2025 Transfer portal

[Blackheart]

3 minutes ago, tnt said:

Which gives you the situation like with Perron and OMac.  Playing for one team while in talks with another team for the following year.   Even PJ Fleck would have a hard time Rowing the Boat in the same direction. 

Nah, PJ can talk out of both sides of his mouth fluently.

[ChadR]

1 minute ago, scpa0305 said:

I thought it was WMU?

[hockeytherapy13]

8 minutes ago, ChadR said:

blech

[siouxfaninseattle]

2 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Some basic limits need to be put in place.

-Each athlete gets one (1) transfer without conditions.

-A transfer will be allowed if the head coach of the program leaves.

-A transfer will be allowed if the program is dissolved.

-A transfer will be allowed if the program drops down to a lower division (D-1 to D-2).

-Any special situations will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

This would stop most of the "mercenary recruiting" that is taking place right now.

How about each athlete gets one transfer but must sit out a year. This would stop the players that develop well at their original school from jumping ship after their junior year. This would be a little tricky for students that graduated in three years that want to transfer to another school because their current school doesn't offer the desired major. Case by case basis maybe.

[fightingsioux4life]

19 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

How about each athlete gets one transfer but must sit out a year. This would stop the players that develop well at their original school from jumping ship after their junior year. This would be a little tricky for students that graduated in three years that want to transfer to another school because their current school doesn't offer the desired major. Case by case basis maybe.

I don't think going back to what we had before is realistic. Student-athletes should have more freedom than they used to, but the pendulum has swung too far. A balance must be found in the middle.

[jdub27]

19 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

This would be a little tricky for students that graduated in three years that want to transfer to another school because their current school doesn't offer the desired major. Case by case basis maybe.

There are already separate rules for grad transfers.

[VC Sioux Fan]

23 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

How about each athlete gets one transfer but must sit out a year. This would stop the players that develop well at their original school from jumping ship after their junior year. This would be a little tricky for students that graduated in three years that want to transfer to another school because their current school doesn't offer the desired major. Case by case basis maybe.

Each athlete should be allowed one free transfer, but each additional transfer should require said athlete to wait one year before they are able to compete again. Special circumstances such as coaching changes/early graduation should be the only exceptions to the rule.

[DL Sioux]

24 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

How about each athlete gets one transfer but must sit out a year. This would stop the players that develop well at their original school from jumping ship after their junior year. This would be a little tricky for students that graduated in three years that want to transfer to another school because their current school doesn't offer the desired major. Case by case basis maybe.

I think the way it used to be was great. If you graduate you can transfer and not sit out a year.

[siouxfaninseattle]

10 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

There are already separate rules for grad transfers.

I don't know what hey are - can you help me out?

[brianvf]

14 minutes ago, VC Sioux Fan said:

Each athlete should be allowed one free transfer, but each additional transfer should require said athlete to wait one year before they are able to compete again. Special circumstances such as coaching changes/early graduation should be the only exceptions to the rule.

+1

[DL Sioux]

33 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

There are already separate rules for grad transfers.

Not sure there are any rules at this point! 😆 

[.357]

3 hours ago, dagies said:

Whatever the NIL deal is, also gets paid to the "losing" school

Makes complete sense. A school, after all, usually foots the entire bill of an upper player's scholastic & food expenses while playing for them; plus all the time spent instructing him to elevate his game. Then a player leaves & the school is left without any recompense. A pro team gets compensated when a player leaves outside of free agency, no reason why a college team couldn't either. Almost all relationships these days are transactional.

UND & the other big boys can better absorb these unexpected losses, but it's a precarious & unfair situation for the smaller schools who always have to act as feeder programs for the more established schools. If you want to make it less of an uphill battle for the smaller programs to succeed, a balancing needs to happen. The disparity between the NCHC, BIG10, HEA and the AHA & CCHA will only get wider in the coming years.

3 hours ago, tnt said:

Which gives you the situation like with Perron and OMac.  Playing for one team while in talks with another team for the following year.   

Imagine how defeating it is for a team that's already struggling to have 2 of its better players in talks with other teams during the season. Cancer is defined as the uncontrolled growth & spread of abnormal cells ... I'd posit that a cancer in the locker room is the same principle, but instead of mutated cells spreading, you have a lackadaisical attitude that slowly affects your teammates around you because you're not trying as hard as you once did; thereby affecting their play, as well.

Not going as hard into the corners for loose pucks, not sacrificing your body to make a play, gliding instead of skating hard, taking shifts off, backing away from the normal smack talk & scrums between whistles because you just don't care anymore ... it all adds up. Physically there but mentally checked out.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

When OMac scored in St cloud nobody embraced him for ending his drought. Not going to be missed by his teammates. 

[brianvf]

8 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

When OMac scored in St cloud nobody embraced him for ending his drought. Not going to be missed by his teammates. 

They knew he was leaving just like they did with Perron.

[Godsmack]

19 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

When OMac scored in St cloud nobody embraced him for ending his drought. Not going to be missed by his teammates. 

Do you know which game that was? I wanna go watch the highlights and see that. (I believe you, just want to see it). 

[brianvf]

4 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Do you know which game that was? I wanna go watch the highlights and see that. (I believe you, just want to see it). 

Looks like it would have been Feb 1 at SCSU:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Owen-McLaughlin/56318

[George M. Bluth]

21 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Looks like it would have been Feb 1 at SCSU:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Owen-McLaughlin/56318

I was at that game. He skated on top of and spit on the St Cloud logo on his way back to the bench. I thought guys would be going after him the rest of the game, but they didn’t. 

[Godsmack]

7 minutes ago, George M. Bluth said:

I was at that game. He skated on top of and spit on the St Cloud logo on his way back to the bench. I thought guys would be going after him the rest of the game, but they didn’t. 

Wow…

[Godsmack]

30 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Looks like it would have been Feb 1 at SCSU:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/players/career/Owen-McLaughlin/56318

Thanks! 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

2 hours ago, Godsmack said:

Thanks! 

Went back and watched the highlights. It was when they showed him on the bench immediately after that I remember nobody celebrating with him.

[siouxfan512]

8 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Some basic limits need to be put in place.

-Each athlete gets one (1) transfer without conditions.

-A transfer will be allowed if the head coach of the program leaves.

-A transfer will be allowed if the program is dissolved.

-A transfer will be allowed if the program drops down to a lower division (D-1 to D-2).

-Any special situations will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

This would stop most of the "mercenary recruiting" that is taking place right now.

I'm not sure about the 1 year transfer without conditions. Making them sit a year like they used to might make them more committed in the first place. On the other hand, if they know they only have one transfer, maybe they would have a different approach to where they commit in the first place.

Regardless, something needs to change. Not just for hockey but for everything. The college level free agency is stupid and even the NCAA knows it. Hopefully they can reel it back in over the next few years.

NIL needs to be reeled in as well. I'm fine with kids making some money to live comfortably and support themselves. These sports are their jobs and they can't exactly go work off campus jobs like other students ... they don't have the time. BUT when you have players making millions of dollars to play college (Sanders, Manning, Etc.) .... well, its just a joke. Thats why you play pro, not college.

[Blackheart]

4 hours ago, George M. Bluth said:

I was at that game. He skated on top of and spit on the St Cloud logo on his way back to the bench. I thought guys would be going after him the rest of the game, but they didn’t. 

Too bad the Clowns didn’t go after him right away.  Would have been interesting to see all the other Sioux stand around and watch him get worked over.

[nascar99]

 

[dagies]

19 hours ago, .357 said:

Makes complete sense. A school, after all, usually foots the entire bill of an upper player's scholastic & food expenses while playing for them; plus all the time spent instructing him to elevate his game. Then a player leaves & the school is left without any recompense. A pro team gets compensated when a player leaves outside of free agency, no reason why a college team couldn't either. Almost all relationships these days are transactional.

UND & the other big boys can better absorb these unexpected losses, but it's a precarious & unfair situation for the smaller schools who always have to act as feeder programs for the more established schools. If you want to make it less of an uphill battle for the smaller programs to succeed, a balancing needs to happen. The disparity between the NCHC, BIG10, HEA and the AHA & CCHA will only get wider in the coming years.

Imagine how defeating it is for a team that's already struggling to have 2 of its better players in talks with other teams during the season. Cancer is defined as the uncontrolled growth & spread of abnormal cells ... I'd posit that a cancer in the locker room is the same principle, but instead of mutated cells spreading, you have a lackadaisical attitude that slowly affects your teammates around you because you're not trying as hard as you once did; thereby affecting their play, as well.

Not going as hard into the corners for loose pucks, not sacrificing your body to make a play, gliding instead of skating hard, taking shifts off, backing away from the normal smack talk & scrums between whistles because you just don't care anymore ... it all adds up. Physically there but mentally checked out.

Exactly x2

[Godsmack]

Does UND have a need to fill on D? I see big Brady Cleveland is now in the portal. Six foot five, 220 pounds. 
 

Edit: Nevermind, it says, “no contact”