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5 minutes ago, Wilbur said:
Right. You hope John Vanbiesbrook was very actively involved in all of those difficult conversations when sending a kid home.
Gopher hatred aside, it shouldn't cost Bob a kid like that.
I would certainly agree considering I would imagine Bob was the main reason the kid was invited in the first place. He had no business even getting an invite let alone making the team so it shouldn't be a surprise to him.
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55 minutes ago, burd said:
I wonder if The Eagle has put in a word for UND with Carels, being that Carels grew up a Sioux fan close to Eddie’s home town.
In a Schloss podcast right after Reschny and Verhoeff committed, he mentioned that there was an elite level prospect that reached out to his agent a couple hours later and said he wanted to go to North Dakota as well. It was rumored to be Carels. Anyone know if this is presumed to be true? I know all these top level CHL guys seem to keep things close to the vest so I'm guessing we don't hear much of anything until there seasons are over again.
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12 hours ago, brianvf said:
I would guess he's coming in for 27/28.
He was injured for the beginning of the season and has had a slow start since returning.
He's still so young...only a 16yo in the WHL, he won't turn 17 until a month from now.
He could still play another year with Victoria and then come in after he gets drafted like Reschny did.Wow I didn't realize he was so young. I knew he accelerated and committed at an early age but didn't think he was still 16. I would think based on the way this season has gone and his age that it should be a no brainer for both parties that he plays at least another year of junior.
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12 hours ago, brianvf said:
That's good. Good for him, he certainly deserves it and hopefully he makes the final team.
I wonder how this came about? Was it like last year when Max Plante wasn't originally invited (although injury played a part) and then Sandelin called and said you'd be crazy to leave him off the team? Either way some of these picks are just crazy to me! How do you pick Kvasnicka not only over Zellers and Potter originally but over a player playing in the same league that is putting up way better numbers (JP Hurlbert). And like I've mentioned before, Potter not getting selected is crazy to me. Makes me believe USA hockey is almost blackballing both Potter and Hurlbert for leaving the Program early (although Potter was selected for the U18 world tourney last spring and was the best player in the games I watched).
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1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Bob is coaching so Kvansnicka and Mooney are given more opportunities than they would get otherwise. Much like when Lucia wouldn't given Jordan Schmaltz a look. McMorrow is another you'd think Zellers would be preferable to, but maybe he brings something that Zellers doesn't. Also, there is likely someone else slotted for the PP flank where Zellers thrives.
I know this isn't UND related but Cullen Potter not being selected is ridiculous as well. Way better player than Kvansnicka and McMorrow for sure and I would say Mooney as well. It's crazy but true but if it was David Carle making these decisions I would have far less argument but it's not!
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17 minutes ago, beastandco said:
The O’Neill spot will either go to him, Ashton Schultz, or Carter Sanderson. Carter Sanderson has had the best year out of the three and is potentially playing himself onto next year’s team.
Hopefully we do not lose Reschny because next year’s forward group could be elite.
Pretty certain Ashton Schultz is coming in or he is gone.
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28 minutes ago, beastandco said:
I agree.
I would be a little surprised if UND lost a forward other than Andrew to the portal. I would be even more surprised if they brought in a transfer forward to replace one of the openings unless the guy is high end.
The number of freshman coming in next year up front will likely be 5. I wouldn’t mind pushing a couple of guys back to 27/28, even if you risk losing them.
Who are the players that age out and can't play another year of Junior? Schultz X2, and Pilgram? So those 3 have to come in and assuming Simpson comes for sure and I would think Williams there's 5 leaving little to no room for a high-end CHL guy (Preston or someone of the like). And this pushes McKamey back for another year so does he not want to wait. Could be interesting decisions with forwards especially now that Pilgram has really started to pick it up. With the CHL opening up, the theme seems to be most of the top dog schools leave 1 or 2 roster spots open much later than previously.
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1 minute ago, beastandco said:
Schloss had stated in a podcast a couple of months ago that Wyatt had some interest in UND and even toured, but flipping Brooks from Michigan State is what made it difficult.
Maybe Wyatt still goes to Minnesota if Brooks is not a factor. There was interest for at least Wyatt to come to North Dakota.
We must have been replying at the same time so UND did obviously put forth an effort to get Wyatt.
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30 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
They seem to like that Fargo area…shocked they didn’t choose Nodak.
The question is did anyone other than Minnesota (and Mich St) really recruit Wyatt after the Brooks commit? As has been mentioned they are a 3 headed package deal and after Brooks committed to Mich St I wonder how many schools really went after Wyatt since it had to be pretty well recognized/assumed he would follow to Mich St.? Joey is supposedly the biggest prize of the 3 so are any schools really putting much effort into him or again just assuming he's already a Minnesota commit?
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57 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:
So has Klee played himself into a regular spot in the lineup? He was 9-8 on faceoffs, had an assist and had several good looks from the slot.
But also took a really dumb/unnecessary penalty with 6 minutes left in the third period of a 1-0 hockey game. Tough call! I think this team needs Kernan and Littler in the lineup and producing to be successful.
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1 hour ago, beastandco said:
They definitely could play together. I think it being DuPont’s draft year makes it interesting. He’ll want to join a program that he’ll be able to get those top powerplay minutes/points. We could run a two defensemen top unit or have him on the second unit but I doubt either will be attractive for him.
All things considered, only a few programs really have a shot at these top uncommitted defensemen, UND being one of them. I would be somewhat surprised if UND isn’t able to land a blue chip defenseman for next year. In my opinion, Carels, Rudolph, Lin, etc. seem like a better fit for the player if Verhoeff is still around.
I think the one big thing with DuPont is him waiting to see how playing your draft year in college affects McKenna and Verhoeff's (more specifically probably Verhoeff as a D man) draft stock. These two (along with if there are any others playing college hockey from the CHL currently) I believe will be a case study for others moving forward. If one or both don't put up all that great numbers and they fall a little in the draft I think would have a lasting effect on others thinking of accelerating and leaving the CHL. For all the others that get drafted this summer, it certainly seems like a no brainer to take the jump to a higher level of play.
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1 minute ago, beastandco said:
Carson Carels has UND written all over him. It would be a miss if he doesn’t end up at UND. He’s somewhat local, his sister plays at Jamestown, and he seems to have some interest in coming. I would love to see next year’s freshman class include him and Preston. Hopefully Verhoeff has high praise for UND. I’m sure he is pretty close with a lot of these guys.
From what I've heard, Carels is supposedly the one who informed his agent/advisor that he wanted to come to UND right after the Verhoeff and Reschney commits that Schloss has mentioned on his Pod.
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13 minutes ago, nascar99 said:
I can't be the only one to notice how Ryan Lin (2008) has statistically outperformed Landon DuPont (2009) by a significant margin so far in the Dub.
I would hope Chyzyk is in contact with Lin about coming in next year, would assume Lin has everyone after him (but of course he could sign his ELC and just attempt to make the league right away post draft).
Certainly agree on Lin. I would think and like to see us get one of the WHL guys (Lin, Carels, Rudolph, Dupont). If would could get one of them and already would have Lindberg and Mackenzie coming, I think we would only have room for one unless like was mentioned if a guy like Jubenvil hits the portal. Would really like to add Preston to the forward group!
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9 hours ago, beastandco said:
I was just thinking about this today. Cooper Williams, Cooper Simpson, and Brock Schultz will come for sure. After those three, it is up in the air.
Most of these guys are not Bryn’s recruits. It would not surprise me to see a couple of commitment changes.
I also anticipate Bryn dipping into the uncommitted CHL pool for a guy or two for next year.
I think both Schultz's will be coming for sure. So that's 4. Lose James, Strinden, Rickwood, Young for sure as seniors and then only early departures and transfers. I agree I think we are certainly after a high end CHL forward for next year so will be interesting to watch. Could mean we lose a current recruit and/or someone or a few on the current roster.
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7 minutes ago, cberkas said:
Wouldn’t be surprised around WJC if someone talks him to going back to the WHL
I think he has about 700,000 reasons why he won't!
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1 hour ago, Sodbuster said:
Anybody know if UND had any potential recruits there last night?
I really wish we did but I don't think so. Unfortunately I think our main big targets are going to be the CHL guys committing in the spring/summer again.
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13 hours ago, Blackheart said:He gets better recruits after that? He gets an even bigger extension? I mean, two titles and he's in the same company as Blaiser...come on!
This is certainly no guarantee. Two of the worst recruiting classes we've had in years was the 2-3 years after the national title which still frustrates me to this day. How we never capitalized on that momentum like DU has is infuriating to me.
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8 hours ago, Blackheart said:
True, but this would be the weekend to get them to the Forks.
I was thinking this as well. Would be nice to get a few of the big fish in town for this weekend.
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Based on the news that the CHL won't be giving out scouting passes to college hockey coaches, I think we might see the same situation as this past year where most of the big name CHL guys wait until after there season is over before committing to a college.
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5 minutes ago, burd said:
I can see why you’d say that, but how much do you ever get from the Manitoba game.
Agreed there isn't much you can take away from that game other than all the newbies getting their feet wet playing in front of a REA crowd. Take two years ago when we all thought Perron was going to potentially be better than Blake after his performance only to have that be his best game in a UND jersey.
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Anyone know if Chyz is over in Czechia recruiting? I would think he would be over there with many targets playing in the tourney.
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25 minutes ago, beastandco said:
It depends on how many forwards dress. From what I saw last year, Andrew will be sitting a lot unless he had a good offseason. The other forward sitting will be a freshman that might be banged up or is struggling. I think Young will play most nights, at least. Opening night, I would guess that Klee and Andrew are sitting out with 13 forwards dressed.
Please no more of this! With our D core, we should see a lineup of 12 and 7 each night. Hopefully easing in Laurilla and probably working in all 8 throughout the year.
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1 minute ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:
I like the low numbers, has a bit of gravitas and just another little thing that is part of UND's tradition
I must be old school as I agree. The first time the Gophers came to town with all there players wearing the random numbers I just thought it looked dumb.
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I sure hope that still needing to fill two forward roster spots for next year isn't hurting our recruiting efforts for Aug. 1! That's what worries me a bit that we may be spending more time than expected on next years roster. I'm sure they are still working crazy hard on Aug. 1 recruits though but don't want this taking time away or losing someone because of it.
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I've said this from day 1. How Cullen Potter isn't playing top 6 minutes on this team let alone not even getting an invite is an absolute travesty and I knew this team was doomed when I saw roster decisions like this! I would love for some media outlet to ask Motzko or Vanbeisbrouck the one simple question on why he wasn't on the team. I really wonder if USA hockey has pissy pants over him leaving the program early and same with Hurlbert (I would think more towards Hurlbert though since he didn't leave to go to a college early).