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Yes! Seems like every commit has phrases like "200ft player" or "relentless" attached to them. I like it. Can't wait to see how they look on the ice and if they pass the all-important eye test.

We started this off-season with one returning center. Now we have like 6 on the roster. A good problem to have though. Some centers will be playing wing, but can take face-offs in case of players getting tossed, or PP/PK.

Brad's article now out too: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/seattle-kraken-draft-pick-ollie-josephson-commits-to-und

Roster is set! D-Corps is stacked. Goalies look solid. Forwards (15): SR - Strinden, James, Rickwood, Young JR - Menghini SO - Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew FR - Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Kernan, Reschny, Josephson Defense (8): JR - Zmolek, Livanavage, Wiebe SO - Emery, Strathmann, Jubenvill FR - Laurila, Verhoeff Goalies (3): SR - Sandy (RS possibility) JR - Homer FR - Spunar

Meyer + Scantlebury is quite the start to the recruiting cycle for BU.

Yeah, Brad mentioned in his pod that he was on vacation...so maybe everything is delayed. Granted, he's still tweeting. Maybe Ollie and DuPont are committing together and UND is getting it lined up first before announcing.

Nice pickup for them but pretty much expected.

We're just assuming that it is Ollie Josephson from Red Deer in WHL, as the UND account started following him yesterday. Nothing official though yet.

I'm hoping that this is like that Friday when Verhoeff and Reschny both committed. One BAT signal, multiple commits.

We’re assuming Ollie, unless Bryn pulls a fast one?

Especially this upcoming year. There’s gonna be some games with a ton of high skill players playing against each other. Should be entertaining.

Young, Andrew, TBD Not that I don’t think that they’ll play at all. We have a lot of younger forwards so Young could be a good boost to a lower line to add some experience while the frosh get up to NCAA speed.

+1 Young arriving as a SR allows guys like Simpson, Schultz, and O'Neill to gain another year of experience in juniors and come in next year more ready to contribute. I like that move for this year's team.

C'mon Chyz, bag a great one!

100% agreed. UMN has landed a few nice recruits the last week or so, but they'd all be in that 3.5-4.5 star group. From what I hear, they'll likely land a few more shortly. But not a single one of those recruits would I take above the list of players that you show above. Which is why I chuckle a little when I see these tweets from Goofer fans:

Nice game from Grubb...get that local kid signed up!

Nice, good for Karl. He should do well for them!

Reschny seemed to impress during his stint at WJSS:

100% I still remember his diving back check to break up a Manitoba breakaway in his FR season exhibition game. Kid was a 200ft player from the first drop of the puck.

Just Bryn following him. Hmm. I guess Pridham then? Pridham would add skill but would still leave us with a 1st line hole…as I’m not sure he would be ready for that role yet either.

Going social media sleuthing, does Bryn follow McQueen or vice versa? I know it's been mentioned here earlier that Bryn and Desnoyers both follow each other. Not that social media is some big revealing source, but them following each other must indicate some interest by both parties at some level.

Final day of WJSS. USA vs Canada today. Heil gets the start in net. Swanson 2nd line USA, Reschny 1st line Canada. Zellers and Emery both sitting.

Providence seems like an odd choice. But who knows. Connelly left after one season of lackluster performance there.

His CHL team made him captain for next year to try to lure him back but he hasn’t announced if he’s going back for sure or going NCAA.