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If you buy a jersey for $100 & a player gets a cut of that, your money is going to him, not the school's. That commercial on Through These Doors this year where they had those 4 student-athletes, also was paid for by a private entity, in that case from a bank.

If UND were actually allocating NIL money to the hockey team, you'd think that they would give a lot more than just $125k to its flagship program to ease some of the burden on the collective. Will believe it when I read it that NIL money is also coming from schools & not just private donors; because all the current literature says otherwise. At one point, if not still, UND was in contention for McKenna. That means they were/are (am guessing here) probably offering him around 2-$300k, at least. Even if they don't get him, they'll probably need at least $100k for a top CHL center or wing.

Interesting. When you say the school came up with $125k for Dane, do you mean it came from the 1883? Because NIL is all privately-funded. Is UND offering NIL to any other players besides Zellers? Wondering if they're saving some of that stash for a high-end center. A little surprised that one of the wealthiest families in ND, if not the wealthiest, the Rydells of GF, aren't donating big money to the hockey program.

He may also be traded for a center/picks because the Canucks are deep at D.

"UND could begin interviews as soon as this week."-Schlossman

His numbers don't exactly inspire confidence, even as a backup..unless he's the 3rd guy.

Curious whether the associate position is solely decided by Chaves, a joint decision with Jackson or if Jackson will be the one making the call.

The only way the fans & admin could have known about the drop-off in recruiting is if the beat reporter had written about it. But it's difficult to ascertain if he had known about this deficiency before the firing or not.

A good number of fans here were also carrying the previous regime's water to a large degree, hesitant to any thought of a HC change. It's an interesting dynamic when you've got a successful program falling below expectations for the last 7-8 years & the number of people who deny or rationalize away these shortcomings. If UND hadn't had a rash of injuries early last year, there's a good chance UND flips a few of those bad losses, squeaks into the playoffs & BB is still at the helm. Those injuries, while seeming to be a bad thing at the time, were a blessing in disguise & probably were the catalyst leading to his firing; preventing this program from sinking any further. If the HC had remained the same, the UND fanbase would still be clueless about how much the active recruiting had fallen off & Chyzyk would still be in Waterloo.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/center-jack-kernan-commits-to-und His decision came down to UND and Wisconsin. "North Dakota is a premier organization," Kernan said. "It has been such a big program for so many years. The facilities and coaching staff are great. The players were really good to me when I got up there to see it myself. It felt like the right fit." Kernan visited UND this week. He arrived Wednesday and left Thursday. "It was amazing," Kernan said. "It started off by meeting the staff, then an amazing tour of The Ralph. It was mind-blowing in a way. The facilities are unbelievable. I got to have dinner with the coaching staff. "Then, I got to hang out with some of the guys and be around them. I felt invited. They were very inviting and friendly. It was a great way to meet some of them and feel like part of the team in a way. We wrapped it up, I talked with the staff and came to the decision that this is the fit."

Schlossman posted his article on Kernan around the same time the official announcement came out..so it appears he knew about this addition for a few hours or maybe a day beforehand. Wondering if Zellers also being from Maple Grove played a part in Kernan coming to UND.

"In my years of doing this, I don't know if there's a more respected kid, a kid I believe in more, than Kerny," Des Moines coach Matt Curley said. "He's a hockey player, a 200-foot centerman, great between the dots, can play in all situations, an alpha in the room, and animal in the weight room, a leader on and off the ice." "Kernan was previously committed to Minnesota State, but recently re-opened his recruitment and was pursued by Big Ten and National Collegiate Hockey Conference teams." ------------- Very solid, just what UND needed.

I had no idea that there was an official ranking system of college hockey NIL donations & that UND was only around #20. Please post that link when you have a chance, because surely you didn't just make up those numbers.

LSSU is also receiving a recurring $1.5m annual gift from an anonymous donor, specifically for its hockey program. Imagine how much that can elevate their program - they can now recruit (or more accurately buy) some of the best talent available for that kind of money, without worrying about other programs paying more money for their best players. Granted much of that will probably be allocated for operations costs & what not; but it should help ensure their top talent doesn't portal-out. A family like Rydell in GF, wealthy beyond belief, could set up UND hockey for life with a similar kind of donation. $1.5m/year is peanuts for that family. Perhaps they're already donating significantly to UND NIL behind the scenes, but nothing like $1.5m/yr or it would have been mentioned in the news.

Name-calling doesn't prove your argument. You have not disproven the fact that NIL money is exclusively from private donors..nor do you or anyone on this board have the faintest idea the real reason why Boisvert left.

If UND is to be seriously competitive with other conferences in recruiting, it cannot allow a player of Kindel's caliber to bypass UND for a team in the B1G or HEA; especially when they've already got the OHL & QMJHL to draw from. McKenna may fly right over UND on his way to Ann Arbor, but cannot allow others like Kindel from the Dub to do the same. UND, & the NCHC in general, need to establish that league as mostly an NCHC feeder.

Would be ideal if UND can pick up a couple of solid C + another forward for next year so most of the productivity doesn't run through 1 line. The fact that UND hasn't acted yet on the current portal leftovers may mean that it has better options lined up from the CHL. But Lemyre would be solid from a depth standpoint. McKenna may go elsewhere, but Chyzyk still needs to blow the roof off the house with a couple of very solid forwards for next year to make up for the loss of Boisvert. Of all the good available players who will transfer from the CHL to the NCAA next year, UND should definitely be getting a few of them; you would think anyway.

People have this idea, not based on any facts, that schools themselves are shelling out a lot of money for NIL. That's simply not the case. All articles I've read all lead to NIL money coming exclusively from privately-funded collectives. So if MI, MN & a few others are currently buying their rosters for next year, that money is coming from private pockets.

1) No one knows the exact reason Boisvert left. You're putting out information that you can't substantiate. 2) Schools themselves are not paying players. NIL money comes entirely from privately-funded collectives.

Based on the hirings this year & years past, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the associate position would go to someone with UND connections.

Bear's season has been over for a month, what's stopping him from committing?

Don't understand the rationale for having 2 defensive specialists in both Smaby & Simpson. Malone would seem the wiser choice, plus he probably has more connections in Canada than Smaby.

Herter & Fohr weren't interested?

Keep hearing that more CHL commitments will be announced once their season ends. Curious why some CHL players like Zakreski & others, who are still playing, are committing, but others are not.

Was thinking the same thing that Komzak is leaving because the coaches told him another D was coming in. He could have left immediately when the portal opened 2+ weeks ago, but elected to wait until now.