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You don’t say!

Agree, it’s not like we haven’t made due with depth players in the past if we run into injury problems. Remember needing to move Dan “Jim” Senkbeil to forward when we ran into injury issues? Not ideal, but it beats hamstringing yourself for the possibility of landing future elite talent.

Yeah, don’t settle for a back up plan to the elite guys who still has 3 years left. Keep options open for future CHL elites after Reschny and Verhoff can get the word out.

…and we weren’t going to get any elite talent period according to you. I think I would word it a bit differently the next time, but you do you.

Don’t want to forget Zellers either.

Yes I see on the website they have Perron, McLaughlin and Boisvert jerseys on sale. Save your money and get a new Verhoeff or Reschny jersey instead!

Most of the guys that will be making the jump to college are elite guys that are very young and looking to make a leap to the NHL in a year or two. Pumping iron and bulking up are the exact things they are looking for, not to mention the “little things” instruction they will be getting at practice rather than spending all the time playing games which may not help with some of the bad habits they might need to improve on.

Yes, then you also would have that extra spot for another CHL add next year, assuming the alternative would have more than one year here which could possibly hamstring them in that regard.

Hopefully Penn State has the same success as Pegula’s Buffalo Sabres have. Would love to see them stumble out of the gate and not be able to recover. Hopefully the squad is as overconfident as the fans. Hopefully the NCHC has a better head to head record against the Big Ten this year, with us heading the way against Minnesota, and Arizona State taking out Penn State.

A rumor doesn’t have to have any basis, but there was indeed a rumor, and you liked the post.

I assume the rumor about Brendan McMorrow flipping from Denver were wrong, because would have heard something a long time ago. Who knows what is going on behind the scenes as far as CHL guys or flipping someone.

Nevermind bringing in an older player which their fanbase supposedly despise. At least he’s not a 25 year old Canadian. Funny how we are bringing in young guys and the gophers are going against their traditional recruiting, even after taking a Minnesota State recruit.

…and would allow us to go after some other top CHL talent next year.

https://www.si.com/college/minnesota/gophers-hockey/is-gavin-mckenna-s-commitment-a-warning-sign-for-the-gophers Maybe Minnesota’s anti Canadian slant is going to start being a bigger issue. Think they will still be competitive, but don’t have the built-in advantages they used to have. Remember when the gopher cheerleaders paraded an “America’s Team” banner around the ice in the old Ralph? That kind of arrogance should be used against them now in recruiting the Canadian CHL studs.

Probably a good thing McKenna is so slippery, as I would bet that a lot of players in the Big Ten will be taking a run at him, especially the losers in the sweepstakes.

…and to think Dubay thought Hakstol was a bad person for flipping someone off! How many chances does this clown get?

If it isn’t one of the big names left, if I were Chyzyk I would wait until all those guys announce before sending out the bat signal, lest everyone seems disappointed in an incoming recruit that isn’t quite at that elite level. Would be nice to get one of those guys though.

Blue bloods knocking the crap out of each other, besides their grueling conference games is a recipe for a lot of lesser conference teams to sneak in by not having to face the challenge of playing them. There are only so many non conference games, but even with the pairwise boost from playing the elite, some are going to be on the outside because there are only so many spots, especially if you get any conference tourney upsets.

Yes, Schlossman especially can vouch for that after picking Western Michigan to finish 7th in the NCHC last year.

My concern is that if some of these guys don’t really want to go to college hockey and only do so at the behest of the team that drafted them, will they be all in and be a great teammate when some adversity strikes, either as a team or individually?

Wrong thread. This is football.

That is the other side of this — the communication with these guys. I know some thought Schultz might bolt somewhere else to start college sooner. I agree, a lot of guys would be better off with the slow development model, but we have seen not everybody and their advisors can be objective enough to see that as the best path forward. Who knows if Cole Spicer’s trajectory would be different if he had played the slow development path. Hopefully the coaches and advisors can communicate the best interests to the players and have them buy in.

Will be interesting to see if they can’t nail down two more studs from the CHL to fill the forward roster for this fall, if they just go with 14 forwards to have room for more studs next year. As it stands, if you don’t lose someone after a one and done, you lose James, Strinden, and Rickwood, with Schultz, ONeill, Simpson and Williams probably set to come in, and Pilgrim still in limbo. Assuming someone like Andrew or someone else not getting playing time transfers out, that still doesn’t leave much room. Coaches are probably having these conversations to best be able to take advantage of the new recruiting landscape. Ideally, you don’t want to keep pushing off players and counting on guys wanting to leave, but I definitely don’t envy the coaches having to make these tough decisions and still keep team unity in tact. Roster management is going to be huge going forward, as you want to have flexibility in having recruits not time out in juniors, or leave because they don’t want to wait longer to make room for stars that won’t be 4 year players. Definitely going to be a juggling act to keep a good base of players from year to year and still have room for guys that will accept certain roles.

Same number Dillon Simpson had when he came to UND at a young age, now he will be mentoring a potential very high draft pick.