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Sounds like he is using college as a stepping stone for his career, so who knows. What are the betting odds that any goalie in college hockey sticks around if they aren't getting the playing time they think they deserve? I am very intrigued by this Carter Casey with Waterloo via Grand Rapids, MN as a potential recruit, so it might not be bad if we had room a couple years down the road.

They are going to have to compete for playing time regardless. You don't think Hedquist got a chance, but he had an opportunity to hold the net, but didn't.

Especially with the backdrop of "not having enough room" for the Slukynsky brothers and other late options like Bump fresh in their minds. You can usually find a hard working depth guy as a last minute substitute like Connor Gaarder, but having room for guys like Bump falling in your lap needs to be take precedence to early recruiting depth guys, if that was indeed the case with this OHL player.

Yes, and we have all seen that he has had flashes of brilliance, otherwise we wouldn't have seen people calling for Berry to be putting him in the net rather than TJ. Goaltending is all about confidence, and when he had it, he was good. "Hey, rookie! You were good." - Field of Dreams quote Wasn't a rookie, but always love referencing Field of Dreams.

It's one thing to build to a top end team in the CCHA and a contender for top teams in the country. Raboin already built Augustana into a top end team in the CCHA, so a few recruits here and there should put you toward the top end of the CCHA.

He interviewed for a reason. The time to strike is when the fire is hot, the opportunities won't always be there.

10 post person getting super defensive about a player = questionable objectivity.

Only one running their mouth is you. Come on this board and spout your nonsense and expect people to take you seriously. Your garbage is old already.

I think if we are talking depth players, then in line with Jackson’s strategy it probably needs to be someone connected to the region or the program, otherwise you may be needing to replace them often because if they aren’t playing they are more apt to enter the portal. Not sure how many guys like Coltyn Sanderson would stick around with today’s portal, and the reason he became a contributor on a Championship team is because he put in the time with the program and knew what the coaches expected of him. Need those depth guys that can fill in and have experience from being upperclassmen.

I think we saw last year the reason he definitely could make it to the NHL, because of the way he thinks the game and was two steps ahead of other guys. It is amazing that someone with his size, and not really as fast as a lot of smaller guys, can be such an impact player right away. His hockey mind is truly elite.

I see Sanderson in the running for the Norris Trophy in the not too distant future.

McKenna aside, there are a handful of guys that could help our team quite a bit, and getting one of those shouldn't be a bridge too far. If other programs start pulling some of these guys it will be more upsetting.

Hopefully they have other CHL guys that they can persuade to play college hockey. If a program like North Dakota can't pull a high end CHL player or two now, then the program really has become irrelevant.

How about one of the highest goal scoring forwards in the USHL in a while in Zellers. If I recall he put up numbers similar if not better than Boeser. If he needs more than that, then maybe he isn't the generational talent they say he is. Be the guy that is the antithesis of a bunch of all the other first rounders and choose to play on a team that will most closely resemble an NHL team, not a bunch of high end guys thrown together to try and catch magic in a bottle for one season. It's a long shot, but it doesn't hurt to make a pitch.

But they won’t be UND fans, so really who cares.

Should this be a concern that we have heard nothing about this yet, or is it just a matter of time?

Guess not. It was the Toronto players stick.

From Kleven.

I feel bad for a lot of goalies now. In the past, coaches were more apt to either rotate goalies or get a guy in fairly often. With how tight the pairwise rankings are these days you have to be pretty confident in your back up to throw him out there as much when a few bad outings can doom your pairwise ranking.

Probably early on, but he did have a chance to take it and run with it, and had a few bad outings when they were looking for someone to step up. I think with so many good goalies around, that is all you can ask for.

Yes and at least 2 first line guys from other college teams and possibly three. (not sure about Gordon if he ends up committing. Nevertheless, a rookie of the year in the CCHA).

It is difficult to know how some of these guys transition from junior hockey and from different college leagues. Inevitably some guys surprise and are better than you think they would be, and others don't transition as well. There seems to be so many guys that you think would be bottom six, but who knows. I will take a crack at what seems appealing albeit based on nothing. Zellers - CHL Guy - James Swanson - Rickwood - Menghini Gordon (rumor yet) - Littler - Strinden Croal - Kernan/Klee - Zakreski Andrew - Klee/Kernan - ? Now if the other rumor about McMorrow is true, where would he fit? Bunch of very good players that play hard is very good, but where does everyone get slotted? You know with guys like Perron and Boisvert where they get slotted in the top 6, but a lot of these guys I have no idea where they would slot. Will be interesting to say the least, but I am excited about the prospects of getting guys that are all in.

Sometimes bitter old men are just as bad if not worse than middle school kids.

Yeah, and some time you have your hand forced, as you can’t bring in too many of your own recruits early to replace guys lost like Perron, Boisvert and McLaughlin. Remember a couple weeks ago when people were wringing their hands because we didn’t have portal commits? Some of the guys we are talking about in rumors are far more attractive than many of the guys that were in the portal early on. In fact if all these rumors are true, we might be pretty full in a hurry. I wouldn’t mind having a little wiggle room if someone nice pops up late or if someone like Bump becomes available in the summer.

Didn't have Stecher and LaDue the following year, but they did have Wolanin and Poolman, along with Gersich, Boeser and Jost. That's 5 guys that saw some time in the NHL.