western Michigan should win this, which means Minnesota State will get a bounce at some point

Home site regionals please. Also, Minnesota State is pretty bland to watch outside of a few nice hits

Losing MacDonald opens another spot for a current committed recruit, a new (CHL) recruit, or someone from the portal. The roster construction will be fascinating, as others could leave in the portal or turn pro like Livanavage and James

So this assumes O'Neill and Lindberg go back to junior and play another year in the USHL (or even go to the Dub)?

Listened to the Schloss Cast today, he did his normal narrative spinning, but made some good points including the need for good assistant coaches. So whoever gets the head coaching job needs to have good assistants on staff who can relate to the players as well as recruit well.

Canada will be a greater source of talent to the NCAA now with the CHL opened up. Ryan Roobroeck, Carter Bear, Roger McQueen, Gavin McKenna, Cayden Lindstrom, Caleb Desnoyers, etc literally wouldn't be able to play in the NCAA under the old rules, now they're all major targets for almost every top tier program in the States.

The thing that is hard in regards to UND recruiting is getting a good portion of players from large metropolises such as Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York to want to go to Grand Forks North Dakota, as the vast majority of them aren't used to (relatively) smaller town living. Going to Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Denver, Boston, Madison fits their idea of being in a university town and/or a bigger city/metro area, which they're used to. I believe Berry talked about this difficulty in one of the videos on YouTube where he takes visitors around The Ralph on a tour. Makes sense that the majority of UND's recruiting and thus player base has come from Western Canada and Minnesota over the years