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He is just saying the right things. He could very well return to PG, but the odds of that happening are slim.

Schloss said on his podcast this morning that UND doesn’t have any silent commitments. I wouldn’t expect any of these names to be committed unless they take a visit after the season. For reference, Ryan Lin committed about 10 days after his season ended. It’s a safe bet that he visited Denver in that time frame before officially committing.

I would argue our “fallbacks” this year would be players like Cooper Williams and Brayden Klimpke, who are returning to Saskatoon next year. Those two, production wise, are in the mix of the players in the next tier. Outside of the big four, there are only a couple of defensemen that are uncommitted with more points than Klimpke. Points obviously aren’t everything either. We will how many spots are still open when the portal closes. There’s not really any names that I would think UND would be after left but players can still enter for the next 9 days. This is a slow burn but we are slowly but surely seeing what Bryn has had cooking for the last year unravel.

https://x.com/schlossmangf/status/2044860870975431090?s=46&t=EmaKipyBO25sUSJd9yeZFQ

Walking this back. A UMass reporter inferred Denver initially but it might be Ohio State as well. More likely Ohio State. Weird fit, imo.

Rumor is Denver for Boumedienne

His instagram follows outside of BU are: UND, Ohio State, Minnesota State, and Michigan. Winnipeg Jets pick if that means anything. Follows and drafted team location do not mean anything, imo. I would support it if UND got him but I wouldn’t really care if he went elsewhere. Carels would be the preference.

Hate to see it

Livanavage and Wiebe played with him at the Spengler Cup

I like Lindberg and Wiebusch. UND has very few right handed forwards. Brock Schultz, Ashton Schultz, and Jack Kernan are the only right handed forwards we have. Both have shown they can be productive against top competition as well.

Wiebusch would certainly be a top line/top PP guy. I do not see any other remaining portal forwards making the top 6. Kasper Magnussen maybe but transfer from CCHA, AHA, and ECAC schools are so hit or miss.

Magnussen is rumored to UND but has not committed. I wonder if UND is waiting for Wiebusch’s decision before officially offering him. Lots of moving parts right now.

It sounds like the plan is for Lindberg to come in next year. Has anyone watched him play this year? What type of role could he handle next season at the college level? I have have heard he is a player that doesn’t fill up the stat sheet but is valuable in other ways.

This would track. Zellers is trying to recruit him to UND if you look at the comment section of Fitzhenry’s latest instagram post.

Carels likes a decent amount of UND hockey’s posts. I did notice he liked a frozen four related post from “uofnorthdakota” last week while it came across my feed. Reschny returning certainly helps UND’s chances with any potential targets. He’s one of the best returning players in the NCAA next season.

Wiebusch is supposedly not going to Wisconsin. Landing spot unknown.

If the rumors of Carels to North Dakota rumors are true, this is exactly how I would have imagined the transfer portal going so far. The top pair LHD position is wide open and they do not seem super aggressive to fill it. Strathmann probably sticks around if the plan was for him to be getting top minutes, imo. At the very least, Bryn should be doing due diligence on Harper to see if he would come in after his draft year. UND will be thin at RHD after this season.

I agree. I’m not sure what the market will be for blue bloods willing to take him this year. If you have to take him next year, you probably do it. That’s if you know that you will strike out on Carels, DuPont, and Rudolph. Pretty significant drop off between those three and Harper, imo.

It looks like UND will be after Harper. Bryn just followed him. Side note, his brother is committed to Michigan.

I think there is some steam with Wiebusch to North Dakota. I believe he has followed an account called “nodakhockeynation” today in instagram.

Wow. Assuming his decommitment is due to being pushed back, I’m not sure how many open spots those teams have. I believe Michigan and BC are nearly full. This one might be one to watch closely.

He was on a Canadian radio station a few minutes ago.

Reschny confirmed back for next year