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I believe he didnt have enough credit to graduate from high school. Sounds like he's going to the CHL. If I was the coaching staff, I would be looking at that situation hard....given he has the right team first attitude.

I'm not overly sure. UND has always went a few high enders mixed with solid over agers (Denver employs this strategy as well, more so with the over agers). What I believe is changing is that more players are starting to be produced outside of the typical hockey markets (CA, ILL, St. Louis, etc). These types of kids (and their parents) are simply not as familiar with UND. Don't get my wrong, I love the Caggulia's and Stechers out there. And many posters have responded that they would rather have those types of guys....me too. However those two were diamonds in the rough. If their draft year's were re done they would be 1-2 rd draft picks. However, there is some luck involved in pulling in those types of undrafted kids. Believe me, if Berry had some magic potion where he knew which undrafted kids were going to bloom into NHL regulars, he would definitely not be in Grand Forks, ND.

Yeah you're right. My original post was never meant to bash the incoming group. I like them. They are just a bit older and more unheralded. Some question marks. I still think this year's team will be very solid. This is how most other college teams have had to recruit because high end kids (excluding over agers) were always going to MN, UND, BC, Mich, and BU. Times are changing. What I kind of worry about us after this coming year. If we lose some guys (gersich, Rhett, wolanin mismash, etc) we're going to be thin. Next year's incoming class is not supposed to be too good. Guys like mattson, senden, and keane have struggled mightily in juniors. More so Jackson and senden. Maybe they'll be decent role players but we're going to need top 6 players. I'm sure Berry and co have something up their sleeves.

Yeah, but both ladue and poolman were drafted. And both those boys shined in the toughest junior A league in NA.

In all seriousness I like our incoming class this year. I've just noticed our total number of drafted players has been decreasing. Recruiting has been getting tougher and tougher as other schools build their programs. BU (7), UMD (4), PSU (4), WIS (4). Were usually up there. Of the 60 NCAA players we only had one. Just a an off year. Shocked that someone didn't take peski or kawaguchi with a 7th rd flyer

Ya let's only pluck undrafted kids that will go straight to the show

When is the last time we only had 1 draft pick? Down year? Recruiting needs to pick up (that sounded bad, stay more consistent).

I believe he said he was "most likely" going to MN. Just an odd interview.

I was waiting for someone to post that. He'll be there.

UND for sure probably MJ

That's a huge blow to them. They've lost quite a bit.

Oshie is a UFA....I believe vegas can't go after those guys (unless the sign them obviously).

I thought it was all but a lock he'd end up at UND?

Agreed, we can't miss this kid. It would be more embarrassing than losing Potulny and Irmen.

yeah, he actually had an off night in the circle....which is extremely rare. But to the OP's point, there is so much Crosby does that doesn't really hit the typical stat sheet. But, he hammers the stat sheet too. Which is why he's top 5 ever.

As noted above, Crosby led his team in points per game (one off of Malkin's lead) and had the toughest D responsibilities.

That's a laugher. How many times this playoffs has Crosby absolutely spoon fed Guentzel. Dont get me wrong, I absolutely loved what Guentzel did, definitely helps the college hockey idea. But to say this guy was taking over games is ludicrous. Most of what he did was a direct reflection of playing on Crosby's line. But again, loved how the kid performed. It was honestly either Malkin or Crosby. I'm sure many folks thought Malkin should have won it. Had he won I guess I would have understood. The big difference was defensive responsibilities. Crosby's line plays against the other team's top unit almost every game (other than away games where the home team can better match lines). I don't have a problem with Crosby winning at all. Kind of obvious to me.

He's night and day better than he used to be when he was younger and he's perfect off ice. This guy takes so much shi!t on the ice, I'm fine with him pushing back here and there. When he was younger he was constantly whining to the refs, he's so much better now. All players whine to the refs.

I believe that game last night solidified that Crosby is the best player in the world at the moment. Blown away how good he played last night. I still remember hearing when he came to GF for his visit. Boy would that have been cool if he would have played here. He receives a ton of criticism on this forum however I think folks should just sit back and appreciate the player we are watching. He's generational for sure.

Again wasn't criticizing the team, I'm just saying the league is extremely thin on talent. The NA is making leaps and bounds every year. I wouldn't recruit in either the AJ or NA (other than goalies) unless there were some special kid there. The BC has proven to be the deepest junior A league in Canada. Also the bc and aj are tier 2 because the CHL is tier 1 there. i like that we stick mostly with pushing our recruits up through the USHL model, which is bar none the greatest junior A league in NA. I like what the BC has been doing recently as well. Top to bottom the USHL is the best league but obviously you can find decent kids in the BC as well.

I've heard they will be reloading nicely. Losing those three (plus Bellows as a soph) should sting pretty bad however keeping Greenway as a junior, Fabbro as a soph, bringing in Bowers, and having the rest of their young team age another year should help. Also, their goalie is a stud. Hank Crone, David Farrance, Logan Cockerill, Brady Tkachuk, Ty Amonte, Kasper Kotkansalo, Shane Bowers, and Cam Crotty are comming in next year (found it off some website). That's really good.

Denver plucked another one. They have a good thing going right now.

He's 5"11 190 and he could only bench 150 once. I think that's more shocking.

All in all the AJHL is a very thin league top to bottom. Now I am aware that the Brooks Bandits were a very good team last year, due in large part to Makar and Phoo (mostly Makar) however it isn't a great league. NAHL: 16% of Div. 1 freshman; AJHL: 7% of Div 1 freshman. NAHL has over 2x the amount of NCAA Div 1 commits. That's comparing the NAHL (tier 2 league) vs the AJHL. But to my initial point, shocked Makar wasn't recruited by UND in '16.

Barring injury he'll definitely be there. Top 6. I laughed when I read he couldn't do a pull up. I think he may have only done one rep on the bench press as well. Either way, he's elite though.