siouxforce19 Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Saw this on Twitter/X. Not sure on the level of interest, but could be a couple names to watch when the new recruiting cycle opens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 St. Cloud and Maine as the top two for Cooper Siegert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Some top 08 OHL prospects to look out for on August 1st. Adam Valentini Zach Nyman Caleb Malhotra Callum Croskery Alex Hage Sam Wathier Thomas Vandenberg Beckham Edwards Jet Kwajah Jude Bray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJS Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 13 hours ago, cberkas said: St. Cloud and Maine as the top two for Cooper Siegert If this is true, then what you’re saying is Siegert’s only two offers on 08/01 will be SCSU & Maine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 5 hours ago, AJS said: If this is true, then what you’re saying is Siegert’s only two offers on 08/01 will be SCSU & Maine. It’s just what was reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJS Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 13 hours ago, scpa0305 said: It’s just what was reported. I saw that. More of a cheap shot at St. Cloud from me. Cheap shot, but still a lot of truth behind it. I hope it doesn’t seem like he has offers from all D1 schools and the favorites from that list includes SCSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 3 hours ago, AJS said: I saw that. More of a cheap shot at St. Cloud from me. Cheap shot, but still a lot of truth behind it. I hope it doesn’t seem like he has offers from all D1 schools and the favorites from that list includes SCSU. Recruiting against a school that is circling the drain shouldn't be tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 11 hours ago, AJS said: I saw that. More of a cheap shot at St. Cloud from me. Cheap shot, but still a lot of truth behind it. I hope it doesn’t seem like he has offers from all D1 schools and the favorites from that list includes SCSU. He’s really small. Nice player obviously but HS hockey is deceiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 On 7/5/2024 at 9:44 AM, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: Recruiting against a school that is circling the drain shouldn't be tough. But with all those issues, they still managed 2nd, 4th, and 6th round picks in the draft. Not quite our draft, but most schools would take that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 With all UND has for facilities. How are they losing out on these high end recruits? Brad has to win these recruiting battles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 16 minutes ago, cberkas said: With all UND has for facilities. How are they losing out on these high end recruits? Brad has to win these recruiting battles. I doubt we wanted him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 2 hours ago, cberkas said: With all UND has for facilities. How are they losing out on these high end recruits? Brad has to win these recruiting battles. I sometimes wonder about all these 5-star recruits going to MI & other places out east instead of UND. Is it that we don't want these future 1st-rounders, or are we trying but just not getting them? UND usually lands a 1st-round forward every 5 years or so (simply guessing here) whereas MI locks them down seemingly every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 It's hard to look at our incoming freshmen and other committed recruits and say that UND is struggling with winning recruiting battles. Sure, it'd be great to load up on as many first rounders as possible, but that strategy sure hasn't worked well for other schools recently. Hopefully the team has the right "mix" this year of high-end and grit to make a serious push in the NCAA's. Season almost here?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Blue chips out of GTMA that go the college route never go west of Ann Arbor. Can't think of any at WI or MN either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 1 minute ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: Blue chips out of GTMA that go the college route never go west of Ann Arbor. Can't think of any at WI or MN either. There is a few going to the BCHL which should get them to look more West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 4 hours ago, cberkas said: With all UND has for facilities. How are they losing out on these high end recruits? Brad has to win these recruiting battles. How many don’t even end up at Michigan. Weren’t there a couple this year that decided not to go the college route? I know Perfetti was another that didn’t go the college route. We’ll see if Michigan can continue to reload after losing guys and make the tournament. They put it together late last year, but they lost some talent again, so the studs better produce early like the others seem to have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 4 hours ago, gfhockey said: I doubt we wanted him Did Denver want him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 7/6/2024 at 8:13 PM, .357 said: I sometimes wonder about all these 5-star recruits going to MI & other places out east instead of UND. Is it that we don't want these future 1st-rounders, or are we trying but just not getting them? UND usually lands a 1st-round forward every 5 years or so (simply guessing here) whereas MI locks them down seemingly every year. From a recruit standpoint, especially a Toronto kid, Michigan would make complete sense. Toronto is their territory…tough sell with the O being right there though. On paper, we just had a really nice recruiting year. Can we compete for blue chips the way Michigan does? No way. But we compete on the ice which is all that matters. There’s a few ways to recruit and Bubs and Co has picked it up recently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 34 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Can we compete for blue chips the way Michigan does? No way. So UND, having a storied tradition & a facility that surpasses all others, can't compete with MI on the recruiting trail for the bluest of blue chips? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burd Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, .357 said: So UND, having a storied tradition & a facility that surpasses all others, can't compete with MI on the recruiting trail for the bluest of blue chips? I find that comment a little surprising. When has UND outrecruited Mich, BU, and BC for No. 1 draft picks east of the western shore of Lake Michigan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 2 hours ago, burd said: I find that comment a little surprising. When has UND outrecruited Mich, BU, and BC for No. 1 draft picks east of the western shore of Lake Michigan? I didn't mention BU or BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 4 hours ago, .357 said: So UND, having a storied tradition & a facility that surpasses all others, can't compete with MI on the recruiting trail for the bluest of blue chips? We haven’t realistically had much luck recruiting kids from Ontario in general at least in recent years. We will still try to recruit them, but I don’t even flinch when they commit elsewhere. Like I think I can count on one hand the number of guys from Ontario on the team in the last few years. Michigan has the benefit of proximity. And a lot of Ontario kids are probably wanting more of a big school/big city. 40% of Canada’s population lives in Ontario, it’s much more urban than Western Canada. If we are going to get any “blue chips” they’ll be from Western Canada or the US. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 53 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said: We haven’t realistically had much luck recruiting kids from Ontario in general at least in recent years. We will still try to recruit them, but I don’t even flinch when they commit elsewhere. Like I think I can count on one hand the number of guys from Ontario on the team in the last few years. Michigan has the benefit of proximity. And a lot of Ontario kids are probably wanting more of a big school/big city. 40% of Canada’s population lives in Ontario, it’s much more urban than Western Canada. If we are going to get any “blue chips” they’ll be from Western Canada or the US. Makes sense, thanks for the reasoned response. I was looking more at the totality of MI's recruits, from the NTDP & USHL, & it seems like they lock down more 1st-round forwards from those leagues than UND does. McGroarty is a good example; he's from Lincoln, NE, closer to us than MI. And to your point, UND doesn't necessarily get the much sought-after Western Canadian boys; Celebrini (Vancouver, BC) opted for BU. Don't know if UND even tried to get him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadR Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 One thing I feel the staff has had a lapse in, they don't recruit during the season on weekends. They rely on scouts, contacts, video, etc. When is the last time you see one of the coaches miss a weekend game for a recruiting trip? That used to happen all the time. Now we seem to rely on our history, etc. We have (4) coaches now. I'd be fine if Simpson missed a game here or there to go recruit. Just my 2 cents. Curious what others think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 51 minutes ago, .357 said: Makes sense, thanks for the reasoned response. I was looking more at the totality of MI's recruits, from the NTDP & USHL, & it seems like they lock down more 1st-round forwards from those leagues than UND does. McGroarty is a good example; he's from Lincoln, NE, closer to us than MI. And to your point, UND doesn't necessarily get the much sought-after Western Canadian boys; Celebrini (Vancouver, BC) opted for BU. Don't know if UND even tried to get him. McGroarty isn’t really a great example. He was born in Lincoln, as his dad used to coach the Lincoln Stars, but he basically grew up and played all his organized hockey in Michigan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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