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I believe that is the 18U prep team that is the varsity.

So when is he set to attend UMD? Don’t know if we have room this year.

Looks like Berry did a good job, since he said his favorite college team was the Bulldogs.

https://www.facebook.com/johnwayne/videos/pilgrim/537579570099297 This makes me happy Pilgrim.

I don’t believe in insane expectations.

With Perron, Blake, McLaughlin, we probably need some more finishers that can take advantage of their passing ability, if indeed they are around that long. Can always use guys that aren’t afraid to shoot, and can finish.

Yeah, that worked well when you said that the beginning of last year.

Zmolek, Wiebe and Benoit are bigger than Frisch, Johnson and Bast, and Komzak and Kleven are pretty similar.

Looking back, we don’t score a ton of short handed goals, probably about 3 a year. If we have defensemen that are all right with being aggressive under certain circumstances, I think we double that next year, and James could get 2-3 of those. Surprisingly, Minnesota and Michigan didn’t score many short handed either, while St. Cloud had 8.

Wouldn’t mind Livanavage and Zmolek growing together for down the road though, as it sounds like Pehrson could work with either pairing if Pyke is going to be asked to provide some offense.

Definitely not a sophomore, as with Strathmann you would have 7 defenseman for the following two seasons, how do you make room for a Hensler, Felicio, and the already committed McInnis? How many more years can Ausmus play juniors? What younger portal would want to come in trying to crack that lineup.

Steal someone from Wisconsin, they’re no gentlemen.

This really doesn’t do anything unless it works out. The guy we got was most likely not invited back to Michigan. It’s exciting that it looks like he fills a need, but many were super excited when we got Farmer too, and not everyone was happy with him.

On paper that is certainly the case. As we all know, the chemistry of the team next year and how they come together will tell the tale.

You never know. Many thought that Sidorski would be sitting a lot, and that Johnson would be in the lineup every day. It seems there are surprises like that every year.

He had us as #4 preseason, so evidently he doesn't know as much about the team he covers as he does about other teams.

But not much room for maneuvering if you add another multi-year portal, you would have Livanavage, Strathmann, Komzak, Wiebe, Benoit, Zmolek, Jubenvill, and the other portal would make 8. Unless you keep 9, or push off someone else, you don’t have a lot of room for Hensler. I would like to have room for a guy like Felicio down the road too. Ausmus would need to stay 2 more years, which is probably the plan anyway.

I see some gopher fans are hoping they take a run at 24-year old David Silye from the transfer portal out of Mankato with two years of eligibility left. So if he uses up all his eligibility, he would be 26. After all the gnashing of teeth regarding age after getting ousted by Mankato the previous two years, that is quite ironic.

If they want to make room for Hensler next year, I would think they would need another one and done portal. If Strathmann doesn’t come this year and if the plan is for Jubenvill to come next year as well, they would need room for three. Need to make room for him, so Staudacher might not be a fit.

Is there an offensive upside he can tap into going forward from his freshman year, or is he going to be a defensive defenseman that can outlet the puck?

Yeah, the last guy we got in the transfer portal that was on the WCHA all rookie team worked out pretty well in Chris Jandric. Hopefully Zmolek, who was on the CCHA all rookie team makes the same progression as Jandric.

Haven’t heard anything on Cooley. You would think if he was going to sign and play this year yet he would have signed already.

Yeah, it’s one thing to get kicked out, it’s another to taunt the crowd when the player is obviously in severe distress. Terrible look is right. They better have had a talk with him about penalties and decorum.

People said the same about Hakstol. I'm more of the mind that if you get me there all the time, you are going to get it done at some point. An empty net goal, or a routine save away from not even having this conversation.

Let it go.