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I agree. I’m not sure how many players out there would be able to take ice from Ben Strinden, Menghini, or others for top 6 minutes for next season. It is also hard to recruit a kid when he knows he won’t get those minutes. Those guys aren’t the best players, but they were good juniors players and have 2-3 years of college training and experience. I think bringing in a center and moving Littler to wing (full time) is a more realistic option.

Spunar and Sandy did not get bat signals. Spunar is a very solid recruit but was pretty much a done deal for months. I do not think it’s a good idea to have the fan base go crazy for Young or Sandy to commit. They just wanted to be under the radar, which is not a bad thing.

Menghini was before Bryn was hired and Rickwood got a bat signal. UND legend Isaac Gordon also got a bat signal

I don’t think Bryn would care to follow him this late in his recruiting cycle if there wasn’t anything to it. He also doesn’t follow very many people and most of the North American players he follows have been heavily linked to UND (or committed). I am content with waiting out Desnoyers., even if there is a small chance. At this point, I do not think it will be a long wait.

He is a guy with experience that could play minutes, if needed, and not be a total liability. I kind of thought they would make a move like this with one of the open spots. I do not think this changed anything with the other open spot. I think we will find out their plan for the other spot later this week.

I have only read really good things about him and his game. He is loosely linked to BC, I’m not sure if Carbonneau leaving or Hagens probably staying affects anything. Outside of BC, UND could have a legit shot. BU and the Big Ten schools are probably out on him. Bryn recently following him on instagram is a good sign.

JR Perdion, a freshman transfer from Long Island, follows UND hockey on instagram. He is the top forward on Schloss’ board. Something to watch.

Desnoyers’ junior team is doing the same thing to him by naming him captain.

Littler, Swanson, and Croal are three guys that were better junior players than most players we could bring in next season. An important part of Bryn’s job will be to keep those guys around for their whole college career. As fun as it is to get the guys that Bryn has recruited the last couple of months, it is just as important for him to keep these underclassman around.

Caleb Desnoyers is a real target. Bryn follows him and never followed Martone. If it’s not Desnoyers, it could literally be anyone. They are probably waiting him out and back filling the roster if they are not able to land him.

Per Scloss, UND was not close with him

He is HUGE. Winnipeg native, clearly he is interested in staying close to home. He could be a good 2nd pair defenseman in a year for us.

I believe BU opted out of revenue sharing.

From what I have read, Boston College has shown interest throughout the year. Desnoyers said last week that he “either wants to play in the NHL or where he has the best competition, and that includes the Q.” Since a lot of the top guys are going the NCAA route, there’s no doubt that the NCAA is better. BC has been after him but I haven’t seen anything about BC being the definite destination if he chooses to go the NCAA route. Losing out on Carbonneau might have changed BC’s chances as well. They still probably are the favorites but there is very little information about Desnoyers’ potential suitors.

Does anyone have any information on Desnoyers? I haven’t seen much about him playing college. He is somewhat connected to BC but that is a weird fit with Hagens, imo. BC recruiting him during the season but a lot can change since then. He stated a couple of weeks ago that he is open to the NCAA option if he isn’t able to make Utah, which is unlikely he will. Clearly Bryn views him as a reasonable target because he recently followed him on instagram. Desnoyers models his game after Toews and Bryn could use that as a pitch for him to come to UND. Like Martone, he will have a ton of NCAA interest. I could see it coming down to UND and Denver. He does not seem like a Big Ten guy.

I think they will wait out Desnoyers or Martone if they feel like they have a chance. That could be much later than next Friday. I got addicted to the rush of the weekly bat signals and have been going through withdrawals ever since. At worst, we have one more Friday without a bat signal.

Bryn follows Dravecky’s father as well. He definitely is a name to watch. He could sneak into the first round of the 2026 draft with a good year this year.

Desnoyers must be super recent because I swear I had looked within the last week on his account and Bryn did not follow him.

I hope Verhoeff goes into that locker room and talks about how great his first couple of weeks have been at UND.

I think top programs will have more recruiting leverage than they ever have. The bluest of the blue chips will be able to play the field but if they are not one of those guys, I think it would be in their best interest to commit to a blue blood early. There is only so many spots for recruits on blue bloods and the recruiting pool just doubled.

I must’ve missed that one, thank you. He’s definitely a blue chip.

It’s going to be interesting to see how many late 2007 and 2008 CHL targets commit before their season starts. Cooper Williams and Pierce Mbuyi are the two most notable players that have already committed, unless I am missing someone. There is a ton of talent left on the board. I know players that were already committed are making the jump to the CHL, like McKamey. I still think we might be a couple of years away from top Canadian recruits playing in Canada while being committed to an NCAA program.

As a lot of you know, Schloss had stated in a podcast that a 2008 birthdate player told his agent that he wants to go to UND after the Verhoeff and Reschny commitments. It has been speculated that it was Carson Carels. I would say this list almost confirms it, or at least it would be one of these four.

I don’t hate bringing in Simpson if the vision for him is to play on a scoring line. You cannot have Simpson play limited minutes with his skill set. He also is a left handed winger and we already have a ton of those.