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But none of these teams are getting the blue chip recruits... I'm so confused.

if the choice is James or Spicer, I definitely think it should and will be James. Hearing a little bit about an interesting transfer portal forward that could be intriguing. Just heard yesterday that James is in no hurry and is solid UND as it gets. Take that for what it's worth, of course.

Got it. Well, it's not lolol. And it just won't happen. Yeah, sorry, math is hard and I lost count

BRO! LOL you gotta use the NSFW label sometimes hahahaha

Beat me to it. Thanks lol

Why do you keep saying this? Hoping it'll come true? We won the best conference in college hockey the past two seasons. The class coming in for Fall 2023 could be rated higher with Perron, Livanavage, Strathmann, James/Spicer

Do you have an idea how you'd like to do this? I'd be pretty shocked to find out that UND isn't doing everything in their power to get the best players possible.

Not to mention brining in a really solid group of recruits. No reason our team won't contend for a fourth-straight Penne Rosa and for the real prize in April.

Thought about that as I was talking to my buddy about the team. It was very close and we didn't get him. Really sucks.

Yep. Losing Sandy sucks royally, but on paper, we look better. Excited.

At his high, he's better than those four, but never got in a real groove this season. Wouldn't blame him at all to jump and he's replaceable. Not a knock on him, but a commentary on incoming rookies.

Teams feels like it's taking shape, a little bit. Was told Sendo likely gone, Hainer likely back. Kleven, Gaber, Frisch will get offers, but are all likely to stay. Calder could entertain pro offers as he's getting older and needs top 6 minutes. Sounds like we'll bring in a portal D, Blake, McLaughlin, Strinden and consider either a portal F or if no one is a fit, bring in James. I like it a lot.

After watching this and seeing his numbers, I like this move more and more. Grew up wanting to play for MSU. I'd be interested to see what other schools recruited him. Really nice numbers his second year at NTDP. Fought through net battles his first two years, had two very good upper class seasons on a team that was below average. Seems like a hard-working kid that also seems very talented. I like it a lot.

I like his numbers against some really solid offensive teams in the Big 10 and a below average defense in front of him.

Didn't we learn in kindergarten that a pattern has to have third repetition?

Lol literally took the words out of my mouth: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/michigan-state-goalie-drew-deridder-to-transfer-to-und

I've got it... the answer is.... NONE! Lol

Are you sure?? I never once saw a camera angle that confirmed it was offside. Piecing it all together, a completely fair assumption could be made it was off, no doubt. However, the call on the ice was onside. I'll never believe they saw anything definitive.

Yeah, it'd be Bast, Johnson and then portal/freshman. Good points, here. Livanavage with a year under his belt at that point wouldn't be a bad thing, I agree.

Sorry if I missed that before, @AJS. That's interesting and I'd love to know what happened and if Bubbs missed something, here. That could change the narrative a bit either way. Maybe he saw a better immediate opportunity with DU since we expect to have Jasper? That's brutal.

Maybe he could have benefitted from playing one more year in junior, like we asked him to? My point is here that it definitely seems like Bubbs and company missed with Rizzo, but they get it right way more often than not. Judging him on this miss doesn't seem fair.

Interesting! That would be news to me. Begs the question of why, but who knows.

Lol ok... 88 career games, three seasons. Career stats: 6 goals, 6 assists -- 12 points. Bubbs made the right call, here.

I guess I think of depth as in a guy who won't be consistently in the lineup. I am fine with bringing in Livanavage to get him up to strength, but would also be completely fine with a stopgap transfer guy who is already ready for the college game and let Livanavage (gosh that's hard to spell, but I'll get it lol) simmer for one more year in junior.

Can certainly play that game the other way, too. It is what it is, IMO. I think it's unfair to judge Bubbs on that wholly, but I get it.