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Lol that was my first thought. But he did post his ballot. I believe he had UMD at 3 and UND at 5. Another Duluth media guy, Matt Wellens, had UND at 2 and UMD at 5. So more evidence of mixed opinions on teams in this league lol.

Yeah I think opinions on UND are pretty mixed. But I’d say the same for most teams in our league considering the top 5 teams in the poll all had at least one first place vote.

I am guessing we were voted that high because our group of forwards in comparison to those ranked behind us, were just significantly better on paper than other forward groups, to the point that it outweighed the lack of returners on D. (Like Western lost their entire top line, SCSU lost some producers up front also.)

They had to stop doing that due to them currently having a 25 year old Canadian goalie.

He’s playing at Shattuck I believe. Some were saying Green Bay in the USHL but I think that’s after he’s done at Shattuck.

I think both his parents are alums? For sure Dad. His sister is also currently a student at UND. Definitely grew up a UND fan.

I don’t think so. He’s been tweeting about coming up for the series for a while. I think he’s genuinely excited about it.

If that came from Ryan Kennedy I feel like it’s gotta be a big one.

I really do not think Potter is going to go to the Gophs. It was said weeks ago on Puck Preps that he was basically a BU lock. Obviously that could have changed. It seems like UND got involved after some of these other schools so maybe there’s something to that.

I think it’ll be good to have Dillon around, particularly this season with 4 freshmen defensemen considering he was captain of a UND team that went to the Frozen Four with 4 freshmen defensemen.

Those same Gopher fans didn’t notice when he unfollowed Gopher Hockey on Instagram a couple days later though

No insight but I’m pretty sure it couldn’t have actually been from a school. Pretty sure Schlossman just said on a recent podcast that schools can’t promise NIL deals/money. That’d be a violation. So unless I heard that wrong or misunderstood it? I was guessing it is probably a company/brand who is connected to a school. Like an alum or something. If I had to bet I’d say BU.

Yeah I looked at their incoming class. Solid players but to me I’m not sure they move the needle enough. Have to see how they look when the season starts. I still think for CC to become a contender another team has to take a step back and I’m not sure who that would be.

I went to SCSU for a year and a half. (And I tried to leave sooner) It’s absolutely terrible. I told everyone from my hometown not to go there and none of them listened and then they all transferred to other schools too. Though this is just a non-athlete experience.

I don’t know about NCHC team but I think the Bruins drafted a Pelosi this summer.

I think you mean no returning players on defense.

Gaber was named captain. Not too shocking.

I didn’t listen to this podcast because I listened to their preview last year and it was obvious they didn’t do much relevant research in certain areas which is an annoyance of mine.

I sensed this coming last night based on some social media activity. I found it super annoying.

I just remember them having little to no offense last year. They’re fine in other areas but I just don’t know if they will have enough offense to move up that much.

I was not super surprised about it. I heard of him a while ago and felt like he was a Twin Cities kid we could realistically get if we actually recruited him.

I’m guessing yes.

Yeah I wouldn’t say I expect him to commit to UND but until he commits somewhere there’s always a chance.

In other news, I saw Cullen Potter started following UND on Instagram yesterday…

He said his list is tailored to more NCHC/Big 10 recruiting areas so there will be some Eastern kids not included on his list.