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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.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/defenseman-bennett-zmolek-commits-to-und

They used to do it within days of the commitment on each of the transfers in years past. If they wait too long, school will be out and UND hockey media relations goes pretty MIA then.

I had always thought that coaching changes give you an out on the NLI. If there’s not a coaching change and you ask for a release, the school can restrict where you can go, but I don’t think this happens all that much.

Also took no penalties last season.

2021. Denver didn’t make the tournament that year.

Recently Schlossman has started saying in his articles that UND will bring in “AT LEAST 2 freshman forwards,” which kind of makes it seem like they could be considering bringing him in.

I don’t think Johannes was a depth add. I think he was a third line forward add. I actually wonder what they’ll do for the depth add. Part of me thinks they should just bring in Croal. Do very many portal forwards enter to become a “depth” forward? Not sure what we will find there.

He ended the season in the top 9, not out of the question that he could move into the top 6. He’s one I think could have an increased role and play on the power play more.

Either we are recruiting the wrong kids (some of whom were well regarded when they committed), or they are not developing at the right pace.

https://twitter.com/gfherald/status/1645440004980654081?s=46&t=lGRFo-A0bmR2CHChu6e9ag

I don’t know what info Schlossman has, but I think news of a portal forward may be close.

I did see Luke Strand on another speculation list for what it’s worth.

lol we don’t have 8 right now.

We turned over half our roster 2 years ago, and the freshmen class that came in to replace what we lost wasn’t up to par.

I had wondered if this might be the case, actually. I knew he was okay with another year of juniors but wasn’t told whose idea it was.

I was just going to comment this. He’s from Eden Prairie.

Only one of them is likely. The other two are pipe dreams.

I think it’s still just one bachelor’s. I think you only get two if one is a Bachelor’s of Arts and the other is a Bachelor’s of Science. I have a B.S and a B.A and that was how I understood it but I could be wrong.