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I meant that guys should be able to go on official visits on January 1 of their sophomore year in HS, which is currently the day that coaches can officially contact them

Kinda BS you can't take official visits before the commitment window opens up, at least IMHO.

Only 1 NTDP commitment so far from the 2009s, pretty surprising ngl.

Monster get, wow

Just 4 of the 11 commits today are 2009s. The rest are 2008s. Apparently, it's common practice for many New England kids to repeat a grade when move from public/normal private HS to prep schools. So a lot the normal bday 2008s from New England aren't graduating HS until 2027, hence why they were only able to start committing today.

August 1 news is for the future the vast majority of the time. More likely to get finalized roster news on some random day like August 6.

George Komadoski (2008, St Louis, MO, OHL, Flint Firebirds) commits to Notre Dame

Literally all Eastern kids going to Eastern schools with the exception of Notre Dame so far...

New Brunswick kid. A lot of the lower tier Hockey East & mid to lower tier ECAC programs will be buoyed by more Quebec/Maritimes talent going from the Q to the NCAA.

Last year, the trend was most of the August 1 commitments were from east of Lake Michigan. Guessing that trend will continue, although plenty of Western Canadians could commit.

Wonder if Sheahan revamps their system/offensive approach.

Cannon Thibodeau (2009, NTDP, dual Canadian/American citizen) commits to Notre Dame.

Merry Recruiting Christmas & Good Morning to all! Hope to see some bat signals from Chyzyk soon

SGC seems like a Denver lean. Utah kid

Not disagreeing with ya there. Gotta balance your roster with an elite plan every year. There's a reason why Denver has won 5 National Championships since Minnesota won their last.

Assuming DuPont does go NCAA, I'd be quite surprised if he doesn't end up at Denver, North Dakota, or Michigan. Maybe Michigan State, Boston College, Boston University, Penn State make a serious push for him, but I really think it's one of the 3 I mentioned.

If DuPont commits to UND, Chyzyk needs to tweet a picture of this for the bat signal precursor:

Considering that goalies at 17, 18, 19 years old are complete projections & most are wildly guessing on pro potential, most 15 year old goalies are even bigger unknowns. They'd have to put up godly numbers in minor/HS/Prep hockey to really be on the radar of the mainstream

Nope. He's been eligible to commit since last year. He's (essentially) Canadian as he grew up in Saskatchewan & all Canadian 2008s graduate HS in 2026. IIRC, Beuker & his advisor/family wanted to take a measured, patient approach about where to commit for the NCAA.

Of the NTDP 2008s, the only uncommitted players are Wyatt Cullen (likely to commit to Michigan State on August 1), Luke Carrithers (not a great goalie), Brady Knowling (not a great goalie), and Dayne Beuker. Everyone else of that NTDP team has committed now.

2025 August 1 Recruiting: Top 10 Europeans from Schloss

As Schloss mentioned, his brother Wilson Bjorck is committed to Colorado College. Imagine Viggo, a likely top 10-15 pick, ends up at Colorado College. Would be wild

The great thing now is that there really aren't any excuses to have down recruiting cycles. Talent pool is huge and North Dakota has tons of advantages in Western Canada. There's pressure knowing you have to hit home runs in recruiting every year, but you love having that high standard. New staff is poised to have a big August 1 cycle.

Letang wasn't anywhere close to the progression point of becoming Letang when he was 16. DuPont's floor is Letang, his ceiling is just below Makar IMHO.