2023 Early Departures & Portal Transfers

[The Sicatoka]

Today would be a good day to learn about an incoming defenseman or two* ... or three. Right-handed shot if I get a choice. 

 

*That's everyday for the last month or so ... 

[Dustin]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Today would be a good day to learn about an incoming defenseman or two* ... or three. Right-handed shot if I get a choice. 

 

*That's everyday for the last month or so ... 

You are right - today is the day.

https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/4/11/mens-hockey-garrett-pyke-transfers-to-north-dakota-for-2023-24-season.aspx

[The Sicatoka]

3 minutes ago, Dustin said:

You are right - today is the day.

https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/4/11/mens-hockey-garrett-pyke-transfers-to-north-dakota-for-2023-24-season.aspx

We knew that already. (And Pyke is a LH shot.)

I'm looking for fresh produce. My guess is they'll roll those out for Persson, Berg, and Johannes over the next 48 hours to distract us from the reality of Pyke plus four for sure freshmen defensemen being all we have. 

[scpa0305]

21 hours ago, AJS said:

Does anyone else find it frustrating that there are only TWO freshman forwards they feel are ready to come in? Why is that an issue? Because it looks like they are going to add 3 from the portal. Also sounds like they will end up going 4 Freshman / 4 Portal on defense. 1 Freshman / 1 Portal in Goal. I really like the pipeline they have, but clearly they don't have enough. The University spends more money on their program than any other school in the country. They should not have to rely on the portal like this. Here's to hoping this off-season is just one giant reset from last year's disaster.

I honestly think this is the “reset”. The roster is lopsided from F to D belittled that’s the predicament we’re in. Is that on the coaches…probably but again those guys are great and hopefully work out of it by 24-25. TBH, there’s only 2 freshman F I would bring in, no one else is ready, or of age from my angle. Croal is the closest but he won’t be drafted and allowing him to play another year of juniors, on the PP, etc would pay huge dividends down the road. Plus he’s probably going to be a 4 yr guy. He’s a bit streaky at the moment. 

[Dustin]

5 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

We knew that already.

OK.  Never saw his name mentioned on the thread, but I sometimes skip some pages.

[Mhockey]

9 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Watching him play. It's really that easy. 

 "I'm not looking for the best players, I'm looking for the right ones" -Herb Brooks

[AJS]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Today would be a good day to learn about an incoming defenseman or two* ... or three. Right-handed shot if I get a choice. 

 

*That's everyday for the last month or so ... 

The good news... nothing has really changed from a week ago with the few remaining "high-end" defenseman left in the portal. All still uncommitted. The bad news? Things could really start to spiral IF they start committing elsewhere. At this point, expectations for next year are completely on hold. Almost all dependent on those 3 Transfers. 

[The Sicatoka]

If they are doing their jobs I know of at least three cell phones that should be near melting (and plugged in while being used). 

[The Sicatoka]

20 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:

I miss the days of connections to strong programs where we would get a string of recruits that already played together and had chemistry. Shattuck was great to this program for a while. Then Penticton provided a nice string of players too. 

What, Northstar Christian Academy ain't gettin' it done for ya?  

(Strinden, soon Croal, and strangely Bauer Berry attended there also.)

[Kevin G]

Well, color me disappointed. I thought by now there would have been at least two announcements for portal d-men who are so excited to continue their journey at the University of North Dakota.

Nevertheless, hope springs eternal. Even if spring itself seems hopelessly distant.

(Maybe they're waiting till the snow melts to make new roster announcements?)

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, Kevin G said:

(Maybe they're waiting till the snow melts to make new roster announcements?)

So the day before fall classes start?    

[The Sicatoka]

What's book on Keaton Pehrson of Michigan? One year left, RH D, 127 career games, 1 goal (as a freshman, ouch). Must be the "D" guy to cover all the young offense's mistakes. 

[siouxforce19]

4 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

What's book on Keaton Pehrson of Michigan? One year left, RH D, 127 career games, 1 goal (as a freshman, ouch). Must be the "D" guy to cover all the young offense's mistakes. 

Also took no penalties last season. 

[The Sicatoka]

This gamble of holding out may pay off.
There are a lot of names from Frozen Four teams showing up in the portal. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SQ4XmlO3FZQRk0oz28lqvw-sg7US4nQJneD7KmVewUY/edit#gid=876547355 

[The Sicatoka]

2 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

Also took no penalties last season. 

We can solve that.
We'll put him in 25 and leave the "Kleven" name plate on it.   

[scpa0305]

41 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

What, Northstar Christian Academy ain't gettin' it done for ya?  

(Strinden, soon Croal, and strangely Bauer Berry attended there also.)

NCA is doing really good things right now…their two teams were very solid this year.

[siouxfan512]

16 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

We can solve that.
We'll put him in 25 and leave the "Kleven" name plate on it.   

The league would give him a major just for announcing his commitment.

[The Sicatoka]

1 minute ago, siouxfan512 said:

The league would give him a major and a one game suspension just for announcing his commitment.

You missed something.  

[SiouxFanatic]

They’ve taken the coaches, might as well take some of the players too.

[The Sicatoka]

Someone check on @bale31. 

[The Sicatoka]

The evil of the portal is going on full display for all to see.

Wisconsin will pluck MSU-Mankato of recruits and select players via the portal. And the rest of us can only watch in amazed horror. 

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

3 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

The evil of the portal is going on full display for all to see.

Wisconsin will pluck MSU-Mankato of recruits and select players via the portal. And the rest of us can only watch in amazed horror. 

 

It seems so wrong there should be a rule in place

[The Sicatoka]

If I were Mankato I wouldn't release a single recruit from an NLI unless I had a guarantee they are not going to Wisconsin. 

[scpa0305]

Mackie Samoskevich signed…not shocking. 1st rounder 

[Big A HG]

23 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

If I were Mankato I wouldn't release a single recruit from an NLI unless I had a guarantee they are not going to Wisconsin. 

 

I've never signed an NLI so I don't know the full extent of what they're signing, but generally isn't there an out with an NIL if a coach were to leave since you're really not only signing to play for a program, you're also signing to play for a coach?

 

From a raw athletics point of view, NIL sucks.  From a neutral point of view, NIL makes sense.  You go to college as a foundation for the start of your career.  For some, athletics will become their career, for some it's the academics, and for others it's the opportunity for both.  If a kid has an opportunity to improve that foundation, they shouldn't be locked in anywhere and should be able to make the best choice for their future.