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Agreed. He'll probably get slotted into a higher spot that he would have here, considering they lost their entire high scoring top line. It'll be interesting to see how he does...he had such a great start to his career here...no idea what happened last year with him just disappearing from the scoring.

Not sure on that. Some UMN posters on GPL had him in their top 6 for next season before he announced he was going portal. Not that that means much.

Expected Roster as of 4/11/23 - Going by a somewhat typical 26-man roster (15 F / 8 D / 3 G): Forwards (15) Fr - Emerson / Perron So - Blake / James / McLaughlin / Strinden / Montgomery (RS) Jr - Schmaltz / Kunz / Berg Sr - Gaber / Jamernik / Ness Gr - Albrecht / Johannes Defense (7) Fr - Benoit / Komzak / Wiebe / Livanavage / Strathmann So - Zmolek Gr - Pyke Goalies (3) Fr - Hedquist So - Johnson Sr - Persson Portal and/or Recruit D - Need one or two (depending on Strathmann decision) F - Maybe one more (been hinted that we might carry 16F again this year)

Getting closer on defense. Just need to nail down if Strathmann is coming or not and grab one or two more portals depending on that decision. IMO, they've snagged some excellent portal guys...Persson, Berg, Zmolek, Pyke, Johannes...all should be able to contribute nicely next season.

He did redshirt, but he just entered the portal today so looks like he's going elsewhere.

And...a RH shot. And...he has THREE years left of eligibility. Awesome, great get for Berry and staff.

NICE!!

Perets, QU goalie, has signed as well. That means that all starting goalies from the Frozen Four have signed now except for UMN goalie (so) Close.

Matt Staudacher, Dman from UMN, entered the portal. He's a leftie, but he does have two years of eligibility left. Maybe someone for Berry to check out...although he's a MI native so UM or MSU wouldn't be a surprise destination for him.

AZ only has a couple games left so it wouldn’t make sense for them to burn a whole year of his contract just for a game or two at most. It’s been posted that he’s “50/50” and will more than likely make his decision in the next week or so.

BU jr goalie Commesso and Michigan jr goalie Portillo both signed today.

Agreed.

Yeah none of that.

LaCombe from UMN signs, as expected: https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-sign-lacombe-to-two-year-entry-level-contract/c-343344110?fbclid=IwAR2qBkgDrRW6IlpI0GJ2QqFaZz9EKGe-qB7OO9rjrrRpDw3oVIr5j-K-t1k

Sweet little move on the breakaway to score a goal against UMN this year.

Top half? That would be optimistic from reading some of the posts on here.

Yeah still a couple uncertainties, for sure. I could see them maybe wanting 16F again this year with not knowing Montgomery's status and recovery from injury.

Expected Roster as of 4/10/23 - Going by a somewhat typical 26-man roster (15 F / 8 D / 3 G): Forwards (15) Fr - Emerson / Perron So - Blake / James / McLaughlin / Strinden / Montgomery (RS) Jr - Schmaltz / Kunz / Berg Sr - Gaber / Jamernik / Ness Gr - Albrecht / Johannes Defense (6) Fr - Benoit / Komzak / Wiebe / Livanavage / Strathmann Gr - Pyke Goalies (3) Fr - Hedquist So - Johnson Sr - Persson Portal and/or Recruit D - Need two The Johannes addition rounds out the forward group nicely. He should fit in well as the Judd replacement. Hopefully he can tame down the majors and misconducts, otherwise he'll just be the new Kleven. Still need a couple dmen!

Today's portal entrants: Michigan F Eric Ciccolini (NYR) Michigan F Nick Granowicz Michigan D Keaton Pehrson BU F Brian Carrabes Michigan loses three to the portal, including a drafted forward.

Yeah that option would still be there as long as he and the coaches mutually agreed. A CC player already did that this off-season. Entered the portal then elected to stay at CC.

Pecknold has remained loyal to QU for almost 30 years. My guess is that he'd only leave there for an NHL job.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/quinnipiacs-title-another-lesson-that-great-college-hockey-players-come-from-all-nhl-draft-statuses

Looks like Cameron Berg is leading UND in goals next season and leading us to the title.

We’ll see what Cooley does now.

This is a good week to sign up a dman or two from the portal.