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On the open forward spot, he stated that he had no idea which direction they would go. Either direction they go, it will be a player they are really high on. He also said that if they are targeting a high end player, sharing the ice with Reschny and Verhoeff makes it that much easier to land one. I can honestly say that UND hockey is trending upwards. That’s something I haven’t been able to do in a few years.

Schloss said in his pod that an agent of a 2008 player stated to him that he wanted to go to UND immediately after the Reschny and Verhoeff news broke. It sounds like a top 2026 NHL draft eligible player has UND as his top choice. It sounds like a western Canadian player. He talks about it 29:00 - 31:00 minute mark of the pod.

There is going to be players that are simply not NCAA eligible and there will also be players that sign their ELC and play more games in the CHL. There is not a ton of buzz about these guys going to the NCAA. I don’t really see why a lot of these guys would wait until after the draft to commit if they are being picked outside of the top 5. Misa and Martone make sense because they could potentially make an NHL roster. Also, there probably is only 20/30 CHL draft eligible players that could make the jump to NCAA next year.

Michael Russo (Wild’s writer) said that Ritchie is going to BU in a podcast released today. He said look out for the official announcement this week. I would replace Penn State with BU in McKennas top 3. I do not see McKenna going outside of the state of Michigan. Outside of those two, I only see him entertaining traditional blue bloods.

I would love to add a top 6 winger and move James down to the third line with Littler and Menghini. Reschny is a great playmaker but needs to play with a “shot first” winger imo. I think Bryn is still big fish hunting and will use the remaining forward spot to make the group better instead of backloading it. xx - Reschny - Gordon Swanson - Rickwood - Zellers James - Littler - Menghini Croal - Kernan - Klee/Andrew

I wouldn’t be surprised if McKenna toured UND. Penn State is a weird fit because they aren’t a traditional program. Schloss said there isn’t any movement between McKenna and UND a couple of weeks ago but he also said McKenna was focused on the remainder of the CHL season. He probably will play at a Boston or Michigan school. I do not think anyone really knows where he’s going and any information about it is just to get clicks online.

I wonder if UND has any commitments in the near future. It seems like CHL recruiting has picked up a ton and UND has a forward spot open. Anyone have any ideas on who they are after? I believe most players report back to Grand Forks in July so I would expect another commit within a week or two.

Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State?

I love Bryns aggressive style of recruiting. I do not think anyone thought that we would bring in a top defenseman like Verhoeff. I was expecting them to back fill and get a depth guy. I wonder if they will have the same approach for their remaining forward spot. Why bring in a freshman bottom 6/extra forward when you can make the team better by getting the best possible player?

Verhoeff will be given every opportunity to play significant minutes on this team. There will be lots of attention on him given that he could potentially go 2nd overall in the draft next year. The coaching staff also wouldn’t want a guy like that on their 3rd pair. My guess is that they play him with Wiebe or Livanavage. Two veteran defenseman that could cover up some of the mistakes that he will make early on.

Verhoeff will be given every opportunity to play significant minutes on this team. There will be lots of attention on him given that he could potentially go 2nd overall in the draft next year. The coaching staff also wouldn’t want a guy like that on their 3rd pair. My guess is that they play him with Wiebe or Livanavage. Two veteran defenseman that could cover up some of the mistakes that he will make early on.

Verhoeff will be given every opportunity to play significant minutes on this team. There will be lots of attention on him given that he could potentially go 2nd overall in the draft next year. The coaching staff also wouldn’t want a guy like that on their 3rd pair. My guess is that they play him with Wiebe or Livanavage. Two veteran defenseman that could cover up some of the mistakes that he will make early on.

Verhoeff will be given every opportunity to play significant minutes on this team. There will be lots of attention on him given that he could potentially go 2nd overall in the draft next year. The coaching staff also wouldn’t want a guy like that on their 3rd pair. My guess is that they play him with Wiebe or Livanavage. Two veteran defenseman that could cover up some of the mistakes that he will make early on.

You have to think UND has an inside edge with half of our staff being from Waterloo’s organization.

Simpson, Williams, Schultz, O’Niell, and McKamey are pretty much a full freshman group of forwards. One of those guys will probably stay another year in juniors and Bryn will want annother forward spot to play with for uncommitted 2026 draft forwards. After those guys, the rest are not Bryn’s guys so it would not shock me to see them go elsewhere.

I think there are still spots for those guys going forward. I would be surprised if Pilgrim and Jundt made it to campus. It also would not shock me if Dalton Andrew was put in a similar spot as Komzak after this year.

I am predicting UND will take a few guys off of their committed list. So much young talent and so little playing time available. We aren’t even mentioning Zellers and Swanson and they as USHL players of the year that will be on those squads.

UND will probably add one more CHL player up front. I could see them adding a top 6 winger and moving James down. James and Menghini seem like a great third line pairing at wing. It would not shock me if UND was able to land another blue chip to play alongside Reschny. You have to think UND’s last forward spot is going to be attractive.

Rickwood

I wonder what the NIL package is for these guys. Maybe we underestimated our budget? That’s probably not a large reason they are coming here but I cannot imagine that they are doing it for nothing considering the money some of these teams are offering these types of recruits.

Verhoeff is in a similar position as DuPont. If Verhoeff has a great year, I would think DuPont will become much more likely

26-27 could feature a lineup with Roschny, Verhoeff, McKamey, Williams, and more. What a complete 180 turn for this program.

We didn’t want him

Anything is possible at this point

Livanavage, Wiebe, Emery, and Verhoeff is a decent top 4 I would say… My god