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Yeah I remember that. But a few years have passed and he hasn’t committed anywhere else. He’s about to be drafted pretty high and is up there on all rankings. Barring a full blown red flag (that would also doom his draft stock) berry should re look at this. Maybe karki is ‘proving he can be good’. Probably will go to the gophs.

Curious if we’re still interested in Keegan Karki? One of the top rate tendys in the US for his age. Currently uncommitted. May end up going to the W?

We don’t...Twitter is a funny game. Lots of activity though

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April? Anyways, his high school team page and his team Wisconsin u16 page says junior. Which makes sense. In all reality, his year in school (from a recruit standpoint) means a little less than his birth year. Year in school only tells year when he may be coming in...although he is pretty far out. This isn’t nearly a blue chip pick up but one that could pan out over time hopefully. I’m still waiting for some big time recruit.

Can’t be right. He’ll be a senior this coming year.

Berry and co need to be on Tyler Weiss. He looked pretty solid on that u18 team. If he chooses Denver I’ll puke.

Hockey is a funny game, players can peak late. But no, he wouldn’t be close to the level as nick and Jordan were, at the same age. Jake played Wisconsin high school last year as a junior. Nick played in the ushl as a sophomore and Jordan played his junior and senior seasons in the Ushl. Both Nick and Jordan played Tier 1 for the Chicago Mission prior to heading to the ushl. In any case, Jake did put up some nice numbers. Hopefully Jake starts training with his cousins in the summers.

Yeah he is. Taylor never really did anything until this year (as an over ager). Committed while blais was at the helm

Nice get, probably more of a 4 year player but at least it’s a commitment and a familiar name. He’s done some damage in the Wisconsin prep circuit. Hopefully he goes to juniors....penticton would be a nice spot for him.

Schuldt returning to SCSU...wtf?

Kid went to Miami....sure. Curious if there was any interest in UND. I know we don’t have the best history with Slovaks (recently) but curious if berry was out there. This kid is good. You have to believe we would be further up than Miami (I don’t care what his relationship with Maninno is). Maybe we don’t have room?

Ryan St. Louis committed to NE. That’s a big get for them, one of the best bantams in the country. Young obviously , but his dad was ok.

A good year? You mean an absolutely fantastic year. Guy scored 42 and was only paid 3.5. Highway robbery outside of entry level deals. Folks can bitch about fletch all they want however he’s drafted well lately and that staal deal was beauty (albeit easy...he wanted to come here).

Moving forward I somewhat agree with you, however they were missing one of the leagues best defensemen for the entire series, missing Parise (who was white hot), and spurgeon had missed a ton of time prior to coming back game one of the playoffs. The odds were stacked heavily against them. WPG is legit. Also, it’s Staal not stall....guy scored 42 goals this year you should know how to spell his name :). Staal had to be one of the cheapest guys in the league last year. Phenomenal signing.

Well they follow each other on the twitter machine...so there has obviously been communication between the two parties. He’s a high ender that’s for sure. Not very big though.

I would assume so. 5 star

Aiden hreshchuk to BC. Colossal commit.

With the way recruiting is going, big teams need to throw that gentlemen’s agreement out the door.

Yeah, Bowen could be the 4th line center. More and more teams are building lines around offensive production, have a top 9 approach vs a top 6/bottom 6 thinking. Bowen is more of an energy guy rather than a stat guy. Important player when healthy, just not a guy who’s going to put up points. You never know though. I’d rather see what Weatherby or hain, or even yon to an extent, can do in a top 9 role.

Adams, definitely. I didn’t like how he looked in a bottom 6 role last year. I would honestly throw him on the top line and see what happens. i think Hoff needs to be our third center.

None of them were drafted. Outside of Hoff, none of them did much in juniors (although Yon scored goals at a nice %, he’s simply doesn’t have the vision). I still think Hoff has a good year this year or next. He’s a battler. Doesn’t skate the best. I don’t think you can expect all that much offensively from players who were never offensive players at the previous level. Again, not talking about Hoff here. I’m agreeing with you here by the way . I think JJ needs to pick it up as well. He needs to have a big year this coming year. 25 pts or more. He was a pt per game guy in the USHL.

Sure on any given year that be the case. My point was that UNDs recruiting strategy has always been a nice blend of blue chips and lower drafted player. They started to go more of the Denver route with a couple high end picks and back filled with over agers. The issue is that if you don’t get the high end kids you’re left with a lot of grinders (unless you find the diamond in the rough). It’s great we’ll be pulling some high end Dmen this coming year. I wish we would have hit on some forwards. Weatherby/Hain could surprise though, you never know.

Maybe last year. You could be right. In the past 3-4 years MN actually has picked up some over age kids. That is new development however. They have been notorious for having very young teams. A few years ago we had a one of the younger teams in the country too. It all depends how many “true” players you have. Lately we’ve had quite a few over agers.

haha. Und typically pulls blue chippers but they back fill with higher end over agers. Similar to teams like Denver. Mn and mich always have very young teams because they rely on very young players. All in all, i like our strategy, I just think we’ve been missing on more higher end players than in years plast. The players we do get and are very saught after recruits, I’ve always said that when they get bashed on this board. Again, I’m focused on the high end kids with my comments.