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Ryan Gropp, JT Miller, Tambellini...common denominator? drafted by the Rangers

My Canada friends were not making excuses. They were disgusted with their team's play.

Parise was Blais' prizw recruit and played for him. You are correct they didn't make the frozen four. Should have. toews and oshie both played on Hak frozen four teams

In the 2009 class I think its the 3 kids I mentioned: Schneider, Fitzhenry, and Johnson. These conversations start tomorrow. Lot of Gopher written on these guys, can Berry land one?

hakstol had 6 first rounders on one team...

Parise wasn't a chippa????

TBH, making a run at the Frozen 4 every year, landing at least 3 or 4 chippas every year, but not winning the natty is the definition of power program. I am not calling out Berry or the program, but from a program success perspective, we were much better two decades ago...

Yeah...all Canadian junior leagues not called the CHL and especially the BCHL made a living getting top end kids who wanted to play NCAA

I don't think there will be any issues with the power brokers finding NIL $ for hockey at UND. Word on the street is that so far its been few and far between for life altering money for college hockey (unlike football and hoops)

made me chuckle...it is crazy, but the 2009s can get phone calls tomorrow...2010s will be drafted in WHL in May...

Having a team of 23 year old undrafted grinders with 1 or 2 guys on the NHL board is not a recipe for success...that's the Mankato State model. We need to have a team of chippas in order to get chippas

the 2010 Little Caesars team coached by Ryan Kesler wins everything. There's something to be said for winning. You want players that hate losing and know how to win.

2009 class which they get to talk to next week, regional boys- Freddie Schneider, Nolan Fitzhenry, Easton Johnson are all absolute studs

As i said, I've never seen Schultz, but Pue is an elite goal scorer. Thompson and Nicol are smart, complete 200 foot centers who produce a ton of points. Charbonneau is a beast and is an absolute offensive force. LaSouro is dynamic and shifty and is just a stud athlete. Daley operates almost like a 2nd center in the ozone as a Dman, but he never gets burned...always gets back. Here's the thing with the chippas....you land one, the others pay attention

He's one of the most talented 2010's for sure. He's also a nice kid. Good family. If Berry lands him its a huge get

with the younger guys you always have to contemplate if they have a size advantage today and what the genetics are. A 6 foot 190 lb 14 year old will dominate bantam...will they be Eric Lindros or are they going to limit out when everybody is that size. I don't know about the brother gets...of them I only know Liam Pue. He is a tall and skilled winger who has a knack for the net. I think he's legit an NHL prospect at this point.

The big question is will the good ol boys be able to get the NIL money to land those kinda chippas??

2010's that i've seen- those 3 above (Pue, Holowaychuk, and Nicol), LaSouro, Daley, Thompson, Cullen, Colmer, Meier, Lynn, Charbonneau, Carver, Hair, Schulberger...year away, but those kids can all play. Morris, Evans, Christini, Filiaggi, Spang, Warner, Kelly, Trupiano also high end players in the 2010 year.

I've never seen Schultz. I can tell you Liam Pue, Holowaychuk, and Nicol are excellent players with bright futures...maybe even all the way.

Are you really looking at 2010's : ) So the reason those guys play up is that the competition is so diluted after 15...the good players are playing junior in Canada at 16.

no doubt, and I don't want to come across wrong. Its a great league, its just a huge mountain for a full ride to a d1 school and to play beyond that. I want every kid to advance and achieve their dreams. I'm just calling out the reality of it not being the CHL or the USHL

Let's be honest...if you are going to the NAHL you have a helluva mountain to climb. If the goal is delaying reality for a few more years to keep playing...okay...I'm not trying to be rude, just being honest.

but the CHL is already in the US...Everett, Seattle, Portland, Spokane, TriCities, Wenatchee, Erie, Flint, Saginaw....would you advocate that be capped? What is the benefit of restricting that? USHL used to have Thunder Bay...

this is not the case. They are still competing for players and they are still offering guaranteed money for school. I think where the rubber hits the road and gets really interesting is players with CHL money coming to NCAA schools and saying "keep your scholarship, I got this...show me the NIL money"

Absolutely huge get. Kid would've been a top 5 WHL pick if he hadn't declared his college preference, and he still went 2nd round. He's a perfect example of what could happen with a blue chip player when the rules change...wouldn't he surprised to see him play WHL next season and then arrive at UND. Still crazy that we have a committed 2009!!! The NHL scouts are going to love seeing how top players compete with older competition. He's positioning himself like Toews, Celebrini, Hagens, and Potter...if you can produce at a high level at 17 vs guys who are 21 on average...it projects really,really well