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Ryder Ritchie (2006, Medicine Hat Tigers, 2024 Minnesota Wild 2nd rounder) is still unsigned. He could definitely go to the NCAA for a year or two. He might be a Gavin McKenna package deal kinda kid, but definitely worth bringing up here. I saw a few Goofers fans brought him up a couple days ago as an NCAA target.

Western Canadian kid with no fear and can score? Yeah, UND fans will love him

Ugh, but makes a lot of sense

Schloss has Boisvert to Boston University and Perron to Michigan confirmed on his portal list.

Matthew Perkins (2023 Vancouver 4th rounder, Minnesota Duluth) in the portal. Had a terrible year for the Bulldogs as a sophomore.

The 3 Ferris State guys in the portal (Shoudy, Gault, Burtch) all have solid counting stats. I wonder where they end up, that program has been down for awhile. Ferris State, if they actually put in the work to recruit, should be one of the programs that benefits from new CHLers coming into the NCAA.

NA3HL stud to NAHL average starter to D3 stud to D1, very nice progression

Pretty slow day in the portal where the most notable name is a 6th round pick leaving Ohio State

Blackhawks want him in the NCAA another year to develop. Guessing Connelly and Vegas preferred him in Henderson next year developing in the A.

Dans Locmelis (2022 Boston 4th rounder, UMass) signs his ELC

Trevor Connelly (2024 Vegas 1st rounder, Providence College) signs his ELC.

Looks like Penn State is ready to go hard after CHLers per Marek's blog. The Sheet Blog: Slew of first-timers could rock NHL head coach carousel for 2025-26

Would like for specifics on how they're recruiting the CHL, if they're utilizing their (Western) Canadian connections to recruit the new player pool that has opened up. Hopefully Dane is building relationships with CHL coaches to build pipelines in the years to come.

Might be bringing in Heil this fall, so might only need 1

Hopefully every CHLer has watched this

Good for Berg, wishing him the best

Chicago Steel in junior. The Chicago Steel have sent a ton of players to Michigan in recent memory. Perron probably believes that Naurato and a more open offensive system can boost his numbers (even though that didn't really happen for Whitelaw this past season).

In the portal, interested to see where Di Pasquo goes

Early Departures Thread, not Portal

Theo Wallberg (2022 Ottawa 6th rounder, Ohio State) in the portal

Will Zellers is going to be a lot more impactful than many expect, that's my prediction

Denver got Broz a couple years ago, Pohlkamp & Salminen this past year. Denver really takes advantage of guys who were committed elsewhere who end up decommitting, which results in the Pioneers getting them last minute.

Zakreski (Portland Winterhawks, WHL) is a decent start, middle tier guy who can score. Everyone is saying the CHLers are waiting for the major junior season to end, potentially take official visits, the draft eligibles will see who draft them, and then make decisions at some point during the summer. I am confident that North Dakota will be adding more CHLers in the near future. The bigger name programs (North Dakota, Michigan, Michigan State, Boston University, Boston College, Denver) are all saving a couple spots open in hopes of getting a big name kid from the CHL who would come in next year. Until then, we wait and see what Jackson does in the portal