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Nice. There it is. Starting to shape up now. I was hoping either Persson or Haider. Big plus is Persson has two years of eligibility remaining.

I’m hoping both. That might be wishful thinking though. There’s a lot of east coast schools that will be in on those two as well.

Yes. Two more dmen, a goalie, and a forward/center.

Yeah, it's how I like to see it broken down as well so you can see it class by class. I actually debated that on Pyke when I typed it up...just changed it.

Is the MSUM message board blowing up like what happened here yesterday?

Expected Roster as of 3/30/23 - Going by a somewhat typical 26-man roster (15 F / 8 D / 3 G): Forwards (13) Fr - Emerson / Perron So - Blake / James / McLaughlin / Strinden / Montgomery (RS) Jr - Schmaltz / Kunz Sr - Gaber / Jamernik / Ness Gr - Caulfield Defense (6) Fr - Benoit / Komzak / Wiebe / Livanavage / Strathmann Gr - Pyke Goalies (2) Fr - Hedquist So - Johnson Undetermined Decision from Albrecht Portal and/or Recruit F - Could need two depending on what Albrecht does D - Need two G - Need one

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/alaska-captain-garrett-pyke-commits-to-und Unfortunately only one year of eligibility remaining. Hopefully the other dman portal additions have 2+ years. I like his +/- though.

He'll have his work cut out for him for sure. He's no longer the Big Fish in the little WCHA pond...he's now the Little Fish in the big B10 pond...at a school that could care less about hockey. It'll be interesting to see how long he takes to turn UW into a contender again.

No there have been players not selected in the portal that have gone back to their original schools. It’s rare, but has happened.

Two Frozen Four teams and the CCHA powerhouse. Huge PWR implications with those three teams all more than likely finishing high up in their conference standings.

I guarantee that none of the d-corps or goalies from last season will get any playing time next season.

Latest transfer portal entrants: SCSU D Brady Ziemer SCSU F Chase Brand Vermont G Cole Hudson Ohio St. F Mark Cheremeta

Is KG the new scapegoat for all that ails the team?

We'll see what transpires at those four schools once the season ends, but I'd bet that all four will lose players to the portal this season. Combined with UM and UMN losing a crapload to the pros as well. Many other college hockey teams that frequent the NCAA tourney are losing quite a few to the portal this offseason as well. UMass has lost 8 players to the portal. Northeastern has lost 9 players. BC has lost 7 players. Etc.

2002 team had 12 freshmen and five sophomores. http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0102/rosters/ndkm

Wasn't there a year back in the early 2000's...I forget which season it was...where we had a few players graduate and then like 7-8 turn pro as well? So we had like 12-14 (or something like that) new players that next fall? I seem to recall that happening.

If some of the posters on here were the head coach, the entire d-corps would have been told to leave by mid-season.

I’m guessing we have some roster additions by end of week.

? Other coaches are experiencing the same thing, so I doubt they’re thinking twice.

That’s my thought as well.

I’ll reserve judgement until I see what pieces Berry lands for roster additions. In all honesty, not one player that has entered the portal was a “make or break” player. There were some surprises, sure. Like if Gaber or Frisch would have entered the portal instead of playing another year. Every team will have portal losses, even the big boys. That’s just the new “fun” of being in the portal era unfortunately. We’ll see who Bubs can get to sign from the portal and go from there.

If we see a few portal additions to this team in the next couple days, then I think we’ll know a bit more. But Moore is still an odd one. He would have received, or at least been given the chance, to get plenty of ice time.

Addition by subtraction?

That's my question. Was this situation something that they pushed for? As the timing is a little weird. Why did Moore wait a full 1.5 weeks after the portal process started in order to enter himself? Essentially, did the coaching staff get confirmation from a few experienced D in the portal, so they told Moore that he may be sitting next season in favor of some of the experienced portal dmen and the talented incoming freshmen? Who knows.