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DuPont looks so effortless in his skating. He can do a quick pinch at the point, yet because of his elite skating can recover quickly if he doesn’t get there before the opposition. He would help force our power play to move the puck fast, as he is either moving the puck fast, or circling himself. That said, if the talk of Carels waiting until the draft to decide whether to turn pro or go to college it would suggest he would be a one and done possibly. With the same possible of DuPont and Verhoeff and Emery probably leaving after next year, that would be a lot to replace. Although if a big NHL ready body like #1 overall Owen Power can stay two years, like Jake Sanderson, you never know, although Covid had a bit to do with that.

Would it be safe to say both our power play pairings at the point would most likely be defensemen in that scenario. To your point, who wouldn’t be a part of that mix if you had offensive talent like Verhoeff, MacKenzie, Carels, DuPont and Laurila? And to be honest, even Boser saw pp time with Arizona State, but that wouldn’t mean much with the above talent. Makes me wonder if they truly are going for two big names or if they have a seasoned older stay at home defenseman waiting in the wings, although why wouldn’t they have announced that already if their season ended? Definitely keeps us on the edge of our seats, much like it would be next year if they did land two big names on defense.

Will be interesting to see if they can get Hughes to sign an extension early, or if he would possibly want to play with his brothers a year down the road.

The guy had some issues that he needed to deal with. I think he took some time off after that to deal with his issues.

Who were the high end forwards on Denver last year? We have Cooper Simpson coming in, and he is probably drafted higher than many of Denver’s forwards were. We probably will just be getting our elite guys on defense, which could possibly be why they went with more experienced forwards.

…and how many of Denver’s recruits plug in to their first and second lines right out of the gate? Denver isn’t generally stocked with first round talent.

Disagree. Portal is to get experienced guys that can help put you over the top because they have proven skills and compete level that you aren’t positive you can get from a first year forward, even if he has NHL potential. You’re not always going to get a guy that produces like Martone and Reschny.

Would be interesting to know if UND switched directions about CHL forwards when it became a bidding war, rather than what we can do to develop players for the next level.

Didn’t Engel enter the portal?

I see two EGF players were selected in the WHL draft at #30 & #47, Mason Auger & Jace Magner respectively.

Does that mean we can get the old WCHA back together?

If they win the next two at home, they win the series. A tall task, but when momentum starts to roll, it’s hard to stop. Wedgewood isn’t exactly the cream of the crop, but then again, neither was Darcy Kuemper.

Saw there was a Laurila from Moorhead as well.

The AHL team that drafts him. He obviously has gone down in draft status, so maybe the NHL team thinks they can develop him better.

Heard very similar sentiment about Jackson Blake, and he was an undersized 4th round draft pick.

No doubt somebody will sue the NCAA, and in this circumstance probably should.

Yeah, I can see how every team plays good defense in the postseason, but it isn’t like UND only had a chance or two, and Wisconsin wasn’t exactly a great penalty kill team. Need to impress upon the team that in playoffs you need to assume you may only get one power play, so you better bear down and have a sense of urgency on every one you manage to get.

Does it again tonight winning 2-1, stopping 39 of 40 shots. Wish UND could benefit from a long string of postseason strong performances like Denver has. Love that he is gaining confidence, so hopefully the future holds that kind of postseason success for UND too. Can’t complain about Spunar’s play though, as UND needed to support him better at the Frozen Four with a better power play.

Especially since the NCAA let things get way out of control with NIL and making it easy to transfer for any reason. They have made it very necessary to make hard financial decisions.

I guess if people are fine with a one million loss, why not be fine with another million loss and have a sport that many people are interested in, and area girls can aspire to. Let’s see if this tough decision leads somewhere for future aspirations.

Cue Schlossman saying that they learned of it while they had a recruit on court at the time of the cut, especially since tennis is Schlossman’s sport.

I forget how much women’s hockey was bleeding, but most people saw the need to move away from that even though it fit more into the regional sports scene.

This one has Kopitar written all over it since he retired, but hopefully Sanderson can win it.

I just worry that it will lead to so many more video reviews to see if it was deflected or caught a piece of the glass. They already take forever with the major penalty reviews.

If you thought the coaches were questioned about what goalie to start when we had Hobie Hedquist as the backup, can you imagine the hand wringing about who should start in any given game if a goalie has one bad night when you have two goalies that are qualified. To be sure, Heil still needs to prove it at the college level, but it seems the talent is there. Hopefully the confidence from this post season run can continue, and carry over to the fall. Would be nice to be able to have healthy competition at every position.