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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.

MN has won a bunch of conference champioships. Michigan recruits too young...they haven’t had a nice blend of blue chippers and good depth players. Michigan does pull nice blue chippers with the best of hem though, similar to how we used to.

I’m not so sure on that. Recruiting has been down a bit in the past 4-5 years as compared to the previous 5-10 years, especially as it relates to high end recruits. We are starting to lose potential commits that we would have rarely lost during the early 2000s. That’s Hockey though, it’s cyclical. Other schools are building their programs and have great facilities (and campus life) too. Also, recruiting has gotten tougher now as bigger program have to recruit younger and younger players. There’s more room to miss with those young players. Schools like the gophs and Michigan can afford to miss more often than us as they have hockey hotbeds in their backyards. all in all, we have a nice defensive group coming in (knock on wood ).

Supposedly Sandy is in the running for the Rangers job. That’s a big deal.

That’s good news. He was super cold since going back to the force.

They have Slava demin coming in as well as some others. They had some good young guys this year as well however they weren’t given top minutes (for obvious reasons).

I was talking about DU. But flipping to UMD, they do have the Cates brothers coming in next year. Both top ten in ushl points I believe. That’s pretty heavy.

True but they have some nice adds coming in this year too.

Agreed. Wouldn’t mind seeing them together however tychonik played an entire year in penticton with bast. So...

Damn. That’s a miss...tough to argue against Harvard though.

Yeah I wasn’t looking at which hand they were. More about skill. But in looking, JBD had 20 goals from the point this year. That’s as offensive as they get. Haven’t looked at his goal totals in the playoffs. Kid must have a big shot.

Weatherby is on there late as well. JBD is coming in this year. poolman-JBD Bast-Tychonik Shaw-Peski/kiersted. That’s a deep core. Kind of feel bad for Shaw/peski/kiersted. One of them will sit most nights after playing a ton last year.

I missed the Anderson departure.

Agreed. But ISS is solid. Whether he’s a first/second rounder he’s going to have to come in this year. A third may be able to push back a year. But not a 1/2.

Fabbro captain at BU next year. How did they get a first rounder to stay 3 years. Crazy. Chad Krys second rounder, he’s back too for a third year.... as well as their goalie. They should be solid next year. UMD has everyone back and SCSU didn’t lose nearly as much as I thought they would. It’s gonna be tough sledding in the NCHC next year.

JBD will be 18 next year

He’s a big kid that can skate. Never a bad combo.

Weatherby still putting up video game numbers in the BC playoffs

Agreed, it was developed to help the smaller schools. Well they have caught up and there is more parity than ever before. Some kids get better as they grow and mature, we should be able to talk to them until they sign their NLI.

No, I’m not knocking the league, I just mean the depth of the league isn’t that of the USHL or BCHL. Probably more on par with the NAHL (with a few more high enders). I mean, Cale Makar played in the AJ and he was the 4 pick last year. I worry about recruiting overagers from those leagues just because they put up big numbers. Many times younger high end players will play in those leagues prior to heading to the CHL, USHL, or BCHL because it is a hometown/local team. i was being serious, I like what L Bast has done in that league, especially in the playoffs. Curious if he would head to the BC or USHL next year.

Luke Bast put up good numbers in the AJ for a junior in high school (late 2000 birthdate). Good numbers in their playoffs as well. Not the greatest of leagues however I wouldn’t be shocked to see Berry extend an offer.

Agreed. From my perpective a Verbal is just a verbal. Nothing locked in until they can sign. Again, still confused why there is a GA.