2024 Early Departures and Transfer Portal

[Username Taken]

7 hours ago, SJHovey said:

We won a championship game with Coltyn Sanderson and Johnny Simonson playing center. They collectively had 16 goals over the course of eight years on the team.

As was already mentioned, that was a rare team that was so dang good everywhere else that they didn’t seem to need as much depth. Those guys were also playing their best hockey at that time of the year. I just don’t know what to do with Schmaltz was my point. Zero offense and isn’t overly hard to play against. Not great at faceoffs. Could slide him to wing. I just don’t like thought of him centering a 3rd line again.

[.357]

Does anyone think that there will be other very good transfer possibilities in the coming weeks, or is Pohlkamp, Wood & Wilkie heads & tails above all others?

[SIOUXELEVENS]

I think we may see some surprises in the coming weeks. Free agency at its finest. 

[The Sicatoka]

9 hours ago, Benny Baker said:

I don’t like the portal any more than I like the 1 year scholarships that schools offer student athletes.

If a university can’t commit to a student athlete for 4 years, I can’t blame a student for leaving either.

Scholarships have always been one-year propositions but I understand your point. 

[RhettRingers]

Whitelaw would be a great add. Love his game. Played with Celebrini at Shattuck.

[Frozen4sioux]

3 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

Whitelaw would be a great add. Love his game. Played with Celebrini at Shattuck.

NIL gunna pay him biggly

[fightingsioux4life]

12 hours ago, fargosioux said:

Not sure how much insider info he has, but Alex Micheletti is pretty much saying Pohlkamp to Denver. Damn! He would have been a great addition to our blueline next year.

Anyone else sick of losing recruits to Denver? Anyone else sick of Denver in general?

[forksandspoons]

How to get the top guys in the transfer portal: 

https://1883collective.com/get-involved/

 

[The Sicatoka]

20 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Anyone else sick of losing recruits to Denver? Anyone else sick of Denver in general?

DU falls under my general despising of maroon and gold teams. 

[tnt]

36 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

DU falls under my general despising of maroon and gold teams. 

Which is why I don't understand how people can want them to win next week.   It is hard to recruit against them now, it will be more difficult if they keep racking up titles.  We recruit sometimes against BC and BU, but we are recruiting against Denver most of the time. 

[tnt]

3 hours ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

I think we may see some surprises in the coming weeks. Free agency at its finest. 

I definitely think we lose a few players as well.

[BusinessSiouxt]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Anyone else sick of losing recruits to Denver? Anyone else sick of Denver in general?

Denver is the team I hate the most. Always have, always will. I don’t know what it is about that organization in the officiating that seems to follow them everywhere. 

[Fader]

Looks like NMU is going to be rebuilding, 13 into the Portal so far...

[SJHovey]

2 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Anyone else sick of losing recruits to Denver? Anyone else sick of Denver in general?

I'm actually cheering for DU.  I think David Carle is about two years from an NHL deal, and a championship this year will only hasten that.

[.357]

4 minutes ago, SJHovey said:

I'm actually cheering for DU.  I think David Carle is about two years from an NHL deal, and a championship this year will only hasten that.

If so, they'll likely just replace him with another great coach without missing a beat, who will continue to field strong teams & be contenders every year. That program seems to make all the right moves, & it all starts with their AD who puts winners into the HC position.

[cberkas]

Stramel in the portal

[SiouxFanatic]

On 4/1/2024 at 2:01 PM, brianvf said:

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.

He’s now following Abram Wiebe as well. So maybe there is a chance, even if small. Still think Minnesota/B1G schools have inside track.

[fightingsioux4life]

An anonymous source with knowledge of the situation has told me that Pohlkamp will be on campus today and Wilkie will be on campus tomorrow. The source also says we were late to the party on Wood but there is mutual interest from both sides. So I guess we are still in the running for these players.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

The guy going from QU to Miami better be able to handle losing. 

[franchise]

2 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

The guy going from QU to Miami better be able to handle losing. 

Maybe he's a big Skyline Chili guy

[planetearth]

Pohlkamp is really good…

[The Sicatoka]

2 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

The guy going from QU to Miami better be able to handle losing. 

Fillion (to Miami) and Tellier of Q were guys I'd figured to get much interest. 

[brianvf]

29 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

An anonymous source with knowledge of the situation has told me that Pohlkamp will be on campus today and Wilkie will be on campus tomorrow. The source also says we were late to the party on Wood but there is mutual interest from both sides. So I guess we are still in the running for these players.

Good that we're in the running on a couple of them...visiting the school is a good sign.  Time for Berry and Co to wow them on their visits.   

[cberkas]

Just now, brianvf said:

Good that we're in the running on a couple of them...visiting the school is a good sign.  Time for Berry and Co to wow them on their visits.   

Then tell them what you didn't see in Chiclets University is our mimosa machine and Belgian waffle bar that is made to order. 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Good that we're in the running on a couple of them...visiting the school is a good sign.  Time for Berry and Co to wow them on their visits.   

Hopefully Dillon Simpson can use his personality to bond with these guys and convince them this is a nice place to play college hockey.