nascar99

FFS

How many open nets have the Sun Devils missed??

Unfortunately a ton of homer announcers across the NCAA.

Just doesn't produce as much offense as I thought he would by now

Unfortunately the NCAA rules are incredibly soft compared to the pro level. Would guess they want to avoid lawsuits & that's why it is called tighter whenever there's anything close to a major

WOW

THERE WE GO ZELLERS

F*** YEAH DYLAN JAMES

3-1 Michigan State over Minnesota. Just hilarious seeing them lose all of these games. Motzko finding out he should have actually done some work & recruited Canadians out of the CHL

Just hold on & get the empty netter

NHL caliber snipe from Verhoeff there

Cooper Simpson leading the USHL in scoring has not been talked enough about, including by me. He's really rounding out his game nicely in junior, which was one of the main objectives. Love it

Kilmpke is obviously a more recent commit, but he's being seriously underrated. Cannot wait to see him progress more and more

WOAH, Potter out for the season

Yeah, they're acting like babies because they can't hoard players for 4+ years anymore nor are they at the top of the development pyramid anymore. They obviously had more or less lost their place at the top of the development pyramid before the rules change, but the separate development routes still gave them a bit of an argument in order to have most high end Canadian players go the major junior route. Now that everyone can go to the NCAA, the CHL isn't special as a final development route before pro. They'll get over themselves eventually, you'd think at least. Hope to see a Carels & then Lin/Ruck Twins/Rudolph commitment at the end of the regular season

Because CHL teams haven't gotten over themselves & haven't come to the realization that NCAA Hockey is much better than the CHL. Once Makar did what he did at UMass and then translated it to the NHL seamlessly, that was basically the unofficial moment where the NCAA was officially better than the CHL. There's still a major Canadian hockey arrogance when it comes to hockey development. Once CHL teams realize that junior is still junior and they can't hoard players for 4 years anymore, they'll realize that they have to let guys move on to the next level when ready. I believe some franchises/organizations in major junior have realized this, but many still haven't.

I expect Jubenvill and/or Strathmann to leave in the portal

Carson Carels has to be one of them. Would love Ryan Lin, Daxon Rudolph, Liam & Markus Ruck, Cameron Schmidt (2025 Dallas 3rd rounder, unsigned), Mathis Preston, even Chase Harrington. Wouldn't assume North Dakota will be serious contenders for any high end OHLers or QMJHLers until it happens, but would love to add Ethan Belchetz, Xavier Villeneuve, Jack Nesbitt (2025 Philadelphia 1st rounder, unsigned)

He hasn't played much this season, that's probably why

Depends on which cycle. He accelerated so he could commit with the normal 2009s instead of having to wait until August 1 2026. Haven't seen enough of him to know (he needs to get healthy and play), so we'll make that determination soon. Gutierrez and Prunty have probably been the best 2009 US defensemen so far

Beck Thoreson (2009, Moorhead MN, NTDP) commits to UND!!!

Michigan beats Minnesota 3-2 in OT. Ludtke with the worst drop pass of all time right to Perron who scores on the breakaway to win it

It's not surprising he's further down the rankings: 2nd & 3rd time draft eligibles get pushed down because they were passed over in their first time draft eligible, which is the case with O'Neill. He'll go between the 5th & 7th rounds if he gets drafted in 2026, maybe in the 4th if a team really believes in his defensive acumen and truculence

I keep seeing the "we have a ton of freshmen" excuse from Gophers fans. Michigan and North Dakota also have tons of freshmen, but their freshmen are far more talented & both have far deeper rosters than Minnesota. I knew last night could be a bloodbath, but didn't expect 52-18 on the shot clock in favor of Michigan, insane.