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The kid is really good…but I like how the Hughes brothers (well at least Quinn and Luke) did it. Makar and Fox too. Play two full years of college puck before jumping. As good as he is for a 17 year old, I’d wait until he is dominating before leaving. It won’t be all that long of a wait.

I was a little critical on him too…young guys. There’s highs and lows. But last weekend was great for him.

Need to have two guys ready. Just like the pros for the most part. Develops both too.

Love that we’re getting solid goaltending from both I’ve hated the past few years when we’ve rolled one so hard. Play dips for a minute and you’re stuck with either the one or the the guy who’s never played.

That second unit is good. Great puck movement…there’s a lot of movement but the passing is quick and decisive.

Is our D super leaky or is Omaha pretty good?

Swanson needs to have a big weekend. That was a nice start

Boy we’ve had a ton of d breakdowns. We need to clean those up

I believe it was just an announced that national development league is on a pause until 2027. Also, the CHL is not apart of Hockey Canada (directly)

Sure…but these territories are already established within the CHL leagues and this “new US league” will need a territory. The CHL leagues have been using territories since the beginning. More to keep their kids geographically closer to where these kids are from. The new US league will need something similar.

I’ve been hearing that (eventually) the new league will merge into the CHL leagues. Which makes sense (obviously) to me. The nhl needed to jump in and streamline something from a development standpoint. No sure what this means long term for the ntdp…not sure what this means for the prospect territories. I did hear from a buddy (in the know) that the initial proposal would be for all US players to play in the new league. Canadians would obviously stay up north. Not sure what to think about that.

Thompson, phenomenal young player. Hope he ends up in GF one day.

We really need a sweep this weekend. Tough to do, but it’ll go a long ways.

His shot is heavy heavy.

Really tough loss after coming back. 4 can’t be so careless with the puck. I’m noticing a trend there with him this year. Our top F’s need way more consistency. Lines need to change or something.

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Really? I feel like our passing is pretty bad.

Sh!T I liked what he brought

Nope

Exactly. The two referenced players definitely should have played another year in the CHL. It’s a case by case basis really, especially guys going to these big blue blood programs.

The point is that neither player had aged out yet, so they could have played CHL and logged way more important minutes and gone to college the following year. 7 minutes a game for a skilled player is a joke. We have had that conversation about ushl since the beginning. But this is all new for the CHL players. A lot of them think they are a little better than they are. College puck is no joke.

Michigan is fairly loaded at D too..Mania not even playing right now. I think they can play together. My worry would be who leaves if DuPont comes in. Next season Verhoeff has to QB the top PP (or at least one of them if DuPont would have the other). We have a couple guys who haven’t even touched the pp yet. They could bolt for reps. On a side note, DuPont fairly human this year. He hasn’t been getting press whatsoever.

Extremely bad and embarrassing loss

Boys better wake up…this will be a bad one

We definitely need a sweep. Hopefully we get the PP going this weekend. Hurt us pretty bad last weekend.