2024 Early Departures and Transfer Portal

[scpa0305]

Well Blake’s leaving earlier than i would have initially thought, we didn’t get any of the big name portal entrants (taking second on all)….watch we’ll hang 9 next year

[AJS]

3 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Anyone want to try to spin this as not a big deal?

Both players went to the school they were initially tied to. Disappointing still, but not surprising.

[Benny Baker]

4 hours ago, Walsh Hall said:

The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak.  He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.

Which makes 100% perfect sense, because if you’re going to complain about a semi-final loss in the national tournament, you’re no doubt going to complain about a regional semi-final loss in the national tournament.

UND’s post season performances are trending in the wrong direction. They are not getting closer to a national title, they are getting farther away. 

[cowboys5xsbs]

4 hours ago, SuhakiYeahYeah said:

There are reports that say Blake is in Raleigh working with the Canes staff

[Username Taken]

According to RA from Spittin Chiclets on Twitter the deal with Carolina is done and there will be a formal announcement tomorrow regarding Blake. That sucks. 

[brianvf]

9 minutes ago, Username Taken said:

According to RA from Spittin Chiclets on Twitter the deal with Carolina is done and there will be a formal announcement tomorrow regarding Blake. That sucks. 

Best of luck to him moving forward.  Wish we could have gotten another year out of him, and honestly think he could have certainly used it, but understand why Carolina was pushing so hard to get him into their system.

[franchise]

His roster spot won't be open long.

[dustnyou]

Don’t be surprised if Blake makes his NHL debut on Tuesday fellas. 

[hky]

Got Wilkie

[crb1]

2 minutes ago, hky said:

Got Wilkie

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-picks-up-commitment-from-rit-center-carter-wilkie

[tnt]

3 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Well Blake’s leaving earlier than i would have initially thought, we didn’t get any of the big name portal entrants (taking second on all)….watch we’ll hang 9 next year

Maybe don’t have an offensive superstar, but we probably will be a bit better defensively, and a little harder to play against.  Rather than the power play running through Blake, they’ll need to whip the puck around a little faster to get those cross ice openings for some one timers from Berg and Perron.  Hopefully Perron recognizes this as an opportunity for him to be the man on the power play, and to be more of a trigger man period with his shot.

[Benny Baker]

Does anyone know why it hasn’t been reported that Blake has signed?  Morrow signed.  Nadeau signed.  Why hasn’t Blake yet?

[siouxforce19]

1 minute ago, Benny Baker said:

Does anyone know why it hasn’t been reported that Blake has signed?  Morrow signed.  Nadeau signed.  Why hasn’t Blake yet?

It’ll be tomorrow. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Maybe Strathman can talk Whitelaw into transferring to UND as well.

[Benny Baker]

1 minute ago, siouxforce19 said:

It’ll be tomorrow. 

What, the Canes need to sleep on it another night, lol?  Genuinely curious—with the Canes officially announcing multiple other college signings—just wondering why Blake hasn’t been announced yet.  Especially as a Hobey Hat Trick finalist with the last year for the Canes to sign him before he hits FA.

Should have been a done deal by now, right?

Hope he rejects the full court press like LaDue after the 2015 season.

[siouxforce19]

2 minutes ago, Benny Baker said:

What, the Canes need to sleep on it another night, lol?  Genuinely curious—with the Canes officially announcing multiple other college signings—just wondering why Blake hasn’t been announced yet.  Especially as a Hobey Hat Trick finalist with the last year for the Canes to sign him before he hits FA.

Should have been a done deal by now, right?

Hope he rejects the full court press like LaDue after the 2015 season.

From what I understand the deal is done and sounds like has been signed. They will announce it tomorrow. 

[Benny Baker]

5 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

From what I understand the deal is done and sounds like has been signed. They will announce it tomorrow. 

You’re probably right. 

Wishful thinking on my part for the next 12 hours …

[nodakvindy]

1 hour ago, tnt said:

Maybe don’t have an offensive superstar, but we probably will be a bit better defensively, and a little harder to play against.  Rather than the power play running through Blake, they’ll need to whip the puck around a little faster to get those cross ice openings for some one timers from Berg and Perron.  Hopefully Perron recognizes this as an opportunity for him to be the man on the power play, and to be more of a trigger man period with his shot.

Agree. There were times when it felt like guys were just watching and Blake would try to do too much.  I think part of the late swoon was that teams had figured out our power play and we didn't adjust quickly enough. 

[stoneySIOUX]

15 hours ago, Benny Baker said:

Lol. Duluth and Notre Dame’s first game winning goals were waived off against UND in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Both teams literally had to score 2 game winning goals each to beat UND in the NCAAs.

In back-to-back seasons. 

If UND only got more favorable bounces in the NCAAs!

But neither were goals? I get what you're saying, but both were not goals and both calls were changed correctly.

[brianvf]

2 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Maybe Strathman can talk Whitelaw into transferring to UND as well.

Whitelaw would be a nice pickup.  I remember him standing out with his forecheck when we played UW in the early season.  He was a little sparkplug.
Plus that would have the added benefit of balancing out the forward classes a bit, as he could join Perron in the SO class.

[Benny Baker]

1 hour ago, stoneySIOUX said:

But neither were goals? I get what you're saying, but both were not goals and both calls were changed correctly.

Of course they weren’t goals, lol.  Obviously Duluth and Notre Dame didn’t beat UND 4-2 and 3-1 those games.  But Duluth and Notre Dame still won, right?

The topic was luck, fortune, or “bounces” (as you put it).  Duluth was offsides, but it was immaterial to the goal that was waived off. And the Irish player put the puck in the net, but it fortunately went in less than a second after the final horn blew. 

Luck, fortune, and “bounces” (as some people put it) for UND.

[I Ranger]

4 hours ago, brianvf said:

Whitelaw would be a nice pickup.  I remember him standing out with his forecheck when we played UW in the early season.  He was a little sparkplug.
Plus that would have the added benefit of balancing out the forward classes a bit, as he could join Perron in the SO class.

This is who I wanted to target to replace Blake when I first heard he hit the portal. He was Wisconsin's best player in the Quinnipiac game and really stood out to me. Hope we are after him as he would be a nice replacement. I would think we need at least one more maybe two portal forwards depending on if they bring in Littler or not. 

[Goon]

19 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

If your expectation is natty or bust you’re in for more pain than joy no matter who your team is. 

According to some that’s the standard. 

 

 

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, Goon said:

According to some that’s the standard. 

This IS the standard with programs like UND. We are not a mid-major program that only hopes to win our conference's auto bid.

[The Sicatoka]

Gino/Blais/Hak: 37 seasons, 5 titles, 13.5%
Berry: 9 seasons, 1 title, 11.1%