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Kid can shoot. I like it.

So....I guess tomorrow is the day now?

I used to play roller hockey in front of Tanabe's house with those kids back in the day. He lived right down the street from me. Man, that was a long time ago.

Yeah, I would have taken him on the team with our holes, but it's hard to say how he'll do back in the NCAA. He didn't exactly light it up this year in the USHL as a 20yr old.

I heard that the person chirping in his ear was The Scarlet & White Exchange (BU's NIL) and they wanted to give him 150 thousand reasons to move east.

That would certainly go against his "always bleed green" letter. Hard to believe. I would think that if word got back to Jax or UND admins that this happened, that wouldn't be good for Berry.

What did Berry do to Boisvert?

Their entire JR (soon to be SR) class except for one as well. That's crazy.

You know, aside from the head coach getting fired, a rapid search and hire of a new head coach, and three of our better players entering the portal...the rest of this offseason has been a total snoozer. C'mon Jax...entertain us!!

Damn. UMD getting hit really hard. They've managed to keep their talented FR forwards though, so that's good for them. Menghini would be a nice get from the portal.

Everyone. He needs to hit the ground running. Build up the roster for this fall and then get working on the next 2-3 years of recruits as well.

Agreed on Spicer and Smith. You know they both are up to speed on NCHC play...rather than grabbing a center from AHA that put up more points but isn't used to how much less space there is in the NCHC. Neither put up a ton of points but IIRC Spicer was playing 1st line (or 2nd?) center for UMD before he left with his academic issues.

WMU picks up another from the portal: They're gonna have a ton of new faces again next season.

Please, not another WMU transfer from UND.

Yeah for sure, nothing stopping him now. And I would guess that Jax and Simmer have already been in contact with quite a few of them. I was more just saying that we need players and 2 coaches still, so knocking one off the list then continuing to move forward with players.

Still some good forwards in the portal to fill a couple of the holes...hopefully they can grab a couple more high end CHLers once the season concludes there. They also need to be trying to balance out the forward classes a bit. Right now we only have two SR and zero JR forwards. It'd be nice to add a couple to each of those classes, as we're gonna probably have 5-7 FR forwards next year. Ryan Conmy, so, New Hampshire, 15-18—33 (LAK 6th) Matteo Giampa, so, Canisius, 8-22—30 Tyler Wallace, so, Niagara, 14-12—26 Caidan Gault, jr, Ferris State, 15-10—25 Josh Barnes, jr, AIC, 14-10—24 Evan Werner, so, Michigan, 11-11—22 Tyler Hotson, so, RPI, 6-16—22 Felix Caron, fr, RPI, 6-15—21 Kyle Gaffney, jr, UAF, 6-14—20 Kyler Kovich, jr, Cornell, 5-9—14 Raimonds Vitolins, jr, Miami, 4-10—14 Brendan Ross, so, UAF, 3-11—14 Luc Wilson, jr, Minnesota State, 7-6—13 Max Dukovac, jr, Miami, 5-5—10 Cole Spicer, so, Minnesota Duluth, 5-4—9 (23-24) (BOS 4th) Jack Smith, jr, Minnesota Duluth, 4-5—9 (MTL 4th) Matthew Perkins, so, Minnesota Duluth, 1-4—5 (VAN 4th)

I'm guessing it all starts tomorrow. I'm hoping that they announce the Chyzyk GM position tomorrow, and then the roster additions start rolling in shortly after that.

Agreed. We'll see what happens...plans can always change. IIRC, Oshie was supposed to play a full year in the USHL as well, but then he played well there after his HS season ended and UND brought him in as a true freshman instead the following year. Not many people can make that jump from HS to NCAA (successfully), but Simpson is certainly making the jump from HS --> USHL look easy.

It’ll be interesting to see how many freshmen forwards we bring in next season and how quickly they acclimate to the college game. Zellers, Klee, and Zakreski for sure. And then O’Neill, Schultz, and Simpson as possibilities too. Everything I’ve heard has Simpson playing full USHL season next year, but he’s certainly playing well there after his HS season ended.

First for Schmaltz today too!

ASU gets Connor Hasley, a goalie from Bentley thru the portal.

Almost his entire coaching career has been focused on UND hockey. I guess I’m not gonna fault a guy that bleeds green his entire life. I’m willing to give him a chance and see how he does at the helm.