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Hain

This team has made so many bad/average teams look solid this year Do Berry and the guys no their season is on the line? No sense of urgency at all. Just a terrible all around effort, the look a mid November Thanksgiving weekend no show, not March conference playoffs where you need to win to the tournament. Powerplay that was so potent at times this year has really struggled it seems the last 5-6 games or so. Lineup and lines need a major shakeup, Jamernik with Blake and Gaber is a combo I can't stand. Throw McLaughlin or Schmaltz on there please.

Shaugabay is great but that whole top line brings something. I don't know that I'd offer Pilgrim or Marvin-Cordes yet but I'd definitely be in contact and making sure they know we are interested, really like Comstock too but size will likely hold him back and the freshman Hontvet will be one to see how he develops. Heavy contact with Reierson and Lindberg of Moorhead too. Edina has a freshman West that is one to track. Hill has a couple younger guys and then the goalie Erickson is one I could see popping up in JRs. Cathedral had a couple solid Sophs. Tonka and Andover I think everyone is committed but Scheetz is a guy I really like and he is another one Vermont got committed early, they have been very active in MN last couple years.

I really like Ryan Lund, showed a lot of his offensive skill today

I'm disappointed none of these Warroad guys are committed to UND........hopefully it is just a yet

Hastings, Motzko, Carle off the top of my head

What a game between Mahtomedi and Hermantown. Mahtomedi wins it with a goal in the last minute.

Tonka wins it

Hill and Tonka to OT

Really like a couple of Moorhead kids. I'd be all over the Soph. Lindberg, reminds me a lot of Frisch. Reirson has been impressive too and would be a kid I'd be watching closely in JRs

Really fun game, lot of talent on the ice. Here is hoping a few end up at UND.

He really has only played when other guys were injured, got his big chance when Garcia was out. He just doesn't bring anything to get minutes. Plays hard and screens well but his 3 shot is great in practice and he works at it so much but can't hit it in the game, not a great rebounder for his size, effects shots some but you'd like more there and can be knocked around by physical bigs.

The question then becomes is who is our Bob Motzko and when can we get him?

His role probably won't get any bigger but he loves Minnesota. The decision for him will be does he want to play or is alright with being a very small role guy/maybe not getting any minutes for games at a time but being at the program he loves.

In addition to the two you mentioned maybe Palodichuk and goalie Castro as far as next year guys, Godbout is a guy I like too but maybe after another year of juniors. Future recruits Finley, Uhlenkamp, Brink, Skahan. Cleveland is a big stay at home D with the development team too. Of immediate interest to me is their roster and potential portal shopping. Stramel and Ceulemans are 2 I would have interest in, maybe LaMaster with our defensive needs.

I would guess yes.

James has really played well this 2nd half of the season and it is good to see it paying off a little on the stat sheet here as of late. Have to do a better job of putting the knife in them when you have them down, those couple PPs when we were up 3-1 where chances to finish them and they were atrocious. Didn't think Deridder was near as sharp as he had been showing lately, really struggled with rebound control.

Blake

That is the old Mankato. This year is down a little averaging 32 shots per game and 3.2 goals but the previous 5 seasons they were 4, 3.6, 4, 3.5, and 3.8 goals per game. They aren't just a clog up the neutral zone and play defense team, they get up and down and have had plenty of speed/skill.

Kinda a up and down game. Lot of chances you'd like to cash in on. Need to finish tonight and get a regulation win.

Gaber

Frietag, not really right now. Supposedly he has very minimal interest from basketball schools although Wisconsin is one. I know Fleck really wants him at WR. So much for the top 20 player as Evans has now asked for his release. Apparently his people pushed for it. He would've been a defensive presence at 7'1 but probably wasn't gonna provide much immediate offense. His rating is based mostly on his high potential as he started basketball late and has taken massive steps forward the last year and a half. This offseason is huge for Ben Johnson as I think next season could certainly be make or break. If it is anything close to the results we are seeing this year I'd say Minnesota is looking for a coach next spring.

Big part of the reason and he did that with Payne, Carrington, and Ola-Joseph last year along with getting Garcia to transfer back. This year he doesn't have any coming in but he has 2 4 starts in Cam Christie from Illinois whose brother plays for the Lakers and Dennis Evans from California who played for USA basketball this summer and is the #18 player in the country according to 24/7. For 2024 they are probably looking at a couple openings at least as of now and the top target is a Minnesota in PG Isaac Asuma of Cherry which looks like it could happen within the next couple months and then they are looking at a couple bigs, Grayson Grove of Alexandria is one they are tracking close.

Nope, sounds like they met with him once but didn't feel there was the interest there. Honestly if you look at the last few years Gophers haven't had much success with the type of profile he fits. You look at all the Lakeville kids that have headed elsewhere, Heide from Wayzata have struggled with bigger suburb kids.