2025 Transfer portal

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

I'm curious what the deal is with Spicer going to ASU.   I know he was a UND commit years ago and was at Duluth at one time.   So we didn't want him or he didn't want us?   I'm guessing the first.   I haven't paid a lot of attention to hockey, sorry.

UND wanted him to play one more year in the USHL.  He didn't want to, so went to UMD instead.  In hindsight, he could have used that extra year of USHL 'seasoning'.
His 2nd year at UMD, he ran into academic problems and was withdrawn from the school.

[78 und grad]

2 hours ago, burd said:

Why in heaven's name would I spend any time whatsoever reading his past posts?

Burd dude, Why read his past posts? To see that you’re either right or wrong about his posts. Seemed like your post w/BSoot was harsh. BSoot’s a cool cat. We’re all sioux brothers and sisters here. Just sayin……Go sioux

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

Menghini, Gault, Perdion

[hockeytherapy13]

25 minutes ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

Menghini, Gault, Perdion

Hoping for? Or likely getting?  Menghini and Fault would be good but both are wings. Looks like Perdion was the 4th line center for Long Island and we seem good to go on depth guys. Need a first line center. 

[brianvf]

14 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Hoping for? Or likely getting?  Menghini and Fault would be good but both are wings. Looks like Perdion was the 4th line center for Long Island and we seem good to go on depth guys. Need a first line center. 

First line center will be McKenna. 
If Perdion is defensively sound and can chip in a few goals while centering the 4th line, I’ll take it. 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

33 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

Hoping for? Or likely getting?  Menghini and Fault would be good but both are wings. Looks like Perdion was the 4th line center for Long Island and we seem good to go on depth guys. Need a first line center. 

Going to be hard to find top 6 centers in the portal.

[hockeytherapy13]

20 minutes ago, brianvf said:

First line center will be McKenna. 
If Perdion is defensively sound and can chip in a few goals while centering the 4th line, I’ll take it. 

I like that optimism with us being the likely destination for McKenna.
 

Based on stats it seems like both Perdion and Gault were some of the better +\- players for both of their teams. Obviously that stat doesn’t always tell a great story. Also looking at the player stats for Ferris. Wowzer they were bad haha. 

[hockeytherapy13]

7 minutes ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

Going to be hard to find top 6 centers in the portal.

Heck I’d take a guy that’s at least a go-to faceoff guy for key draws and I’m not sure Perdion would be the one but who knows. 

[siouxforce19]

1 minute ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

I like that optimism with us being the likely destination for McKenna.
 

Based on stats it seems like both Perdion and Gault were some of the better +\- players for both of their teams. Obviously that stat doesn’t always tell a great story. Also looking at the player stats for Ferris. Wowzer they were bad haha. 

I call that a fantasy lol 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

11 minutes ago, hockeytherapy13 said:

I like that optimism with us being the likely destination for McKenna.
 

Based on stats it seems like both Perdion and Gault were some of the better +\- players for both of their teams. Obviously that stat doesn’t always tell a great story. Also looking at the player stats for Ferris. Wowzer they were bad haha. 

McKenna is Big 10 bound. Michigan is what I’ve heard from NHL reporters

[hockeytherapy13]

17 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

I call that a fantasy lol 

Haha that seems like the proper description for it. 

[gfhockey]

7 hours ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

McKenna is Big 10 bound. Michigan is what I’ve heard from NHL reporters

We didn’t want him!

[nascar99]

7 hours ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

McKenna is Big 10 bound. Michigan is what I’ve heard from NHL reporters

Schloss insinuated that Michigan has multiple silent commits out of the O that they're sitting on until the summer. Wonder if they do anything more in the portal

[tnt]

I tell you one thing, this whole portal thing every year really makes me appreciate guys like Griffin Ness even more.  The guy could have moved on several times, but chose to stay even though he didn't get a ton of ice time when his numbers should have dictated a little more. 

[RhettRingers]

https://rg.org/news/hockey/gavin-mckenna-among-names-possibly-playing-in-the-ncaa-next-season

[.357]

5 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

https://rg.org/news/hockey/gavin-mckenna-among-names-possibly-playing-in-the-ncaa-next-season

College Heavyweights in Hot Pursuit

"This source would not reveal who those schools are, but another NHL source told RG that as of this weekend, all signs pointed to NCAA Hockey blueblood programs—the University of Michigan and the University of North Dakota—as the potential frontrunners for the 17-year-old McKenna."

...

"As a result of North Dakota not making the dance, longtime head coach and 2016 national champion Brad Berry was fired after ten seasons and replaced by Dane Jackson. The Fighting Hawks also made Waterloo Black Hawks general manager Bryn Chyzyk the program’s assistant coach/general manager. Chyzyk became the first general manager in NCAA hockey to have coaching/recruiting capabilities.

“They made that last move to dominate the portal and attack the new world with the CHL,” the source went on. “They’re not messing around, and they want to be at the front of the line if and when McKenna says he’s open for business to the NCAA.”

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[stoneySIOUX]

16 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

https://rg.org/news/hockey/gavin-mckenna-among-names-possibly-playing-in-the-ncaa-next-season

This is EXACTLY why I was so pumped about the potential of the GM. Already creating buzz. Man, if we pull him off, goodness.

[brianvf]

14 hours ago, brianvf said:

First line center will be McKenna. 

27 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

https://rg.org/news/hockey/gavin-mckenna-among-names-possibly-playing-in-the-ncaa-next-season

As I was saying. 
First line center will be McKenna. 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

20 minutes ago, brianvf said:

As I was saying. 
First line center will be McKenna. 

1883’s gonna need some serious funding if they’re going to outbid Michigan.

[stoneySIOUX]

Just now, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

1883’s gonna need some serious funding if they’re going to outbid Michigan.

I agree to a point, but a player like McKenna is going No. 1 and will be making max contract in his first season. Doubt $200K or whatever that number is will be super important to him. I guess I could be wrong.

[Speed_Kills]

19 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

I agree to a point, but a player like McKenna is going No. 1 and will be making max contract in his first season. Doubt $200K or whatever that number is will be super important to him. I guess I could be wrong.

I believe this is correct. Online articles indicate that *if* he decides to go the college route, NIL dollars are not important. Most important is development for the next level. Several sources indicate North Dakota and Michigan are the two in the running. Here's to hoping. 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

23 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

I agree to a point, but a player like McKenna is going No. 1 and will be making max contract in his first season. Doubt $200K or whatever that number is will be super important to him. I guess I could be wrong.

It’ll be a factor. Deek’s pizza or 200k.

[fightingsioux4life]

8 minutes ago, Speed_Kills said:

I believe this is correct. Online articles indicate that *if* he decides to go the college route, NIL dollars are not important. Most important is development for the next level. Several sources indicate North Dakota and Michigan are the two in the running. Here's to hoping. 

Whomever lands him won't have him more than two years.

Which is why Jackson's comment on having 3 to 4 year players is so important.

[nascar99]

9 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Whomever lands him won't have him more than two years.

Which is why Jackson's comment on having 3 to 4 year players is so important.

Yep, big time programs have to balance having the mercenaries along with the 3-4 year culture guys. If you don't balance it out well enough, you end up with Michigan (mostly mercenary approach) or Minnesota (mostly culture approach) esque title droughts.

[stoneySIOUX]

14 minutes ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

It’ll be a factor. Deek’s pizza or 200k.

Of course it's a factor, but the kid is a stud. 200K will be peanuts to him soon. He's going to go where he thinks will be best for his development.