Certainly not ideal. But also not entirely unexpected. We've been talking for months about how there was a good chance we'd only have 1-3 dmen returning.
Frisch returning would have been huge and Bast entering the portal wasn't a certainty (like Johnson).
Can still be a strong group if the two portal pickups are good and then once the freshmen D get up to speed.
On the plus side...with how much everyone complained about the D group this year and their poor play...maybe this is for the best.
That kid is so good.
Wonder if he'll stick around for his soph year. BU will be good next season too...they have a good recruit group coming in.
And we play them next season too.
For sure. Berry needs to get 2 D, 1 G, and maybe 1 F out of the portal.
Portal is tough...the right players for our squad might not even be in the portal yet (still playing).
Regardless though, Berry needs to nail those four portal picks...the results for next season hang in the balance.
For recruits only (not portals), currently we're looking at this more than likely:
D - Wiebe, Livanavage, Strathmann, Benoit, Komzak
F - Emerson, Perron
G - Hedquist