As was stated, there was some question about how good of a college hockey player Grant would be (obviously, he turned out to be a dandy!). It was my understanding that UM recruited him for two reasons:
1) To land someone from out-of-state and from UND's back yard.
2) More importantly, they thought Ryan was going to be a superstar and assumed they would have a much better chance of getting him if they already had Grant.
Can anyone confirm that theory?