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He was committed to North Dakota back in 2020 and 2021 and then decommitted & committed to Colorado College.

Gabe Perreault of Boston College signs his ELC with the New York Rangers.

Our old friend Tyler Dunbar of Colorado College in the portal as well. Seems like an easy CCHA target, especially for the Michigan schools given he's from Sault Ste Marie Michigan.

Oh yeah, that nightmare weekend in Colorado Springs, he was dominant for long stretches. Wonder if he wants to go back further east, from Toronto, family been through a lot with poverty/finances, would be nice for them to have a shorter trip to see him play. His older brother still in the Flyers organization.

Zaacharya Wisdom (2023 Seattle 7th, Colorado College) in the portal

Feels like there's a bit of an identity crisis in the program as there are just fewer tough skill guys than there was 25 years ago. So do you continue to recruit the top end guys if those guys are soft? Or do you recruit more "below UND talent level" CCHA type guys who do play with bite/edge on a consistent basis, and avoid most of the blue chip guys? I feel like Carle & Denver have found the sweet spot of recruiting a ton of moderately to above average skill waterbugs who forecheck hard. Seems like a lot of the "old school UND" type guys: players who were mid to later round picks, not elite guys who are guaranteed NHLers, but very good NCAA players. Dylan James (and maybe Croal/Littler) was the only guy who was tough, fast, and fairly skilled on a consistent basis all year, although I didn't watch every minute of every game this year so I could be wrong.

Need to get Toews to call him and sell him on all the positives regarding UND

Ugh

Christ...

Yes, but you still want to maintain relevance across all of North America in order to be able to get a few top end guys from outside your normal recruiting base. Pinto is from New York and he was a great player at UND. The staff can offset some of these losses with some nice portal additions and a couple last minute home run additions from the CHL.

On the positive side, I do like what I saw from Croal and Littler. Littler got hot at the right time down the stretch. He should be a very good 3-4 year player. Hopefully Jackson and staff fully unlock Swanson so we can see what he did in junior at the NCAA level on a consistent basis.

Saw one of the Boston College bloggers said he thought the Eagles were in on Boisvert, but maybe the Terriers already have him locked up.

Matthew Wood (2023 1st, Nashville) just left UConn for Minnesota

Jackson has his work cut out for him. Chance to quickly turn it around like Montgomery did at Denver, or else end up like Wisconsin did at the end of Eaves and the whole Granato tenure to where they're at now.

Minnesota rosters are 85-90% Minnesotan (most of whom dreamed of playing for the Gophers), Denver has Carle. Those are my thoughts on it.

Time to use all of the (Western) Canadian connections to hit some recruiting home runs/grand slams in the CHL, especially the Dub. Otherwise, program even more in complete disarray.

Ryan Chesley of Minnesota signs his ATO with Hershey/Washington and will sign his ELC with the Capitals starting in 2025-26.

Yeah I still cannot believe he fell to 12. Wild are very lucky

Berry and Motzko shell

Denver turtling too much here

Davis should have poke checked there IMHO

Crazy to think Matt Davis doesn't have his elite reputation if UMass knew how to scheme up a PP in OT when Davis cramped up and Halyk had to go in in the 2024 1st Round.

Lmao Fowler

Penn State. Make Boston University's title drought continue

Miami has 9 guys in the portal so far it appears. Looks like they're replacing half their 2024-25 roster for the upcoming season. Noreen been recruiting pretty well for their level and has his Tri City Storm connections to keep getting good players in recruiting/portal