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Agreed, he never quite played like many of us thought he would.....but far from an addition by subtraction. He would have been a senior, he's still developing. Having another senior to play a 2-4 line role would have been a plus.

Spicer appeared to score a goal yesterday. Not sure how accurate the stat sheet is.

He'll play one year and bounce most likely.

Agreed, but your kind of missing the point. First, $100k isn’t that long. Second, the only way said player gets that education package is if he stops playing hockey immediately after the O. What if (at age 19-20) said player isn’t ready for the NHL (or even AHL for that matter)? They then have to decide whether to continue their professional career (in the Coast potentially)...or take advantage of that education package. The CHL is great league, but it has its flaws. Some players haven’t even developed by 19-20. US college hockey lengthens the development cycle. That’s why more and more higher end players are choosing this route. More flexibility.

That’s very interesting

Agreed. He was definitely one who rushed it to the ushl. Should have went to the NA or BC for his senior (and +1) year as opposed to the ushl.

Ausmus is doing very well right now.

Sure...but they are completely different age groups. You see how teams like BU did the past two years in college hockey...having 16-19 (and a couple 20) year olds go against 19-23 year olds is apple and oranges really.

Agreed, the $ they get is nothing

Kai played two more games

Abosutely….Bubs will have to alter his recruiting strategy. Especially since the other MN team are getting better MN kids. This will probably hurt us and DU the most.

There has been multiple 05s going this week. He’s an 04

Bowden Singleton committed...Dub “ranked” first rounder.

Because all the big tourney's go by birth year.

Not a chance huh...NHL CS has him at 4; all the top services have him at the very least top 9. “Maybe top 10”. Maybe he doesn’t go there, but come on.

No idea. But between him or Murray, that would be huge

Turcotte will go top 4. Wisco will be nice next year and even better the year after.

Kids unreal. He’ll need a nice center though.

I swear he’s gotten maybe 2-3 shifts

Agreed, I get that. But definitely had a serious regression when given an expanded role. Very odd.

Agreed, definitely not "peaked" but I definitely thought he would be much above the pt/gm kind of guy, especially in that league. Still not a bad year though. Blaisdell really came back down to earth during the second half as well. goal totals were still nice though. Stratton's numbers were those that had me most interested. averaged a pt/gm playing second fiddle last year, coach noted he was going to be an "80 pt player" then significantly tapered off. Goal totals slightly alarming, especially for a good team. I'm still gald we got him but thought he was one of those, diamond in the rough kind of guys. Could still turn it around though.

Completely agree. As to your second sentence, who are you talking about?

Haha, there outliers definitely, however a smart guy once told me "you're only as good as you are on paper". It seems to apply to many things in life. Obviously teams need certain role players, however, those role players should have solid production at the previously level played. Development is a ladder approach, you never really know a ceiling until you hit it.

Agreed....most of recruits tapered off towards the end of the year, except Pinto who's risen nicely.

Brett Murray is not going to Miami next year...this has to be someone Bubs is all in on. Second in the USHL in pts.