Fratt Mattin

Elite Prospects put out an article identifying some standouts from camp

No, character only factors in when it's Matt Frattin 🙄

No chance. It’s the pros or UMN for him I would think

I don't buy this honestly. I think he signs pro, but if not, I'd bet he's back at Qpac. Interesting that UND is mentioned here as a big NIL player though. Wonder if there's any truth to that or if this account was just throwing out names of blue bloods at random

Sick

That was an ugly goal. Spunar needs to control the rebounds, but the entire team in front of him broke down there

We look like we’re skating in quicksand

I think he can play second line, it just depends on linemates. For example, if we landed the Ruck twins, Kernan would be a perfect fit on a second line with them. I just don’t know that he has the offensive skills to drive his own line as a sophomore

Yeah there’s no way that’s the plan. It’s gonna be a CHLer or a transfer

I love Kernan, but that’s not a fair comparison. Schmaltz obviously had a much higher offensive ceiling, even though it took him a year to get there

Probably a good chance Jubenvill hits the portal too. If that happens we’ll need to add a d-man who’s comfortable not playing right away, unless the coaches are good with Engel being the 8th d-man

From Schlossman's article on the Carson Scott commitment (referring to just defensemen commits here): "Lindberg and MacKenzie are expected to come to campus in the fall. The others are future commits."

Lindberg is coming in next year. That’s basically confirmed

Yeah, to be clear I think he’s a good player. I just don’t understand the rush to get to college unless you’re dominating the level you’re currently at

Losing Pilgrim and O’Neill so close together makes me think we recently picked up a silent commitment or two from some CHLers. Guessing our commits were told whether they’d be coming in this year or next and these decommits are a reaction to that

Really odd. It’s not like he’s dominating the WHL, why not wait a year and play for your local team?

I noticed the other day that UND’s video is the most viewed of these by far. One of the most viewed videos on Chiclets’ channel actually. I’m surprised we pulled more views than some of the more brand name schools, but what great exposure

James-Rickwood-Zellers Swanson-Reschny-Kernan Croal-Josephson-Strinden Menghini-Littler-Young Livanavage-Emery Wiebe-Verhoeff Strathmann-Zmolek Ex. Laurila That’s what I would do from here on out, although it’s razor thin between Menghini and Zakreski for me.

That’s huge for them. He’s a high end offensive talent. Would’ve been drafted much higher if not for his size

Such an unfortunate and, I think often unnecessary, trend. I’m far from an expert, but I highly doubt playing for some out of state academy offers that much of an advantage in a player’s development. If a kid is clearly too good for high school hockey, then they can make the leap to juniors in 11th or 12th grade. But even then I don’t think there are that many kids good enough to require that

I think you can play as long as you aren't 21 before Dec. 31 of that year. So he would be able to play another year of juniors if he wanted to

What’s the report on Rashcke? I’ve never seen him play, but his numbers are pretty impressive for being a 15 y/o d-man

I think this is just a reference to the widely held belief that Smaby will be a college head coach some day soon. He's a very well-respected name in the coaching community and this year has only raised his stock

Everything else aside, I am very glad to be getting a commitment from not only a USNTDP kid, but one from the Twin Cities. That's a player type that we have not had much success with in recent years, so I think it's big to tap back into both of those pipelines

Visited BU as well. It’s possible Minnesota hadn’t offered yet, given their current commits, but I’m not sure I believe all their fans who claim they weren’t interested at all