I liked what Carle said on many fronts but a comment he made regarding signing kids out of the professional ranks stood out to me. I think he called it ludicrous.
He didn’t name schools but CC jumped out to me as Mayotte went out and plucked Mats Lindgren from the ECHL (56 games with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers along with a small number of AHL game experience). Lindgren was easily CC’s best player in the short amount of time he played with the Tigers.
I have mixed feelings about allowing this-on one hand as a fan, I was happy Mayotte went out to find a capable replacement for Burkholder but on the other, it just doesn’t sit right with me that we have players with professional experience dropping down to the college ranks. I believe Omaha went out during the break as well and got a guy with professional experience at the holiday break.