Prospective Recruits

[tnt]

12 hours ago, yzerman19 said:

I don't want to be looking for diamonds in the rough...Parise and Toews were no questions asked absolute blue chippers...Sanderson too

The thing about players like Parise, Toews and Oshie is that they were super skilled, but they were also the hardest workers, just relentless.  Don't know that we have had many of our best players being the hardest workers lately.  It is kind of hard for the other less skilled guys to be slacking, when you see the elite players with a dog on bone attitude.  

[yzerman19]

45 minutes ago, tnt said:

The thing about players like Parise, Toews and Oshie is that they were super skilled, but they were also the hardest workers, just relentless.  Don't know that we have had many of our best players being the hardest workers lately.  It is kind of hard for the other less skilled guys to be slacking, when you see the elite players with a dog on bone attitude.  

100%...when a player is the hardest worker and has skill that others don't have, you have something special...all three you mentioned had both in spades

[yzerman19]

53 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

A click aggressive here…but i suppose you are correct if you’re talking about the bluest of blue chips.  

i agree...that's a couple drinks in, and I caveated it : )

 

[scpa0305]

BC with a big get out of Slovakia Luka Radivojevic.

[yzerman19]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

I agree with most of your posts….but there are a ton of high high end head coaches that were dmen. Hak was a dman…heck Carle was a dman too and that guy has been on a heater.  I actually love when coaches were dmen….but I agree. We need more blue chips year in and year out to consistently compete.

thanks buddy, if you read my post i posit that as a question...no doubt there are excellent ex-D coaches.  I wonder if it is more to do with era you played in vs position you played?

[yzerman19]

back to my aggressive comment...here's a great example.  Liam Pue is an absolute blue chip stud 2010.  He is playing up into u18 in BC.  So he's 14 turning 15 playing vs 16 and 17 year olds and doing a great job.  However, if you are a stud 16/17 in BC, why are you not in the WHL or BCHL?  You would be if you were ready/good enough.  So, i have seen Pue many times and agree that he is a top 10 player in his birthyear.  He's also a great kid.  I am a fan and want to see him make it.  It makes sense for him to play up out there.  The best analogy however would be that he is playing varsity high school hockey in minnesota as a freshman.   

[scpa0305]

5 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

back to my aggressive comment...here's a great example.  Liam Pue is an absolute blue chip stud 2010.  He is playing up into u18 in BC.  So he's 14 turning 15 playing vs 16 and 17 year olds and doing a great job.  However, if you are a stud 16/17 in BC, why are you not in the WHL or BCHL?  You would be if you were ready/good enough.  So, i have seen Pue many times and agree that he is a top 10 player in his birthyear.  He's also a great kid.  I am a fan and want to see him make it.  It makes sense for him to play up out there.  The best analogy however would be that he is playing varsity high school hockey in minnesota as a freshman.   

Completely agree. Ryker Lee/Will Zellers are two that played prep last year that are doing really well in the USHL. But…as good as Zellers is doing, he’s def not a “blue chip”. Should be a nice college player at some point though. Lee…he’s a late bloomer I’ve heard. Currently projected as a 2nd/3rd….although someone recently told me he may sneak in the late first. There’s always outliers though, much tougher to locate the outliers however.

[scpa0305]

Loic Usereau to Maine….numbers seem decent in the Q. Barr seems to be a really nice recruiter. Maine is def back.

[cberkas]

Since the team isn’t playing I’d expect to have some recruits announced these two weeks. So far one week is almost done. 

[scpa0305]

1 hour ago, yzerman19 said:

thanks buddy, if you read my post i posit that as a question...no doubt there are excellent ex-D coaches.  I wonder if it is more to do with era you played in vs position you played?

Probably

[cberkas]

Austin Zemlak to ASU

It feels like the meme of the figure poking something saying do something. Are the coaches even trying to recruit? They need to stop looking at rosters of who might be in the portal and go out and recruit. 

[AJS]

24 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Austin Zemlak to ASU

It feels like the meme of the figure poking something saying do something. Are the coaches even trying to recruit? They need to stop looking at rosters of who might be in the portal and go out and recruit. 

Too busy giving the media their talking points on how to justify what’s happening.

[KTF]

I'm wondering if they've talked with several "blue chippas" from the CHL and have some soft commits on one or two but those players are waiting until after the NHL draft to announce their intentions?

 

 

 

[dustnyou]

2 hours ago, KTF said:

I'm wondering if they've talked with several "blue chippas" from the CHL and have some soft commits on one or two but those players are waiting until after the NHL draft to announce their intentions?

 

 

 

Yes 

[siouxforce19]

3 hours ago, KTF said:

I'm wondering if they've talked with several "blue chippas" from the CHL and have some soft commits on one or two but those players are waiting until after the NHL draft to announce their intentions?

 

 

 

I was thinking when the CHL season is over, but same idea. 

[cberkas]

Sounds like Maddox Schultz isn't applying for exceptional status to play in the WHL next year. But he can play 34 games in the WHL next season. 

[cberkas]

BGSU seems to be getting some good CHL players

Ty Higgins commits to BGSU

[cberkas]

Justin Cote to Clarkson, a really nice get for them.

There are teams taking advantage of the CHL. 

[cberkas]

Luke Shipley to Lowell a really nice defenseman out of WHL.

[brianvf]

58 minutes ago, cberkas said:

There are teams taking advantage of the CHL. 

To me it seems like this is just the tip of the iceberg with the CHL commits.
Not many of the "major" schools have signed CHL commits...and not many of the CHL players already committed have been the really high end talent.

I think once the season is over we'll see more of the high end talent from the CHL signing with the upper tier NCAA programs.
We just have to hope that UND is amongst those teams landing those players...

[KTF]

15 hours ago, brianvf said:

To me it seems like this is just the tip of the iceberg with the CHL commits.
Not many of the "major" schools have signed CHL commits...and not many of the CHL players already committed have been the really high end talent.

I think once the season is over we'll see more of the high end talent from the CHL signing with the upper tier NCAA programs.
We just have to hope that UND is amongst those teams landing those players...

 Who should they be focusing on? A ton of rumors about Michael Misa going out east or even Minnesota. I'd love to know who exactly has the coaching staff talked to? 

[yzerman19]

Now say what you will about scouting services (this is credit to Neutral Zone), but here is their list of Chippahs (4.5 star and up) for USHL midterm draft and WHL midterm draft...USA WHL, Canada WHL, Canada OHL, USHL in that order.  They've got 25 identified in the 2009/2010 birth year and haven't done USA OHL

Rank	Name	Pos	Team	Rating
1	Joseph Cullen	F	Moorhead BAA	4.75
2	Parker Colmer	F	Shattuck U14	4.5
3	RJ Thompson	F	Little Caesers U14	4.5
4	Maverick Mckinnon	F	Forest Lake HS	4.5

Rank	Player Name	Pos	Team	League	Star Rating
1	Maddox Schultz	F	Regina Pats U18	SMAAAHL	4.75
2	Liam Pue	F	Langley HA	JPHLU18	4.5
3	Louis Oscar Holowaychuk	F	St. Georges	CSU15P	4.5
4	Nolan Wolitski	D	NAX	CSU15P	4.5
5	Thor Liffiton	D	Calgary Northstars	AEHL U15	4.5

Rank	Player	Position	Team	NZ Star Ranking
1	Camryn Warren	C	Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16 AAA	4.50
2	Charlie Murata	LW	Don Mills Flyers U16 AAA	4.50
3	Brock Chitaroni	RW	Barrie Jr. Colts U16 AAA	4.50
4	Kaden McGregor	C	Ottawa Valley Titans U16 AAA	4.50
5	Jaakko Wycisk	C	Sun County Panthers U16 AAA	4.50
6	Carter Kunopaski	LD	Ottawa Valley Titans U16 AAA	4.50
7	Kieran Raynor	C	Niagara North Stars U16 AAA	4.50
8	Noah Laus	LW	Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16 AAA	4.50
9	Max Delisle	C	Toronto Titans U16 AAA

Rank	Name	Position	Team	Star Rating
1	Alexander Milojevic	C	Chicago Mission 15’s	4.5
2	Rocco Pelosi	C	Mount St. Charles Academy 15’s	4.5
3	Freddie Schneider	C	Edina HS Hornets	4.5
4	Nolan Fitzhenry	LW	Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres 16U	4.5
5	Carter Meyer	C	Rivers School Wings	4.5
6	Broden McArthur	RD	Dallas Stars Elite 16U	4.5

[burd]

On 1/23/2025 at 9:05 AM, scpa0305 said:

I agree with most of your posts….but there are a ton of high high end head coaches that were dmen. Hak was a dman…heck Carle was a dman too and that guy has been on a heater.  I actually love when coaches were dmen….but I agree. We need more blue chips year in and year out to consistently compete.

Thing is, ALL of our coaches played D.  

[skateshattrick]

55 minutes ago, burd said:

Thing is, ALL of our coaches played D.  

Wrong. Dane Jackson was a forward and Karl was a goalie.

[burd]

7 minutes ago, skateshattrick said:

Wrong. Dane Jackson was a forward and Karl was a goalie.

Wrong on Dane.   Goalies don't score a lot of points.