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Good deal

Hes not coming

Right. Now while I doubt hockey players could compete with football players (collectively) in these types of assessments, the gap will be wider now as the hockey players are much younger at the time of assessment.

Donavon has serious size though...and skates well. It will depend how he does before and after the HS season. Could be picked in the top 3 rounds next year if he does well in the ushl.

Randklev could be pushed back a year too.

I am a big stats guy. Always have been and I get fascinated with how players stats trend from one league to another (as they age). I have followed senden relatively closely and I can tell you there’s most likely a good reason why the coaches wanted him to go back another year. The ushl is a very tough league however senden can clearly use another year to continue to develop more on the offensive side of the puck. Some players never do (they hit a ceiling) however he has one year of eligibility left and he should definitely use it. College will get no easier.

Keane is coming in this year. Senden provides depth, pk and is a proven winner. I hope we still bring him in.

How many points did Connor have?

The team jost played on was juiced and was high scoring. The vees team this past year was balanced and played tough D.

It’s a very nice get.

Definitely a potential blue chip.

Not this upcoming year but next.

Rizzo locked down....nice!

Just call them what you want.

Wilkie was tied in goal scoring

Exactly blue chips, second rounders, third rounders whatever. Just get them to commit in piles im fine with the league leaders in ushl and bc (they’ll go late)...just get skilled kids. Top 5-10 in the ushl....where are they going?

When is the last time we had any? Mismash...and? However I’ll have to disagree with you. Mismash was solid last year. Elite? No. But he was solid.

Bingo

It’s always been that way. I’ve been following college hockey for well over 20 years. You are correct 6-8...there’s 6-8 blue chips a year. Feel free to call them whatever you want if it makes you feel better.

Penn state? Dang I was hoping for a bigger game than that.

Haha...blue chips have always been first rounders....that’s just the way it is. I never created the term. And to spin this around, certain posters can’t loosen the blue chip term simply to say we have some. Haha. Doesn’t mean second to third rounders aren’t absolutely phenomenal to have. I would love a team full of 2-3 round guys. I mean, I am satisfied to get a nice crop of drafted players.

Sure they are high end recruits, but blue chips are 1st round draft picks

Totally agree, you can’t go all in on young players, especially blue chips.

Nelson, forbort, Finley, etc. Beyond the blue chips, we used to get many more drafted players. Guys like Kristo, Knight, etc, etc. 2-5th rounders.

Agreed, but I’m not sure the OP said that. Those boys are pretty talented. At the very least mismash may turn into a very nice bottom nine NHL player, not sure he’ll be a first line type of player but who knows, he’s still super young. i think when certain posters bring up the fact that we’ve lacked the number of first rounders (compared to early to mid 2000s), other posters seem to think they’re saying there is no talent. Not true, you can’t get into UNDs hockey program without being talented. What I’ve noticed more the past few years is that some kids simply can’t play at UND due to the pressure to perform. Jumping up levels always hits players differently.