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Thanks I was trying to remember how they handled it in the SHL. It was only 2 games so I'm thinking he never signed a pro contract.

Have to be pretty happy with Sanderson if your the Pens front office. Most of your 6th / 7th round picks aren't expected to even sniff the league. He could maybe get a shot as a 4th liner if he keeps progressing

Bryn recently started following both Brock Cripps and Bosse Meijer on IG (still a ways out but both likely would be first round picks in 2027)

Don't see how you seriously expect to recruit players with him still as the head coach. Whenever an issue happens in general for a college team the buck always stops at the head coach Seems likely they fire him and hire one of the "least at fault" assistants just to get through the year and then start from scratch in the spring of 2027 with a 100% new coaching staff.

We're all biased as UND fans but James fits the needs that you want in a 4th line player that can also be on your PK while also being on a cheap deal. Only issue is Detroit has 20 million in cap space so they won't be squeezed like the Wild are to get under the cap

The info that keeps coming out every day is really frustrating if it's true. (its hard to take the lawyer at 100% face value since there's some natural bias but it seems to be 90% true if I had to lean one way right now) It seems the only way the heat stroke to that level would happen is if multiple people in charge watched him struggle and deteriorate right in front of their eyes which is traggic

I think there needs to be a little nuance to the discussion still at this point to draw any specific conclusions. First off - really hope the kid can pull through and get out of this alive. Just a terrible situation for obviously him, his family, and teammates In general there were likely some mistakes made with this workout but until we know the actual level of difficulty, how all the players were reacting to it, health conditions, etc, its hard to say with certainty IMO to what degree everyone is at fault. I've seen it reported both ways that he collapsed from a heat related illness and also from a cardiac event so that aspect as far as I've seen isn't even certain. (and unfortunately it seems when most of these cardiac events happen it was unknown to anyone involved that the athlete was at risk)

Based on Neuenschwander playing pro already the past 2 years in the Swiss league I'd lean towards it being very likely he just plays pro in the Swiss league then jumps to directly to the NHL. Euro players actually have a nice development option for pro leagues so in general they probably have to be swayed by other factors to jump to the NCAA. (college lifestyle, getting to live in the US, etc are more what you probably have to sell those players on I'd imagine)

Fitzhenry’s highlights from last year. Pretty impressed with how good he is on his backhand for passing + scoring.

Cooper Williams seems like one to watch this year with how his year goes in the WHL. He seemed to be a guy slotted to play likely in the top 6 at UND but if he’s not ready to jump in and make an impact it changes things Dane and staff seem to be really narrowing in on guys that will jump in and make an impact from day 1 up and down the lineup. Really good example is them taking Connor Davis this year instead of bringing in Pilgrim, etc.

I will give Pronman credit in that he'll give you his logic for his decisions. (granted sometimes its far from the majority) The Zach Benson ranking is pretty wild but he did break down his logic with being concerned about his skating and assuming he might plateau in the next few years while a bunch of players around him keep taking steps. (Its just a major stretch to think that many players would pass him by though. Hard argument to sell there haha)

Link below - You need a password is the only catch. (Once you purchase both nights the password is used up - so mine is toast hah) I think if you called their box office and let them know you are interested in tickets for that weekend they might be able to sign up your email and send you a fresh link with password You might be able to sign up online to get ticket updates as well and that might work? Not exactly sure though https://clk.gophersports.com/e/er?utm_medium=email&elq_cid=1243977&RSRC=Email&RDAT=9353&ehash=d90d686ebd770a18f8030a9b23481a3f8d996ca24ca1891b88c5ab8518db34ef&aid=16098&pid=minnesota_email_eloqua_eloqua&rid=9353&s=2414213&lid=8530&elqTrackId=4E9531815562396E6AA30B0021527D14&elq=99595d9d7e4c422a8e9127f4828fd992&elqaid=9353&elqat=1&elqak=8AF50201F76977F1B4CB92EB57929DCDBE253E945DAF57A76560A13B4E066B3D08AE

PSA - Think tickets just went on sale for the gopher series. If you signed up to their ticket alerts you should have gotten an email this am Prices werent too bad $70 per ticket thursday and $90 per ticket for friday

Based on the limited inventory present day the resale market isn't too bad currently. (hell its ironically better than trying to get tickets to the ASU series in Tempe) I'd assume face value is $100 per ticket and some resale tickets are going for $140 - $160 right now on seat geek.

After I mentioned I was excited to see the arena filled with Kelly Green I didn't get any more email updates from their ticket office That's on me - shouldn't have bit the hand that feeds lol