2025 Transfer portal

[Godsmack]

  On 3/31/2025 at 10:50 PM, nascar99 said:

Zaacharya Wisdom (2023 Seattle 7th, Colorado College) in the portal

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Good solid forward who has a little bit of scoring touch. Doesn’t score a ton but high energy guy. I think he torched UND the season prior down in the Springs. 

[nascar99]

  On 3/31/2025 at 10:52 PM, Godsmack said:

Good solid forward who has a little bit of scoring touch. Doesn’t score a ton but high energy guy. I think he torched UND the season prior down in the Springs. 

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Oh yeah, that nightmare weekend in Colorado Springs, he was dominant for long stretches. Wonder if he wants to go back further east, from Toronto, family been through a lot with poverty/finances, would be nice for them to have a shorter trip to see him play. His older brother still in the Flyers organization.

[Oxbow6]

  On 3/31/2025 at 10:52 PM, Godsmack said:

Good solid forward who has a little bit of scoring touch. Doesn’t score a ton but high energy guy. I think he torched UND the season prior down in the Springs. 

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He did.....your wife let us know about first hand.

[Godsmack]

  On 3/31/2025 at 10:55 PM, Oxbow6 said:

He did.....your wife let us know about first hand.

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Tell me about it! She likes to remind me too! lol 

[Godsmack]

  On 3/31/2025 at 10:55 PM, nascar99 said:

Oh yeah, that nightmare weekend in Colorado Springs, he was dominant for long stretches. Wonder if he wants to go back further east, from Toronto, family been through a lot with poverty/finances, would be nice for them to have a shorter trip to see him play. His older brother still in the Flyers organization.

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It was so cool- his brother was on some sort of break and made the trip out to the Springs a month or so ago to see Zach play and he scored a goal that weekend. I thought that was pretty cool. 

[Godsmack]

I think he’d be a great addition to UND but I’m a bit biased too. 

[nascar99]

Our old friend Tyler Dunbar of Colorado College in the portal as well. Seems like an easy CCHA target, especially for the Michigan schools given he's from Sault Ste Marie Michigan.

[Godsmack]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:04 PM, nascar99 said:

Our old friend Tyler Dunbar of Colorado College in the portal as well. Seems like an easy CCHA target, especially for the Michigan schools given he's from Sault Ste Marie Michigan.

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Old friend? Tell me this back story please.

[nascar99]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:06 PM, Godsmack said:

Old friend? Tell me this back story please.

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He was committed to North Dakota back in 2020 and 2021 and then decommitted & committed to Colorado College.

[Godsmack]

Dunbar didn’t see much action this year. Freshman Fisher Scott seemed to win over Mayotte and found himself a regular top pair D man as the season went along. 

[Godsmack]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:07 PM, nascar99 said:

He was committed to North Dakota back in 2020 and 2021 and then decommitted & committed to Colorado College.

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Gotcha. Thanks! 

[petey23]

  On 3/31/2025 at 9:26 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said:

my w2's are 1/100 of @gfhockey 's 

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To paraphrase Ric Flair, "gfhockey spends more money on spilt booze every year than most of us make"

[brianvf]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:04 PM, nascar99 said:

Our old friend Tyler Dunbar of Colorado College in the portal as well. Seems like an easy CCHA target, especially for the Michigan schools given he's from Sault Ste Marie Michigan.

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Maybe heading back home to LSSU after their recent seven figure annual donation to help their hockey program.

[petey23]

  On 3/31/2025 at 9:47 PM, yzerman19 said:

20% from players????  The NHLPA caps agents rips at 3%...

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If your parents are paying a family advisor/agent there is little to no chance you are going to ever play serious professional hockey.....similar to having your parents buy your way onto a travel baseball team. 

If they see potential payday down the road they(agents) will find you. 

[yzerman19]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:16 PM, petey23 said:

If your parents are paying a family advisor/agent there is little to no chance you are going to ever play serious professional hockey.....similar to having your parents buy your way onto a travel baseball team. 

If they see potential payday down the road they(agents) will find you. 

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and if you aren't with one at 13 you likely aren't a chippa

[Gophers_inGF]

Haven't heard much talk on here about UND opting out of revenue sharing due to title 9 issues, any opinions? 

[scpa0305]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:25 PM, yzerman19 said:

x1000000

and if you aren't with one at 13 you likely aren't a chippa

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Well…those kids typically have grown early.

[KTF]

  On 3/31/2025 at 11:54 PM, Gophers_inGF said:

Haven't heard much talk on here about UND opting out of revenue sharing due to title 9 issues, any opinions? 

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A couple of things here. From what I've read, UND is planning on opting in next season. The reason they didn't for this coming season is because they want to wait and see how the roster limitations of 26 per team shake out, there is a lot of talk that the number will be increased the following season so it's a smart move by UND to wait it out a year. Secondly, foreign players cannot earn NIL deals in the U.S. (as stated in above quote) so we can put to rest the notion that Boisvert left because of a 150k deal.

[cberkas]

  On 3/31/2025 at 9:17 PM, Godsmack said:

They now hand out hardware for regional championships???

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Been doing this for awhile

[snooty89]

How many big corporations does Grand Forks have at it's disposal compared to Minneapolis, Denver, and the other big cities in college hockey.  I hope something can get figured out or we may go the way of Duluth and have to build a freshman class that all sticks around to make a run year 3 and 4.  We don't have the benefit of an autobid like Mankato in a lesser conference.  Also it's a bad look to lose these guys today.  

[Gophers_inGF]

  On 4/1/2025 at 12:04 AM, KTF said:

A couple of things here. From what I've read, UND is planning on opting in next season. The reason they didn't for this coming season is because they want to wait and see how the roster limitations of 26 per team shake out, there is a lot of talk that the number will be increased the following season so it's a smart move by UND to wait it out a year. Secondly, foreign players cannot earn NIL deals in the U.S. (as stated in above quote) so we can put to rest the notion that Boisvert left because of a 150k deal.

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I believe I read a schloss article a little while back that cited title 9 issues being the main reason, could be wrong.  I believe Canadians are able to be payed in other ways not classified as "NIL"

[jdub27]

  On 4/1/2025 at 12:04 AM, KTF said:

Secondly, foreign players cannot earn NIL deals in the U.S. (as stated in above quote) so we can put to rest the notion that Boisvert left because of a 150k deal.

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There are ways to do it, however they are likely viewed differently at big time schools. 

A Canadian on a different teams was able to do some things that qualified while back home on break and receive NIL funds for it because they were able to show how it benefited UND and was also done in his home country.

UND is doing things on the up and up so there won't be any issues with "market value" or the clearinghouse down the road but I don't think that's the case at all schools. Some appear to blatantly be pay for play but without knowing the details, though to prove.

[nascar99]

  On 4/1/2025 at 12:10 AM, snooty89 said:

How many big corporations does Grand Forks have at it's disposal compared to Minneapolis, Denver, and the other big cities in college hockey.  I hope something can get figured out or we may go the way of Duluth and have to build a freshman class that all sticks around to make a run year 3 and 4.  We don't have the benefit of an autobid like Mankato in a lesser conference.  Also it's a bad look to lose these guys today.  

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Might just have to build the roster the old way: 1 or 2 elite guys, several solid skilled but tough guys that aren't high end NHL prospects, and some more character guys at the bottom of the lineup. Definitely able to reshape the roster through the portal as well as grab some high end or even middle tier CHLers who reshape this roster quickly.

[Siouxphan27]

  On 3/31/2025 at 5:48 PM, gfhockey said:

No just sources say a guitar and chair were involved 

it could have been a concert?

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Electric guitar?  Electric chair?   

[Coach4Life]

  On 4/1/2025 at 12:10 AM, snooty89 said:

How many big corporations does Grand Forks have at it's disposal compared to Minneapolis, Denver, and the other big cities in college hockey.  I hope something can get figured out or we may go the way of Duluth and have to build a freshman class that all sticks around to make a run year 3 and 4.  We don't have the benefit of an autobid like Mankato in a lesser conference.  Also it's a bad look to lose these guys today.  

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Big corporations, not a lot. A pool of NHL players, current and alums who are worth millions of dollars, we have a lot. Time to give back