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I always thought this was a situation where it is just a matter of time before he commits but the longer things take I do start to wonder.

As long as going cashless doesn’t involve significant increases to beer prices I’m good with it.

The signs are definitely there that he has interest in coming to UND. I just don’t think the NCAA door is as closed as some may think.

Agreed on Pridham.

For 2026

He got a 5 minute major but no misconduct so was allowed to stay in the game.

He just said we were not close on him, not necessarily that we weren’t in on him at all.

With the guy who flipped to Minnesota? DU wanted him to go back to juniors and he didn’t.

A BCHL guy told me he doesn’t think McKamey is going to be ready for college in 2026. We will have to see how he develops in the WHL this year though.

I thought he was eligible to commit now since he’s an 08 birthdate but I don’t know what year in school he just completed. So if not, August 1.

McQueen is good buddies with Zakreski. Should definitely reach out to gauge interest if we have not already done so.

I know they had a lot of turnover- I think they replaced their top line for the third year (?) in a row and generally one would think at some point that wouldn’t always work but so far they’ve been able to make it work.

It doesn’t seem like he’s going to miss that much of the season. He’s already skating. Read an article where he says he’s at 80 percent.

I definitely thought he wasn’t draft eligible until next year lol.

I almost googled if it was a different Carter Sanderson because it was completely off my radar.

Agreed. I just think very few guys are able to leave the NCAA after 1 year and be successful. Outside of the obvious guys. It’s not happening as much as it used to. A lot more 2 year guys. Reschny would have to have a pretty outstanding season to justify 1 year in the NCAA.

Does everyone want the problems within the program just out there for public knowledge? I don’t think I do. So I understand why some things are not made public. If recruiting was already in a not great spot, I don’t think a report in the GF Herald on all the issues with the program would have helped, and that could have taken a lot of work to come back from. Others may have a different view on this.

He’s been following UND on Instagram for a while, he came across my radar several months ago so I checked back then. Chyzyk also follows him on instagram, which I think is also a sign.

I would be extremely surprised if we aren’t.

I feel like he’s been pouring cold water on this for weeks. A lot of fans just aren’t listening. One of my friends asked me a few weeks ago about our chances with McKenna and I said “ as close to 0% as there is” and the comprehension of what I said did not go through at all.

Schlossman had mentioned on a podcast a while back that a lot of our recent recruiting battles right now have been with Michigan State. We are getting recruits that picked us over them and vice versa.

I guess based on what I saw last year I think that Littler is someone they want at center. All our other centers are freshmen and I don’t think we would roll out Rickwood and 3 freshmen centers. So if Littler is not at center they will move another non-freshman to center. Maybe Strinden? Swanson was mentioned as someone with the flexibility to play center but I just see him at wing.

I think we have recruited the Chicago area terribly. We got Strathmann but that’s pretty much it. We were in on Jack Hextall last summer but he picked Michigan State over UND, despite being a UND fan. So clearly there’s issues recruiting this area. Maybe with the new staff we can remedy this.

I believe the Reschny amount more than Verhoeff. 200K would probably be one of the highest NIL amount for a NCAA hockey player that I have seen a rumored dollar amount for and I guess I am skeptical.

Some of these guys already have interest in UND, so I would be curious if the player Schlossman is referring to is someone who didn’t previously have interest in UND, or if getting Reschny and Verhoeff would be what tipped it in UND’s favor from someone who has us on their list.