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Couple players of note that Bryn is following on insta Oliver Suvanto (Finland). Playing as we speak right now at the WJC Marcus Nordmark (Sweden)

Big time clutch goal by him. Overall he had a solid night in his own zone when he was on the ice in lieu of some of the other Canadian defenders.

Watson seems to kinda fit the shoe of the typical donor you'd see to kick start a program

I wouldn’t have guessed we’d be in on a player from the Q but we it looks like we may be based on Lars Steiner. (Guessing that Bryn tried getting him to the USHL back in the day so knew of him) But agreed odds are we aren’t at the top of the list. Based on a lot of factors if Nesbitt goes to the NCAA it would be a huge upset if he didn’t go to MSU. Stramel likely gone as well opening up a center spot + Nesbitt and Martone both being in the flyers organization.

With Rickwood graduating this year I'd lean towards them finding a center who's ready to contribute at that same level (play in alot of situations and win draws) . Similar player to what Reschny is this year (which doesn't narrow it down much haha could be a transfer, 2025 draftee / 2026 draftee). Wouldn't be completely shocked if they're focused more on looking at players drafted in 2025 so the player isn't as raw. (IE, drafted players that haven't signed. Nesbitt and Desnoyers still haven't signed which possibly means they are looking at colleges for next year. The bummer is you get them for 1-2 years max likely)

The Canadian pre-tournament and WJC games you can watch via "onhockey". Similar to Streameast so you may have to battle a few pop ups but it worked pretty solid when i watched the Canada vs Sweden game this past weekend WJC is the one time of year where it makes sense to bite the bullet and get sling TV, etc to have access to NHL Network.

Speaking of WJC coaches. If Canada somehow implodes again this year, I could think of a coach in Grand Forks with some Canadian ties to lead the team next year... (they'd never do it though)

Present day the way all teams have played, Wisconsin seems like the toughest team to beat. I’m thinking that could change in the 2nd half with Michigan state possibly becoming that team Still though, in a single elimination tourney we definitely have a solid shot at beating either team.

Think there’s a good argument that quite a few NCHC schools would have challenged him to develop his full game more. (I’ve also never been sold on Gadowsky as a top tier coach either though so count me as biased)

Agreed on above, think its in his best interest to play 2 years of NCAA then make the jump. Everyone's in a rush tho....

Penn state will be very interesting to watch this 2nd half of the year. They could very well be a bubble team and with the added depth for some teams in the ECAC and CCHA we could be due for 2 bid stealers from each conference. (assuming Quinnipiac and Mankato stay high enough in the NPI) They're going to have some very precarious games to play in for NPI purposes. They'll have chances obviously to bolster their NPI rank vs the high end teams in the Big Ten but based on how those games went early on this year they'll have to really battle to split most of those. (33) RIT home and away without McKenna and Jackson Smith (Both gone at world juniors UNLESS! Ethan Mackenzie beats out Smith for a left D spot) (27) Minnesota - 2 games (52) Notre Dame - 4 games. It seems like Notre Dame is bound to improve some during the 2nd half of the year.

I think a really good comp is Bryce Pickford who went in the 3rd round to Montreal last year. MacKenzie is 5 months younger in comparison https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/733570/bryce-pickford

Simpson seems similar to Zellers where mostly his shot gets talked about but is also a very solid setup man as well.

Nevermind, looks like he made it!

From the names I’ve seen thrown around looks like Reschny didn’t get an invite. Pretty surprising. Seems like a guy that could play responsible while adding offense on your bottom 6. Will be interesting to see if Team Canada allows Keaton to stay in GF for the series then head out to camp on Sunday.

A good learning lesson for sure. Still crazy with the context though, Thoreson gives him a cross check to try and make him fall off balance backwards so he gives him a love tap in the stomach. To call a major on a play where the player isn’t even remotely harmed (because with context it was obviously a love tap) seems excessive. Extremely weak argument to say the play elevated to the severity of a major penalty.

Boomer Demars with the Teddy Bear Toss goal tonight for Penticton

Just finished listened to Called up the Prospects Pod. Couple of relevant notes Sounds like Harrison Brunicke and Zayne Parekh will likely both be loaned from their NHL teams. Ben Danford is apparently going to get an invite as well. All 3 are righties so it may not be as likely that Verhoeff makes the team as once thought. Also, there are rumblings that Carson Carels makes the team since the left side of their defense is lacking some depth compared to the right side.

The way Hockey Canada handled the summer showcase with players showing up late and leaving early makes me feel somewhat optimistic that they will be okay with Reschny and Verhoeff showing up on Sunday to camp. With the camp starting on the 12th I think theyre being over dramatic if they show up 2 days later. Not to mention they'll likely have a couple of guys showing up from AHL/NHL later than the 12th if I had to guess.

Will be interesting to see how Heil does in the World JRs. He seemed to fare pretty well during the the summer showcase when he played. Would be nice to see him take the net and go on a run with the US team.

Wisco is the weird case I think you can have an argument about them being one but they’ve been so down the past few years before Hastings I would say they aren’t considered. (Nit picking tho) I guess the point being is players rarely leave a good development situation to go to one that’s of the same level so it’s just interesting to see how it plays out

Pretty surprised with how he's started so far. (Will give him a little bit of a break based on being injured) Have no stats to back this up but I want to say he's the first 1st round pick to transfer from blue blood to blue blood?

I'd love to see UND pull out any Gopher home games + the HOF destination games from Midco's rights in the future. Market those to ESPN/Fox (FS1, Big 10 network), CBSSN. Optimistic that one of those networks would likely pick up the games. Getting those specific games on National TV in lieu of Midco is in the better interest of the school IMO. (worst case, you sell the rights off to Midco). (This might get solved anyways once the 2026-2027 season ends if the NCHC goes to ESPN for streaming/TV rights.)

^^^ That was one of the better ones to date. Just let the players take the camera for a good chunk for each episode and then edit it down for the final cut. It's simple easy authentic content

That is the funny part. Bob himself thought that Kvasnicka wasn't good enough to play on his own college hockey team this year so he put him in JRs for another year. But apparently he's now good enough to get a look at the WJC roster instead of a guy that almost has double digit goals already as a freshman in college hockey. I don't really buy that Zellers can't play in the bottom 6 as well, think he'd be good to adapt and play whatever role they need from him.