Early departures 2017

[stoneySIOUX]

1 hour ago, MafiaMan said:

Wow, that's too bad.  Oh, wait, it's UMD.  Never mind.

Hahah yeah, definitely not sad.

[AJS]

6 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Adam Johnson just left UMD to sign with the Pens.  Ouch.

 

[sprig]

Hard to believe only Denver held on to their high end talent, and that after a natty. 

[tnt]

Have a feeling losing games to Alaska would hurt more than the losses to teams like Michigan State last year.  With all the early departures from the NCHC the last few years, it will bring the depth of our league more on par with the other leagues.  Will need to take care of business against teams like Minnesota and Wisconsin, because we probably won't be able to make up pairwise in our league as we did before. Denver is obviously going to be great, but after that everyone has question marks that will make or break them.  

[cberkas]

Mason Appleton leaves Michigan State, signs with the Jets.

[MafiaMan]

On 7/13/2017 at 5:20 PM, cberkas said:

Mason Appleton leaves Michigan State, signs with the Jets.

I'm stunned by this as I didn't realize that a single Spartan was being looked at by the NHL last season.

[cberkas]

4 hours ago, MafiaMan said:

I'm stunned by this as I didn't realize that a single Spartan was being looked at by the NHL last season.

I'm stunned they still have a team at Michigan State.

[stoneySIOUX]

On 7/6/2017 at 9:27 PM, tnt said:

Have a feeling losing games to Alaska would hurt more than the losses to teams like Michigan State last year.  With all the early departures from the NCHC the last few years, it will bring the depth of our league more on par with the other leagues.  Will need to take care of business against teams like Minnesota and Wisconsin, because we probably won't be able to make up pairwise in our league as we did before. Denver is obviously going to be great, but after that everyone has question marks that will make or break them.  

I agree as a whole, but DU, UND, SCSU and UMD should still be TUCs.