2023 Early Departures & Portal Transfers

[SiouxFanatic]

24 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

Gophers' D Ryan Johnson signs with Buffalo, leaving after 2 years in Rodentland.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/buffalo-sabres-sign-ryan-johnson-to-entry-level-deal-1.1965693

He was a senior. Honestly thought Buffalo might let him become a free agent to get a compensatory 2nd round pick.

[farce poobah]

44 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:

He was a senior. Honestly thought Buffalo might let him become a free agent to get a compensatory 2nd round pick.

My bad.   TSN article makes it sound like their Calder Cup chasing AHL affiliate will get some help.  Otherwise, yeah a 2nd round draft pick seems like a good choice.

[Kevin G]

1 hour ago, SiouxFanatic said:

He was a senior. Honestly thought Buffalo might let him become a free agent to get a compensatory 2nd round pick.

Are NHL teams allowed to not sign a player they drafted (not counting situations where there’s been some sort off-ice scandal)?

[petey23]

2 hours ago, Kevin G said:

Are NHL teams allowed to not sign a player they drafted (not counting situations where there’s been some sort off-ice scandal)?

Yes. Happens all the time. They just never offer them a contract.

[SiouxFanatic]

Not a huge surprise but still an early departure.

[Godsmack]

22 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Not a huge surprise but still an early departure.

I saw Jeff Dubay’s snarky social media response to this. 

[Benny Baker]

1 hour ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Not a huge surprise but still an early departure.

Nice. They’ve lost their top 3 1st rounders—Fantilli, Hughes, and Samoskevich— but still have McGroarty and Nazar. 

Are they bringing in another arsenal of 1st rounders or is Michigan’s window on their insane recruiting pulls over the last few years starting to close?

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Not a huge surprise but still an early departure.

Opens the door for Cooley to win the Hobey this upcoming season.  Unless another freshman forward, Celebrini, goes for back to back freshman Hobey winners.

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, Godsmack said:

I saw Jeff Dubay’s snarky social media response to this. 

That guy still around?

[tnt]

4 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

That guy still around?

Was thinking the same thing.  How does a guy who has the background he does, have any snark at all, much less a social media presence.  Of course he never did have any self awareness.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

6 hours ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Not a huge surprise but still an early departure.

Hahaha he is going to hate playing for Babcock

[brianvf]

25 minutes ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

Blake takes the Hobey this year. Mark it.

I've got Blake down for winning it his JR year.

[Benny Baker]

Hobey Blaker

[Blackheart]

11 hours ago, tnt said:

Was thinking the same thing.  How does a guy who has the background he does, have any snark at all, much less a social media presence.  Of course he never did have any self awareness.

Agree…he’s had quite the roller coaster ride.

[fightingsioux4life]

8 hours ago, Benny Baker said:

Hobey Blaker 2.0

FYP

[scpa0305]

21 hours ago, Benny Baker said:

Nice. They’ve lost their top 3 1st rounders—Fantilli, Hughes, and Samoskevich— but still have McGroarty and Nazar. 

Are they bringing in another arsenal of 1st rounders or is Michigan’s window on their insane recruiting pulls over the last few years starting to close?

Close? No way.

[Godsmack]

21 hours ago, Benny Baker said:

Nice. They’ve lost their top 3 1st rounders—Fantilli, Hughes, and Samoskevich— but still have McGroarty and Nazar. 

Are they bringing in another arsenal of 1st rounders or is Michigan’s window on their insane recruiting pulls over the last few years starting to close?

I can’t answer your question but what I can say is, Schlossman was on a recent podcast on College Hockey Today and he said this upcoming season, it’s not going to be a season where Michigan’s name is in lights with regards to all the high flying 1st rounders but rather Boston College. I didn’t watch the draft but I think Bc landed some pretty high draft picks. 

[Godsmack]

16 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Hahaha he is going to hate playing for Babcock

If anyone wants some hysterical laughs, search out some interviews with Mike Commodore where he gives his VERY honest thoughts of Babcock! Hilarious stuff. Commodore does not mince words. 

[Goon]

3 hours ago, Godsmack said:

If anyone wants some hysterical laughs, search out some interviews with Mike Commodore where he gives his VERY honest thoughts of Babcock! Hilarious stuff. Commodore does not mince words. 

Commie and Babcock didn’t get along when he was with Detroit. 

[90siouxfan]

6 hours ago, Godsmack said:

If anyone wants some hysterical laughs, search out some interviews with Mike Commodore where he gives his VERY honest thoughts of Babcock! Hilarious stuff. Commodore does not mince words. 

recently or is this hashing up old drama

 

[Godsmack]

1 minute ago, 90siouxfan said:

recently or is this hashing up old drama

 

There are both older and newer interviews. Commie doesn’t miss an opportunity to talk about his experience playing for Babcock. 

[omahasioux1]

Can somebody post a re-cap of where our players that entered the portal ended up?

[farce poobah]

21 hours ago, omahasioux1 said:

Can somebody post a re-cap of where our players that entered the portal ended up?

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/playerMoves/

Sort by Old Team and you'll more easily find the UND guys ...

[brianvf]

22 hours ago, omahasioux1 said:

Can somebody post a re-cap of where our players that entered the portal ended up?

BJohnson - OSU
Portz - SCSU
Hellsten - UNH
Costantini - WMU
Bast - UMD
Moore - QU

[omahasioux1]

3 hours ago, brianvf said:

BJohnson - OSU
Portz - SCSU
Hellsten - UNH
Costantini - WMU
Bast - UMD
Moore - QU

Thank you!