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The question is probably more “Who are they already targeting?”

Schlossman had alluded to it happening on his podcast a couple days ago so I wasn’t too surprised.

lol that’s actually hilarious if they think that.

Bemidji is not a Pairwise killer. A PWR killer is losing twice to the team ranked dead last. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Bemidji ranked in the bottom half of the PWR in recent years. They’re always in the 20s or lurking around there.

I wouldn’t be.

No.

Everyone knows they did. It’s not exactly a secret.

I don’t really think it’s much of a recruiting tool scheduling the U18 team at this point. Pretty much all their players are already committed to schools by the time we play them so I just don’t think it does much on that front. I do think it’s a good game to schedule coming out of the Christmas break though to shake some rust off and try some new things and see how they go.

Considering it just said in the Herald article he picked UND over Duluth, and how he liked the coaching staff and how they treated his family, it is pretty clear we were recruiting him. We didn’t just snap our fingers to make it happen.

According to the Herald, he’s going to try to play some USHL games before and after the high school season next year. I thought Chicago had his rights but apparently no USHL team has his rights at the moment.

I originally watched the video where he said his favorite team was Duluth a couple months ago and definitely thought he was heading there when I watched it at first, but after rewatching it, he did hesitate when he answered that question so I think Duluth probably wasn’t a definitive favorite at the time. Lots of kids do like a bunch of teams.

McInnis has played 9 junior hockey games so I wouldn’t pencil him in with that group yet. Probably depends on how next season goes for him.

Farmer, yes, but Sidorski is probably about the same size as Pyke and Pehrson.

He does have 2 years left though. Schlossman already said so. Albrecht didn’t play in any games as a freshman so that year didn’t count. His sophomore year was the Covid season that didn’t count for anyone. So he does in fact have 2 years of eligibility left if he wants to use both.

I like Strinden a lot and think he should be a regular in the lineup, but to be frank I think he’s still a 4th liner on next year’s team. At least to start. Nothing wrong with that - I think we can put together a really good 4th line. But based on how last season ended, it seems he’s behind Kunz on the depth chart.

There was a different Pietila for them back in the day. Maybe a forward?

They said Komzak is the projected 8th D when he committed. I think if it’s not Strathmann, I’d try to find another underclassmen in the portal to balance out the classes a bit more.

Griffin Ness and Hunter Johannes for sure.

Guessing it’ll be Abram Wiebe in the top 4 instead of Livanavage. But I expect both to be regulars.

Heard about him when Zmolek committed. Seemed like another good fit.

Lots of people around the country has us really high, not just UND people, so a lot of people missed.

McInnis is one I wouldn’t be super confident about being here in a year. He’s hardly played any games this year, so he may need more time. Obviously a lot can happen in a year but worth keeping an eye on.

I heard a podcast interview with Hensler from November. He mentioned Jake Sanderson as a guy he is compared to/models his game after. Let’s have Jake give him a call

I do not think there’s a chance. There’s no guarantee he would even get more playing time here next year. The guy didn’t play for months here. Bridge is effectively burned.