2024 Early Departures and Transfer Portal

[Godsmack]

  On 4/1/2024 at 6:16 PM, siouxfaninseattle said:

For having a pretty successful year, CC is losing a lot of players. What's the story?

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Three of them are underclassmen who’ve hardly gotten a whiff of playing time and the others in the portal are 6 seniors with one year eligibility left. My guess is, with who Mayotte has coming in this fall, there simply isn’t room for any of them. Now there was one of them who entered the portal last year and then ended up rescinding and staying at CC so that’s a possibility as well. All six seniors who are in the portal are capable players. Their goals and assists don’t jump out at you but they’re all good, reliable players. 

[brianvf]

Wood is officially in the portal as of this morning, along with two other drafted UConn players.

• UConn G Arsenii Sergeev (CGY) to portal
• UConn F Matthew Wood (NSH) to portal
• UConn F Samu Salminen (NJD) to portal

Another new portal addition is Austen Swankler, who crushed it at BGSU for two seasons before transferring to Tech for last year, where he only put up 3 pts in 10 games.

Hard to read too much into these interweb things...but Wood just recently started following Blake and Strinden on "the socials". 
If that's just a coincidence or something more...I'm sure we'll find out shortly.

[siouxforce19]

  On 4/1/2024 at 7:01 PM, brianvf said:

Wood is officially in the portal as of this morning, along with two other drafted UConn players.

• UConn G Arsenii Sergeev (CGY) to portal
• UConn F Matthew Wood (NSH) to portal
• UConn F Samu Salminen (NJD) to portal

Another new portal addition is Austen Swankler, who crushed it at BGSU for two seasons before transferring to Tech for last year, where he only put up 3 pts in 10 games.

Hard to read too much into these interweb things...but Wood just recently started following Blake and Strinden on "the socials". 
If that's just a coincidence or something more...I'm sure we'll find out shortly.

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Guessing he already knew Strinden since they are both drafted by the Predators. Probably have attended a couple development camps together. 

[crb1]

  On 4/1/2024 at 7:05 PM, siouxforce19 said:

Guessing he already knew Strinden since they are both drafted by the Predators. Probably have attended a couple development camps together. 

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Then why the sudden follow. 

[90siouxfan]

Any chance Emerson returns?

[siouxforce19]

  On 4/1/2024 at 7:23 PM, crb1 said:

Then why the sudden follow. 

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I honestly only noticed Blake as the sudden follow lol. 

[The Sicatoka]

  On 4/1/2024 at 7:23 PM, crb1 said:

Then why the sudden follow. 

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Kids gonna kids. Who knows. 

[brianvf]

  On 4/1/2024 at 7:26 PM, 90siouxfan said:

Any chance Emerson returns?

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Looking like no...he just entered the portal:

• UND F Michael Emerson (CAR) to portal (Chicago USHL)

[crb1]

  On 4/1/2024 at 7:45 PM, brianvf said:

Looking like no...he just entered the portal:

• UND F Michael Emerson (CAR) to portal (Chicago USHL)

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I never did like when a player bails on a team midway through the year. I didn't like it when Tambelwennie did it and I don't like it now. To me that is not a good trait to have. When the going gets tough the tough get going. Don't like it.

[scpa0305]

Well it’s sounding like it’s only a matter of time before wood commits to the gophs. 
 

I think Bubs needs to go all in on that Wilkie guy. Big center that can win draws. Pt production is really good.

[RhettRingers]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:39 PM, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

What is your source on this?

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Gophers official IG account following him. I read hes down to UND, Minny, and Wisco.

[nodakgirl93]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:41 PM, RhettRingers said:

Gophers official IG account following him. I read hes down to UND, Minny, and Wisco.

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That's quite common for the gopher account to follow potential players. I see it often. 

[fightingsioux4life]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:20 PM, crb1 said:

I never did like when a player bails on a team midway through the year. I didn't like it when Tambelwennie did it and I don't like it now. To me that is not a good trait to have. When the going gets tough the tough get going. Don't like it.

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I agree with you, but it's the end of the year now.

[siouxforce19]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:50 PM, nodakgirl93 said:

That's quite common for the gopher account to follow potential players. I see it often. 

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Same. I remember when they followed James Hagens and their fans all thought that meant he was committing there and he ended up choosing BC. 

[siouxweet]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:41 PM, RhettRingers said:

Gophers official IG account following him. I read hes down to UND, Minny, and Wisco.

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Of course.  When has UND ever won a portal battle that includes Minn?

[crb1]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:50 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

I agree with you, but it's the end of the year now.

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Absolutely, I was just pointing out how I didn't like the way he left.

[crb1]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:57 PM, siouxweet said:

Of course.  When has UND ever won a portal battle that includes Minn?

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Boeser, Grimadli come to mind

[siouxforce19]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:58 PM, crb1 said:

Boeser, Grimadli come to mind

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They weren’t portal. 

[crb1]

  On 4/1/2024 at 9:00 PM, siouxforce19 said:

They weren’t portal. 

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I suppose it helps if I read the post correctly. You are correct.

[AJS]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:57 PM, siouxweet said:

Of course.  When has UND ever won a portal battle that includes Minn?

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Which ones have they lost?

[scpa0305]

  On 4/1/2024 at 8:39 PM, SiouxFanSince1990 said:

What is your source on this?

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Oh just everything seems to lean that way. Insta following, dad worked there, all the major journalists saying MN is heavy favorite. I have no inside info, just saying it’s looking that way. 

[RhettRingers]

  On 4/1/2024 at 9:03 PM, AJS said:

Which ones have they lost?

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Grant Cruikshank only one that comes to mind.

[siouxweet]

When it comes to a major talent in the portal UND has become the Alabama Huntsville of transfer portal additions.

[RhettRingers]

  On 4/1/2024 at 9:11 PM, scpa0305 said:

Oh just everything seems to lean that way. Insta following, dad worked there, all the major journalists saying MN is heavy favorite. I have no inside info, just saying it’s looking that way. 

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NHL.com's Mark Divver said the Gophs were the favorite yesterday.

[The Sicatoka]

  On 4/1/2024 at 9:14 PM, RhettRingers said:

Grant Cruikshank only one that comes to mind.

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And didn't he end up CC -> UMn -> SCSU ...