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One or two of the five mentioned above will stay in juniors for another year. O’Neil needs a big year to make the jump. If all five of these come in, that still projects to be a good freshman class, imo. That being said, I think Bryn will mix it up a little bit to get his guys. He’ll want to get a guy or two to solidify the class. There are a ton of studs still out there, including Preston. I’m guessing he takes five freshmen and using the portal to fill any early departures.

Denver is a good landing spot for him as a player. Great coach and an opportunity to play on the top line(s) right away. Berchild and Beuker will immediately be two of Denver’s top players when they got on campus. Now that Beuker is crossed off of the list, the last freshman or two for 26/27 will almost certainly be from the CHL.

Dayne Beuker to Denver…

I wonder what this means for his plans this season. He will likely only play a couple of games before world juniors. This is probably the dagger for his chances of playing college this season.

Players have the right to hit the portal if they feel like they are being undervalued. Other than this past portal window, UND generally gets better from the portal. I would like to see us only use the portal to even out the classes once a player leaves.

UND is very young and if they are able to retain most of their guys, they may only have one or two freshman spots open for next season. They will be pretty selective with those spots considering how much talent is still uncommitted. I’m confident that UND will land one or two high end players for 26/27.

Outside of DuPont, he’s my top target for UND for 26/27. He follows Penn State and BC. He also follows Bryn, like @cberkassaid. He has followed Bryn within the last couple of weeks. UND is in the mix and it only helps that he is playing with Verhoeff and Williams for the next week or two.

James - Reschny - Zellers Swanson - Rickwood - Littler Menghini - Josephson - Strinden Croal - Kernan - Young Livanavage - Verhoeff Wiebe - Emery Strathmann - Zmolek Homer Spunar

My fault, I thought that you could play in the CHL until you turn 21.

Since the official team account is following Ollie Josephson, I am guessing he is at least committed. Looking at his history, he’s been the best forward for a bad Red Deer team. He just turned 19 about two weeks ago, which I believe would mean that he has two more years of CHL eligibility. Could he be for 26/27 or even 27/28?

It looks like our last forward spot has been filled. Right on queue, Schloss dropped a pod a couple of hours ago

Classes start in about 18 days, registration ends in about 28 days. It will be a high end player or a depth transfer, no in between. If it was anything else, it would have been announced a long time ago. They are likely running out the clock with these unsigned top guys and if they are unsuccessful, which is likely, they have a transfer lined up.

Im going to walk this back a little bit. I think we play Jubenvill or Laurila as our extra skater instead of an extra forward. I do think Young starts the year playing a limited 4th line role until an underclassman plays into that role. Who knows, maybe Young plays well enough to stay in the lineup. If UND gets a legitimate top 9 forward, Young will be watching a lot of games in the family section. I see Littler as our third line center or right wing, depending on the position of the last forward.

It depends on how many forwards dress. From what I saw last year, Andrew will be sitting a lot unless he had a good offseason. The other forward sitting will be a freshman that might be banged up or is struggling. I think Young will play most nights, at least. Opening night, I would guess that Klee and Andrew are sitting out with 13 forwards dressed.

Young is a move that frees up a roster spot in a year. He’ll suit up for every game and give us 10 hard minutes a night. He is out after this season and gives a recruit another year to develop in juniors. A move like that was inevitable and it beats having someone come in that the staff is not sold on long term.

He must’ve grown quite a bit. Elite prospects had him measured at 5’8” 146lbs. Granted, he is still 16 and has time to fill out. Who knows when that measurement was taken too.

Scantlebury should be mentioned in that group. He is going to BU and higher rated than Wyatt Cullen. Cullen will need to grow to reach his highest potential. Right now, he is similar to an LJ Mooney or Mac Swanson. I would be much more worried right now if the top guys are flying off of the board. I wouldn’t say we are really missing out on much because the guys that are committing are not huge targets of ours. Outside of Minnesota, the blue bloods have been relatively quiet. Minnesota has really only gotten their local kids and their fans are hanging the banner.

Schloss is dropping a pod tomorrow so I’m pretty sure that means that there will be a bat signal on Friday. That’s just how it works!

Nathan Behm to ASU… good get for ASU.

Schaefer is officially not coming to the NCAA.

I wonder if Canadians will be taking their visits this week and next so it is not coming out of their own pockets. It could be a grand or two to take an unofficial visit before August 1st. It is definitely a factor, in my opinion.

Wyatt Cullen to Minnesota. That is surprising

He doesn’t follow any college hockey related accounts. I wouldn’t really say him not following Bryn is a bad sign, especially when his following count is low. It may not be Desnoyers, but the staff is waiting on an answer from someone that makes the team better. I wonder if there is another guy in weeds like McQueen. McQueen was not really in play until this morning.

I think the NCAA is likely for Desnoyers. All of his peers are either going pro or going to college. At this point, it would be almost weird if he went back to the Q. I wouldn’t rule out Brady Martin to the NCAA either. There is a reason why a lot of big schools have a spot open this late in the summer. Desnoyers is a better fit than McQueen for North Dakota. I do not think McQueen is a better player than Reschny next year in college hockey. He is a more projectable pro because of his frame. I don’t know if McQueen would take ice from a 23 year old Ellis Rickwood either. We’ll see, maybe McQueen was the guy that Bryn was holding out for. It so, we will hear something soon.