COMMITTED UND Recruits

[sioux24/7]

13 hours ago, brianvf said:

Carels and Preston would be my “dream duo” as well. DuPont if Carels somehow falls thru. 

Has DuPont fallen off or something? I feel like I heard rumblings of him to UND a while ago but nothing now. 

[ChadR]

What's the reasoning for doing a silent committment?

[RhettRingers]

24 minutes ago, ChadR said:

What's the reasoning for doing a silent committment?

I'm guessing so there isn't added distractions to their current teams.

[burd]

There’s a surprising amount of noise about silent commitments. 

[nascar99]

27 minutes ago, ChadR said:

What's the reasoning for doing a silent commitment?

Because CHL teams haven't gotten over themselves & haven't come to the realization that NCAA Hockey is much better than the CHL. Once Makar did what he did at UMass and then translated it to the NHL seamlessly, that was basically the unofficial moment where the NCAA was officially better than the CHL. There's still a major Canadian hockey arrogance when it comes to hockey development.

 

Once CHL teams realize that junior is still junior and they can't hoard players for 4 years anymore, they'll realize that they have to let guys move on to the next level when ready. I believe some franchises/organizations in major junior have realized this, but many still haven't.

[Wilbur]

2 hours ago, burd said:

I hope you don’t loosen up a bit yourself and disclose that Wilbur has decided to stay another year. That news would have significant ripple effects.

Still waiting out the NCAA and the lawsuit that I've filed in Grand Forks county court for extended eligibility.  If Carson Beck and Pavia get another year there is no reason I can't put the pads on and sit on the bench and fill water bottles in at least a JPL goaltending/Lamoureax hockey practice jersey.  

[atxsioux]

14 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Because CHL teams haven't gotten over themselves & haven't come to the realization that NCAA Hockey is much better than the CHL. Once Makar did what he did at UMass and then translated it to the NHL seamlessly, that was basically the unofficial moment where the NCAA was officially better than the CHL. There's still a major Canadian hockey arrogance when it comes to hockey development.

 

Once CHL teams realize that junior is still junior and they can't hoard players for 4 years anymore, they'll realize that they have to let guys move on to the next level when ready. I believe some franchises/organizations in major junior have realized this, but many still haven't.

^^^ Scott Wheeler with The Athletic did an article recently and there's still alot of animosity present day between some Major Junior teams and the NCAA.

 

Based on the way some CHL teams are acting it's caused alot of players to be fearful to announce their commitment (More or less a direct quote from an NCAA coach)

 

So that leads to the silent commitment.

[atxsioux]

Alot of the CHL teams just don't even understand the NCAA recruiting rules present day either.

 

Some CHL coaches were shocked that teams were recruiting some of the 16 year olds on their team (Obviously like we all know once it's January of your sophomore year, contact can begin)

[nascar99]

3 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

^^^ Scott Wheeler with The Athletic did an article recently and there's still alot of animosity present day between some Major Junior teams and the NCAA.

 

Based on the way some CHL teams are acting it's caused alot of players to be fearful to announce their commitment (More or less a direct quote from an NCAA coach)

 

So that leads to the silent commitment.

Yeah, they're acting like babies because they can't hoard players for 4+ years anymore nor are they at the top of the development pyramid anymore. They obviously had more or less lost their place at the top of the development pyramid before the rules change, but the separate development routes still gave them a bit of an argument in order to have most high end Canadian players go the major junior route.

Now that everyone can go to the NCAA, the CHL isn't special as a final development route before pro. They'll get over themselves eventually, you'd think at least.

Hope to see a Carels & then Lin/Ruck Twins/Rudolph commitment at the end of the regular season

[atxsioux]

Depends on what mock draft you look at but as of present day a good chunk of North American players projected to go in the 1st round are either playing NCAA or already committed to an NCAA school. (and that doesn't include Mathis Preston, Carels, Ethen Belchetz, Ryan Lin, Daxon Rudolph etc)

I think this summer will finally be the writing on the wall moment. If around 80 to 90% of North American players picked in the 1st round all have NCAA ties they'll come to the realization of the new reality. (especially considering there might be 0 USNTDP players picked in the 1st round)

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

28 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

Depends on what mock draft you look at but as of present day a good chunk of North American players projected to go in the 1st round are either playing NCAA or already committed to an NCAA school. (and that doesn't include Mathis Preston, Carels, Ethen Belchetz, Ryan Lin, Daxon Rudolph etc)

I think this summer will finally be the writing on the wall moment. If around 80 to 90% of North American players picked in the 1st round all have NCAA ties they'll come to the realization of the new reality. (especially considering there might be 0 USNTDP players picked in the 1st round)

And that's because Hurlbert thought Kamloops was better for his development than the program. It cuts both ways, as we are seeing more American talent in CHL then ever, but that makes it even worse in some of their eyes.

[scpa0305]

1 hour ago, sioux24/7 said:

Has DuPont fallen off or something? I feel like I heard rumblings of him to UND a while ago but nothing now. 

Not at all…unlucky the first few weeks of the year. Humming along nice now.

[scpa0305]

18 hours ago, tnt said:

If we don’t win a title this year, I can see him wanting to be a part of a championship team, knowing we would be contenders.  Would assume if he chose to do so we would lose someone, either a recruit or someone currently on the team.  You would possibly have pairings:

Liv - Verhoeff

Mackenzie - Emery

Strathmann/Laurila - Carels

Strathmann /Laurila - Lindberg

Jubenvil - Engels

Someone would certainly leave in that scenario.  Experience on defense is huge if you want a championship run, so Liv staying would be huge.  Hopefully it would be going for back to backs.

Lindberg could be pushed back a year tbh. Probably even should. Good player, but he could continue to get that offensive flair back. Come in more ready with a bigger role.