2025 Transfer portal

[beastandco]

9 minutes ago, .357 said:

Forgot to add: that silent commit from the O who appears won't qualify academically looks to have been an extra/depth player. So that would have made 14 Fs for 25-26 & room for only 1 high scorer from the CHL. So perhaps Chyzyk wasn't looking for 2 high scorers, just 1.

I believe Schloss first mentioned this silent commit in like February on his podcast. Obviously, a lot has changed since then. I think it’s very possible that Bryn would rather go a different direction. 
 

I would say the main hole on our roster is another top 6 center. There probably is only a handful of CHL centers that can slide into that role game one. Having the opportunity to center back to back USHL players of the year is something that not many other teams can compete with. 

[.357]

6 minutes ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

Don’t think Anthony Menghini is going to be an extra.

Dalton Anthony 

[brianvf]

Just now, .357 said:

Dalton Anthony 

Andrew  

[.357]

Just now, brianvf said:

Andrew  

Aah, sheeit..haha!

[The Sicatoka]

3 hours ago, siouxczech29 said:

I’m looking forward to seeing how his playoff beard develops.

You’ll be waiting a while.

[siouxweet]

59 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

You’ll be waiting a while.

How about that kid Smaby is supposed to bring along?

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Only a rumor so far. 

[I Ranger]

12 hours ago, .357 said:

Forgot to add: that silent commit from the O who appears won't qualify academically looks to have been an extra/depth player. So that would have made 14 Fs for 25-26 & room for only 1 high scorer from the CHL. So perhaps Chyzyk wasn't looking for 2 high scorers, just 1.

Doesn't this seem strange? Why in the world would we take a commit supposedly months ago that is considered an extra/depth player when the recruiting player pool literally doubled and there was/is tons of talented players available. Is this a sign of where our recruiting was back then? I certainly have no clue who said player is/was but it seems like a blessing in disguise that he can't get into school if he truly was only a depth piece. 

[beastandco]

15 minutes ago, I Ranger said:

Doesn't this seem strange? Why in the world would we take a commit supposedly months ago that is considered an extra/depth player when the recruiting player pool literally doubled and there was/is tons of talented players available. Is this a sign of where our recruiting was back then? I certainly have no clue who said player is/was but it seems like a blessing in disguise that he can't get into school if he truly was only a depth piece. 

I agree with you. The weird thing about the CHL opening up is that nobody really know how good a guy like Zakreski is. I would say he’s a bottom 6, depth guy for next year that might have some PP2 time. He had over a point per game in the CHL but the CHL is a higher scoring league than the USHL

[tnt]

1 hour ago, I Ranger said:

Doesn't this seem strange? Why in the world would we take a commit supposedly months ago that is considered an extra/depth player when the recruiting player pool literally doubled and there was/is tons of talented players available. Is this a sign of where our recruiting was back then? I certainly have no clue who said player is/was but it seems like a blessing in disguise that he can't get into school if he truly was only a depth piece. 

Especially with the backdrop of "not having enough room" for the Slukynsky brothers and other late options like Bump fresh in their minds.  You can usually find a hard working depth guy as a last minute substitute like Connor Gaarder, but having room for guys like Bump falling in your lap needs to be take precedence to early recruiting depth guys, if that was indeed the case with this OHL player. 

[The Sicatoka]

Didn't we find a Dalton Andrew during finals week? 

https://www.mjhlhockey.ca/dalton-andrew-commits-to-north-dakota 

[beastandco]

29 minutes ago, tnt said:

Especially with the backdrop of "not having enough room" for the Slukynsky brothers and other late options like Bump fresh in their minds.  You can usually find a hard working depth guy as a last minute substitute like Connor Gaarder, but having room for guys like Bump falling in your lap needs to be take precedence to early recruiting depth guys, if that was indeed the case with this OHL player. 

I don’t see why we can’t leave a spot open up front until mid summer. Worst case scenario we can just bring in one of our recruits in early. I think we’ll want to leave Schultz, O’Neil, and Simpson in the USHL but we could bring in a guy like Pilgrim to be an extra forward 

[crb1]

As expected Hobie Headquist to the portal, landing spot, Ferris St.

[siouxfan512]

6 minutes ago, crb1 said:

As expected Hobie Headquist to the portal, landing spot, Ferris St.

Best of luck to Hobie. Hopefully a fresh start is good for him, and he finds success.

[Oxbow6]

15 minutes ago, crb1 said:

As expected Hobie Headquist to the portal, landing spot, Ferris St.

UND's handling of their goalie situation the past few years has been embarrassing.  Why would a kid at this stage even want to come in as a freshman??

[tnt]

3 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

UND's handling of their goalie situation the past few years has been embarrassing.  Why would a kid at this stage even want to coming in as a freshman??

They are going to have to compete for playing time regardless.  You don't think Hedquist got a chance, but he had an opportunity to hold the net, but didn't. 

[stoneySIOUX]

31 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

UND's handling of their goalie situation the past few years has been embarrassing.  Why would a kid at this stage even want to come in as a freshman??

Can you expand? Hobie didn't earn his ice, IMO. TJ took the net.

[hockeytherapy13]

16 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Can you expand? Hobie didn't earn his ice, IMO. TJ took the net.

TJ played incredible the last 5-6 weeks, no doube about it. Leading up to that, Hobie and TJ had 2 very different leashes from the staff because it's safe to say TJ wasn't doing anything special for us the first half of the season. That being said we only got to see an hour of gametime for him each weekend so clearly the staff was seeing stuff in practice we aren't privy to. Either way, once Hobie is given the chance to take over consistently, he's going to succeed. 

[Wilbur]

A perfect landing spot for Hobie.  Get out of the NCHC, and go to a place where the main guy is out the door, and you can compete to be the top guy.  I was wondering if Ferris might be the spot as Noah West played a ton for them last season after he transferred over from the Wolverines. 

@MafiaMan should be happy as the local rep/fan club president for Ferris State Bulldogs Hockey.       

[Oxbow6]

54 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Can you expand? Hobie didn't earn his ice, IMO. TJ took the net.

Thank goodness TJ got on a heater to get this team to the NCAA tourna.....

.....nevermind 

[beastandco]

I think we are forgetting that the coaching staff sees Hobie in practice every day. If they felt good about him, they would have gave him the keys.

[nascar99]

3 hours ago, beastandco said:

I agree with you. The weird thing about the CHL opening up is that nobody really know how good a guy like Zakreski is. I would say he’s a bottom 6, depth guy for next year that might have some PP2 time. He had over a point per game in the CHL but the CHL is a higher scoring league than the USHL

The CHL is also a younger higher skilled league than the USHL. The USHL is older & more defensive. But each CHL league is a bit different from one another, so who knows how Dub guys do in the NCAA compared to O and Q guys

[beastandco]

3 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

The CHL is also a younger higher skilled league than the USHL. The USHL is older & more defensive. But each CHL league is a bit different from one another, so who knows how Dub guys do in the NCAA compared to O and Q guys

The bottom 6 forwards for USHL teams are division 1 guys. The bottom 6 forwards for CHL teams will be playing men’s league next year. 
 

The top end talent of the CHL is much better but the depth is not even close

[brianvf]

4 minutes ago, beastandco said:

The bottom 6 forwards for USHL teams are division 1 guys. The bottom 6 forwards for CHL teams will be playing men’s league next year. 
The top end talent of the CHL is much better but the depth is not even close

+1

[brianvf]

This is an odd one:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/417574/jack-mesic

Played for Ferris St his FR year, then transferred to WMU for this past season.
Only played in 5 games for WMU this year, so now he's transferring back to FSU.