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Agreed and the next captain as well. I just stated it in another thread but I just don't see them losing anyone they prefer to keep.

Stranger things have happened but I don't see them losing anyone that they want to keep. And I don't think that list is very long at least according to the fanbase.

I agree on Carels. I was just throwing out the hypothetical of the other three righties if we were to be targeting them as well.

Let's say "if" we were lucky enough to have the option of Lin, Rudolph or DuPont for next year who would be the most impactful. I've brought up this question before to a few people. Who do we think would be more impactful on the ice an 18 year old Lin or Rudolph or a 17 year old DuPont? I get the prestige a DuPont would bring to the program but I feel the 18 year old's could potentially be more impactful in year one. Just my thought.

I'm certainly not thrilled with the performance on Saturday but I think we should all take a deep breath and remember where this program was at exactly one year ago!

I'm still shocked Strinden and James aren't flipped. Just seems obvious to me. Strinden-Ollie-Croal.

I'm certainly not excited to see O'Neil go as he wasn't one I was expecting to bail if being pushed back based on where he is from but like we've known for a while something had to give with this forward group and still likely more to come. I'm a little afraid the same conundrum may come up with Lindberg as well.

I figured after being health bombed last night that we would be reading about him signing with Chicago today regardless of whether or not they won.

I'm sure that's the case and with that I would imagine whomever gets them that would mean two forwards get pushed back or more likely pushed out. That's just the new crazy world of recruiting with the CHL opening and especially when it seems alot of the bigger "blue chip" recruits wait until after there season is over to "officially/publicly" commit.

I've stated this before in other threads. When the line of Ollie, Croal and Strinden were together all three were playing their best hockey and that is when Strinden was on a heater. I've been extremely surprised the line has never been put back together which I'm hoping is the weekend. The only reason the line got disbanded was because I believe Croal has a couple week stretch were he was sick.

They are all Hibbing kids and won both Pee Wee and Bantam state at the "A" level.

Agreed and like you mention the "problem" doesn't go away the following season with O'Neil, Sanderson, Williams and McKamey set to come in and that's obviously not counting potential future CHL forwards.

I wonder if Joey Cullen is really in play? I have to imagine very few programs spent much time on Wyatt assuming he would just follow his brother to Mich St. I'd like to be in on McKinnon too!

Faber too I believe.

Such an easy switch. Flip Strinden and James!