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Weekes is a good studio analyst but not very good on color, tries too hard to be entertaining. Would also imagine his NCAA knowledge is nowhere close to what is needed, but you'd think he'll be prepped well enough to not sound too dumb.

You think Lindberg is coming in straight from the NTDP? Wonder if they want him to play another year of junior like they had Laurila do, really benefitted Laurila.

J Swish is clearly biased in favor of what he knows, nothing inherently wrong with that, I don't expect a former player turned entertainer/content creator to have the closest pulse on what the program actually needs.

Just make sure the Goofers don't win

James Patrick is the interesting name Schloss listed. UND alum, NHL guy, Dub coaching experience, current Victoria Royals head coach. Patrick could get a ton of high end guys from all of Western Canada, problem is he’s 61 and likely doesn’t want to leave junior. Also doesn’t match the job requirements as he doesn’t have NCAA coaching experience.

The way Hedquist was/wasn't used in the 2nd makes me think he's gone as others on here have alluded to. But who knows, he is in line to get the starting job (unless they grab another portal goalie).

Not a doctor, but that would make it seem like a return after the Holiday Break would be the target for Bear.

We thinking Emery stays or goes somewhere else?

A lot of the top CHLers will definitely have UND near the top of their list simply because of the program's history/reputation for developing NHLers (especially Canadians). But the development part got worse under Berry, and if @yzerman19 is right about the top 2010s not considering UND, that's concerning and you gotta get the new head coach right in order to get the program back to the top quickly.

You think Detroit gives him an ELC this year, they tell him to go back to UND, or even tell him to go to the portal to find somewhere better? Yzerman/Draper might not think he's ready for the A yet, Grand Rapids already pretty deep up front.

Wish hockey recruiting was more public and covered like it is in football. Would be nice to know who is going after CHLers like Gavin McKenna, Cameron Schmidt, Roger McQueen, Ryan Roobroeck, Jackson Smith etc. As for Perron, feel like he's gone. Just hasn't taken off at UND like everyone thought he would.

Aren't his parents both UND alums? Feel like he's much more loyal to UND than he ever was to BU

Yes

Vigneault took the Flyers to the playoffs in 2020 after Hakstol got them there in 2018.

Wouldn't necessarily think a ton. North Dakota is better positioned than almost every other program (Michigan, Denver, Boston University, Boston College are positioned very well) to recruit CHLers, especially Dub guys. North Dakota's staff has always been full of Western Canadians and the player alumni base is almost half Western Canadian. Regardless of who they hire, they have to go after high end CHLers, just easier doing that if you hire a Canadian.

Gophers have a lot of talent but haven't had the clutch gene much of this year. In a hypothetical Western Michigan Minnesota matchup, Slukynsky outduels Souliere & Bump should produce well. Been pretty underwhelmed by Oliver Moore and it's not like Matthew Wood has really popped off for the Gophers, probably just met the baseline production expectations. Huglen being out really hurts Minnesota as well.

Zakreski two goals tonight for Portland, up to 39 on the season in 66 games.

Feels like Berry (& staff) have a specific way they want to play but then don't really recruit for that style, leading to us seeing whatever the hell that was this season (and many seasons lately). They recruit pretty well, but they're not get many elite blue chippers whose talent just overwhelms you every game, nor are they getting many older grinders who have NCAA ready games right when they come in at 20 or 21 years old. Not good when McLaughlin looked very off most of this year, don't know what to think of him at this point

Gotta give a ton of credit to Ferschweiler for recruiting some damn good players and turning nobodies into dudes. Slukynsky brothers were about to go to Northern Michigan and Bump was at Vermont before both programs lost their coaches, Ferschweiler comes off the top rope & steals em last minute. Helluva job

The fact that no one ever Kronwalls Bump means most players are pretty soft nowadays

Most guys who are more talented don't want to play physical "football mentality" brand of hockey. Everybody seems to be more of a skilled star growing up through minor hockey and then HS or junior. Ferschweiler has instilled some sort of mentality/culture/identity that has gotten a lot of JAGs to play inspired. Good for Western Michigan

Apparently he was down to North Dakota and Minnesota Duluth in his original recruitment. Would have looked nice next to Blake

B1G Championship is never ending. Augustine and Terness are battling

Someone said Berry has taken UND Hockey several steps down below NDSU Football, to which Yzerman19 stated that NDSU Football is irrelevant nationally because it's FCS, to which several said NCAA Hockey is mostly irrelevant nationally. Just a tangent that happens in message board threads sometimes. I think we all know the program has gotten stale, Berry isn't pushing the program forward, thus should be fired.

Would be a dream recruit, just slightly below Jake Sanderson at the same age. I bet he signs days after being drafted, unless a team like the Bruins (who love having prospects play NCAA) tells him to go to university for a year or two.