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If they grand fathered in Dalton Andrew as a “cut” player they would only be at 25 players + 1 to get to 26 once Engel joins

Agreed. That mindset makes it interesting to see where Swanson fills in this year. Don’t see his skating getting much better so he’ll have to make up for it big time with compete level and valuing the puck in the o-zone.

Unfortunately don't think they could make Thursday and Saturday work because they're too close together to book travel etc for the championship game on Saturday

Seems to be a solid bottom 6 / middle 6 player that can play in a lot of situations and take face offs when needed. Overall a solid addition. Looking ahead a lot of the guys they’ll likely be bringing in are more of the offensive type so this type of player can help balance out the bottom / middle 6 in future years. also the students have a great chance to copy euro soccer and chant “Ollieeee, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie” if he scores a nice shorty, etc

With the Big 10 going to the new playoff format any thoughts on the NCHC doing the same? The travel is a little more spread out but personally I'd still rather the NCHC copy the Big 10. (9th and 10th place teams can kick rocks, play better) If you get eliminated on the Wednesday quarter final game it's at least close to losing a game on a Friday, throw in a bye week, then it's tourney time. (And if you play on Thursday to open the NCAAs it's almost exactly the same timing as a typical bye week during the season) ***For those that aren't caught up Big 10 is now doing below playoff format: Week 1 Quarter-finals Wednesday Semi-finals Saturday Week 2 Championship Friday/Saturday (Exact date I'm assuming that is up to the host school? not sure)

Below is the apparent NIL package. (Or it may be rev-share? McMahon says both terms so not 100% sure. Since Providence doesn't have a football team I wouldn't be shocked if they put most of their rev share money into basketball and hockey.) McQueen had been heavily pursued by multiple programs across the country. According to sources, his total NIL package is believed to be in the range of $100,000 to $150,000 — a figure that has become typical for players selected in the top half of the first round.

The pegula money helps. BUT, Maybe it's just me, I've never really been sold on Guy Gadowski. Will be interesting now that the expectations for him as a coach doubled dramatically this offseason.

A little disappointed / surprised to see the amount of first round picks that have signed ELCs. Currently it seems to be pretty unanimous from scouts that a lot of the 1st round picks this year are relatively far from being NHL ready so they’ll be stuck in between being too good for JRs but not good enough for the NHL 1 year from now. Really comes off as poor advice from agents to their own clients - hopefully that’s not the case as it’s the players that ultimately pay the price for it

Did hear from a few pre-draft reports that there were concerns about compete level at times with him so that may have been a red flag to the staff to go after him

Russia is in the 4 nations????

Granted - him not following Bryn could be due to not wanting to stir up any questions or speculation

I’m gona just lean into being a delusional fan and hate on Bob for the Emery usage this week. Add some fire to this years rivalry

Overall the more and more high end players from the CHL that flip to NCAA is good big picture. Makes it more and more likely that future players will choose the NCAA after their draft year.

Ya based on watching Reschny this past week he is pretty solidified to be top line center. Unlikely that McQueen and his team want him playing wing or 2nd line center Also not as confident in how he will jump in to college next year with injury past plus him seeming to be kind of raw so that may have turned off UNDs staff.

Ya was surprised to see him again on the 3rd pair today. From what I've seen its hard to say he's being drastically outplayed by many US defensemen at the moment.

Oliver McKinney to Michigan (not too much of a surprise considering his older brother is going there) Commitments are still slowly trickling out so holding out hope for a later bat signal today.

Reschny is gona be damn fun to watch. Very high hockey IQ like all of the scouts have said.

With the player pool of elite players growing now with the CHL, in the future I wouldn't be as surprised to see a team with more young talent be able to beat some of the older teams come tournament time. (IE if you have the team that BU did this year + 2 more high end players from say the OHL contributing, that could be enough to push a team over the hump to beat an older team like Western) Agreed though, that you still need a full complete roster built with the right guys each year to be a threat at a title.

Viggo bjork is a really interesting name on Schloss’s list of euro players. Think he’s a guy that would be able to play college this year and definitely hold his own.

I'd be shocked if EJ doesn't make the team. I'm guessing he's considered a lock and they want to see what they have in the other defensemen? I know he's been paired with Hutson in the past on USA squads which seems to work out well so Hutson can roam while EJ is the safeguard defensively

I'd imagine if you're a slob in your own end it might start annoying teammates, but Dupont from the shifts i've seen doesn't appear to fall in that group. (Kris Letang however....)

The executive order wouldn’t be a massive surprise, the bill actually getting passed would surprise me haha. it would be similar to the recent exec order trying to limit NIL pay for play, no way it actually will go into affect.

Looks like Reschny is in pretty good standing at the moment for team Canada (he’ll need to beat out some of the guys that aren’t at camp due to injury but seems like he has a shot) Thought he looked solid yesterday. Didn’t score but made some good things happen

Saw a someone in Boston media tweet that he's dealing with significant injury issues apparently.

Mike McMahon’s list for reference for 09s