stoneySIOUX

Reliable... in what way? lol Never heard of any casino described as "reliable"

Gritty

Read this last week and it is absolute trash.

As a Rangers fan, I can unequivocally state that Hak is better than Quinn and it's not close.

Lots of ... and with the first pick in the expansion draft... the Seattle Kraken select... Chris VandeVelde... I'll have to admit, I laughed at that one

Would be very hard to turn down. Jax is a helluva coach.

Both would deserve it. If I had to guess, I'd say Jax is not super long at UND unless Bubs is gone and he takes the head job.

https://dknation.draftkings.com/nhl/2021/6/24/22548821/seattle-kraken-head-coach-dave-hakstol-nhl-expansion-team-draft-news Pretty cool stuff. Congrats, Hak!

He also mentioned Navy.

This is a bit of an understatement, IMO. I recently watched a video of him playing behind the net in the offensive zone for over a minute while leaving the rest of his linemates out to dry. He's slowly getting back while a forward skates straight trying to stop two separate odd-man rushes. Happened all game, too. No need to pile on to the kid, but that stuff wouldn't fly here.

Lol

Definitely a part of it, but I've heard it's more about the other stuff.

Just look through past threads on our recruits. The kid apparently came with some really, really deep red flags. Not all his fault, but certainly not stopped by him. I've heard some pretty awful stories about him and I'm not upset he's gone. I'm upset talent like that won't find a way to avoid the nonsense and just play, however.

He's shown he's not mature enough. It really is as simple as that. He didn't fit our culture.

Hey man, sounds good to me. Definitely confident in the transfers and I think a couple of the freshmen are going to play big time roles.

Incoming freshies: F: Schmaltz, Kunz, Constantini, Portz D: Bast, Johnson G: Hellsten, Johnson Holy moley, we've got 13 new faces....

When I say offers, I meant opportunities to play elsewhere. My guess is pretty much what you're saying, that he was ready to be done with Junior.

Other thought process here... he didn't have outstanding numbers. They weren't bad, but not outstanding. Maybe he wasn't getting great offers anywhere? When UND, his hometown team, gives him the opportunity to develop in a program he assuredly loves and knows he'll get the best possible grooming at, maybe he just couldn't pass it up?

Central Scouting put out their final list today. For North American skaters: #38 -- Brent Johnson #39 -- Scott Morrow Quite the rise for Johnson.

Been some great positive momentum, but seeing this so not cool. Makes me sad.

Definitely think it's unlikely. I'd assume all of the transfers will be in GF very soon, probably for summer session and offseason skates. Will be incredibly vital to get them in and get used to the UND way. If Ford or Calder can make a quick impact/impression on the team, you never know.

I thought about Ford, too. I wouldn't hate that at all. If he gets an A (or Calder for that matter), that would show A LOT about them.

I feel like Juddy and Frisch should get some thoughts for it and I think I had Frisch in my guesses before simply because of wanting another D-man, but I think the list above feels pretty cut and dried.

Expecting our roster to be finished up in the next couple of weeks, but since it's a slow Monday for me, anyone want to discuss the captains this year? This is what I'm going with: Sendo - C Jasper - A Sanderson - A Hainer - A

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