The Exiled One

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Hammy posted it on the Minnesota high school hockey message board.

I've only ever seen Ambroz play once, but if his point totals are indicative of his talents, a college commitment may be a moot point. I'm sure the NTDP will offer him a position on the 2009 team, but if he's looking like a top five NHL draft pick in 2011, why would he accept? Careerwise, he'd be better off playing in the WHL for two years and getting paid for it. I think it mostly depends on the kid's confidence and ego. If he pictures himself in the NHL at age 18, he should probably go to the WHL. If he pictures himself in the NHL at age 20, he should probably go to the NTDP and then college. If he pictures himself in the NHL at age 19, he could go either way. Also, the only reason I can see why his point totals are inflated is because he's fairly physically mature already. He might not stand out as much when the other kids grow and get faster, but that's still to be seen. Anyway, I'm sure all the top programs are after him, so without some kind of family connection that I don't know about, SCSU is out of the running. So barring any connection to some school out east, Minnesota would have to be the defacto choice. UND, Sconnie, and Denver will probably push pretty hard though.

Schmitz is going OHL next season, so I guess he's technically not NTDP anymore. There's not much left for Minnesota '91s, maybe Orhn from Greenway as a BIG defenseman, but not much beyond that. That Herbert kid from Bloomington-Jefferson might start getting some looks now, but I don't think he's considered a hot commodity yet. Alex Wideman from St. Louis might be considered a feisty little scorer type in the mold of Duncan or Lasch, but I guess that's up to the coaches to determine.

Hubris

There's two tipoffs as to why he might go the college hockey route... 1. He's a grade ahead in highschool, meaning that he'll be a senior next season. 2. He'll be playing in the BCHL next season. Of course, that fact doesn't preclude him from playing in the WHL after he's graduated high school, but I personally think it will improve his draft stock to play a full season of college hockey before his draft year. That is, you can be a fourth liner on a good college hockey team and still get picked in the first round of the draft, but you pretty much have to be one of the top three players on your CHL team to get picked in the first round.

The REALLY underweight guy went 7th overall in the WHL draft. Lasch was from the "practically Junior B" league.

I'm hoping Harbison points him our way, but... Austin Madaisky-LD Penticton (BCHL) 6'1 165 1-30-92 Also... Calvin DeHaan-LD *Kemptville (COJHL) 5'11 165 5-9-91 58-3-39-42-14 2008 COJHL Rookie of Year *Omaha next season

A HUGE recruiting victory the Sioux can pull it off and he can qualify academically. Morin's father says Jeremy has full-ride scholarship offers from 10 different U.S. colleges. Boston College, a school Maxwell has verbally committed to, and North Dakota are among the front-runners.

He's been on CHRE's Hot 15 list for a while now... http://collegehockeyrecruitexchange.blogsp...-prospects.html

What the hell is happening there?! EDIT: Nevermind, if I had only played three games the previous season, I'd probably move on as well. SCSU has a habit of picking up leftovers (Coole, Kronick, Borgen, Hepp, Ryan). I wonder if he'll be next?

Thanks. Basically, my point about Oliver is that it's easy to write him off as the fifth or sixth best player on that team, but what if the team if chalk full of future stars? Oliver is behind only Landman in returning scorers for next season. Will people be eating their words if Roseau returns to state and Oliver is their leading scorer?

From the Strib... Landman, a junior, has yet to make a college commitment. He's drawn interest from just a couple of Division 1 schools; perhaps Thursday's performance will spark more. "My doors are open to anybody, really," Landman said. As for Oliver, I think he wasn't the stud SCSU was hoping for, but he's no where near a flop. He's well built, very athletic, and a non-stop worker. He might not come in until 2010, but he should still be fine. Also, he was the Roseau/SCSU link that the Huskies needed to land Lee!! Does anybody know how many D1 stars/NHL players were on that dominant Bloomington Jefferson team from the early '90s? I think we might be seeing something like that again with this Rams team.

I think the REA will easily sell out at regular ticket prices. If the DECC is the only other option, it's no contest. They could probably convert the Mariucci, but it's not really that much better of an option to begin with. Maybe they could play on the practice rink at the NHC. According to Craig Dahl, it "feels smaller".

The buzz on gopherpucklive is that the team Lapic is favoring right now isn't known for getting the obvious high-end players. North Dakota certainly does NOT fit that description. IF it's a WCHA school, it's probably going to be MSUM, SCSU, MTU, or UMD. Mankato isn't very far from New Prague and they don't have any fowards lined up for '09 either. I wouldn't mind him for SCSU either. Honestly, I think Lapic would be alright, but the "in" with his freshman teamate would be a nice bonus too. Ambroz would be an incredible longshot for SCSU, but without Lapic, they're not even in the game. Ambroz's sister (Kacy) is committed to UMD. His older brother Matt plays for UNO.

I don't know. USA Hockey might. Hammy probably does.

That's what I'm thinking, yeah. Who knows how they'll each do after high school though. The NTDP thought enough of Pitlick to take him to an international tournament. He didn't do that great, but I have to go with their opinions over my guesses.

I meant second best UNCOMMITED, but he still compares pretty favorably with the committed ones too. BTW, Mattson (and Landman) are 1990's. Lapic is a 1991 (along with Budish, Pitlick, Leddy, Birkholz, Oliver, Schmidt, and Walters).

I don't have any inside info, but my guess is based on comments from a gopherpucklive poster who's usually got the inside scoop on these things. http://www.gopherpucklive.com/viewtopic.php?p=204516#204516

A little detective work should make it clear who has just committed. A nice pickup. He's probably the second best of "that birthyear" from "that league" remaining. He probably won't win ROTY the first year he plays for the Sioux, but he should be a solid four year playmaker.

Scroll up on page 212. There's already a link to St. Croix's profile and stats.

Hah!! Timing was a conicidence, I was tipped from a different message board. Don't fear, IF St. Croix plays college, it'll be for UND. Morbeck's praises have already been sung on The Scouting News. I like your strategy of aiming for his brother though. Any team that needs a goalie in the near future should seriously consider "Corndog".

Well... SURPRISE!!! ... it's DU. http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2008/02...et-david-carle/

The Notre Dame Hounds midget team specializes in developing the young talent. Essentially, they are primarily bantam players "playing up" in the midget major league. The SMAAAHL league as a whole is a feeder for CHL teams and the SJHL. And while the SJHL isn't bad, it's not quite on par with the likes of the BCHL. So yes, keep your eyes on the NDH midget team for potential prodigies, but realize that they're likely CHL targets unless they've verbally expressed interest in colleges (ala Schwartz and Gormley).