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The list of 18 year old defenseman that play meaningful minutes in the NHL is basically non-existent in the last 20+ years. It's Matthew Schaefer, Rasmus Dahlin, Noah Hanifin,and Aaron Ekblad. That's three 1OA picks and a player that played a full year in the NCAA prior to going pro.

Agreed - I personally wouldn't be surprised if he pops off for close to 20 goals next year, really took a step the second half of last year as others have mentioned.

I'd put money on them taking Malhotra (or another forward if McKenna or Stenberg fall). Definitely have a headstart on the back end with Buium and Willander in terms of their rebuild.

collegehockeynews.com, then go to the stats page. TOI is furthest column on the right.

TOI from last year's team shown below. First/second line forwards seem to play similar minutes. #1D, or top two D seem to have the ability to play substantially more than second D pairing guys. As shown last year (Livanavage), if you have a 200 foot two-way force at D, they play a lot.

Slim chance of it happening, but UND could return this exact group for another season after this upcoming one. Crazy to think that any one of MacKenzie, Emery, Laruila, Boser or Lindberg will be third pairing next year

I don't think anyone is saying anything negatively about last year's roster development. All of the discussion is about this coming year. Everyone has said that the team is looking very solid. The team look's very solid pretty much every year, with or without a dedicated GM. The bolded is the entire point. 2026-27 (first full year w/GM) Transfers - Lindberg, Magnussen, Malinoski, Boser Incoming Freshman (projected today) - Simpson (3rd rounder, finalist for USHL POY), A. Schulz (6th rounder), B. Schultz. Davis, MacKenzie (projected 2-4 rounder), Lindberg, Heil (7th rounder) 2025-26 (GM for part of recruitment year) Transfers - Rickwood, Menghini, Young, Homer Incoming Freshman - Reschny (1st rounder), Verhoeff (projected top-10 pick), Zellers (USHL POY), Kernan, Josephson, Laurila, Klee, Zakreski, Spunar, Engel 2024-25 Transfers - Wilkie, MacDonald, Semptimphelter Incoming Freshman - Boisvert (1st rounder), Swanson (USHL POY), Emery (1st rounder), Littler, Jubenvil, Croal, Strathmann, , Andrew

I'm not comparing anything between coaching staff to coaching staff. Purely profile/production and understanding what type of player that usually becomes based on following Junior A and NCAA hockey for 30+ years. I'm obviously not a scout and there are always outliers, but age related production by league is a pretty good predictor.

Agree with you here in the sense that they were huge additions as much as middle of the lineup players could. Don't have to squint very hard to see Kernan being a 20 goal guy soon.

Yes, you're pretty much spot on. If we are devoting 25% of our salaried coaching staff to purely roster building and talent identification (when very few, if any, other programs are doing that), I would anticipate that the level of commits should generally increase as well. Especially with the additional talent pool from the CHL.

No. I'm not saying he picked the wrong guy without seeing the result. I'm saying that the player's that Chyz has brought are in line with ordinary offseason's and don't seem to be a marked improvement even with an added GM. That is my entire point with the multiple posts. With or without a GM, UND can add what they have in the last month.

You would hope the Ruck twins move up a level next year. Both were 100+ point scorers in the WHL this year, nothing left to accomplish production or development wise at that level. You'd think whoever drafts them would push them to the NCAA.

You can compare production/profiles of incoming players with past players right now. Not a single one of the acquisitions for next year so far has been anything out of the ordinary. My point is that the program has a dedicated GM that's sole purpose is roster building, and so far it appears that the roster building has been more or less at the same level as before a GM. No CHL forwards for next year is very questionable to me. Not bashing Chyz by any means, just purely making an observation.

It's been alluded to earlier in this thread, but in my opinion, this offseason has been very underwhelming so far. All of the additions (transfers or new recruits, Davis) have only become available in the last month or so. Has the devoted GM position had an appropriate ROI so far this year? I think that's a valid question. Getting one of the big three defenseman remaining (Carels, Rudolph, or Dupont) seem to be needed to justify having a dedicated "talent identifier" in lieu of a paid coach. Maybe Chyzyk has alot cooking for future years, but everything that has transpired so far this offseason could've easily been completed with a traditional coaching staff.

Reschny and Josephson were both around 55% as freshman, you'd imagine they'd improve quite a bit next year. Kernan was a touch over 50%, so solid for a freshman.