Prospective Recruits

[beastandco]

4 minutes ago, tnt said:

To that point, could that be the very reason we got Will Zellers?   I know he decommitted after BU recruited another top draft pick candidate. 

Top players want to play top minutes on top programs. NHL teams also want their draft picks playing significant roles. UND has talented players on the wing and have even more talent coming in a year (McKamey, Williams, Simpson, and Schultz). 
If UND gets the right guy(s) at center in the next couple of weeks, they are not only set up for next year but also set up even better for the year after. Imagine a lineup with Swanson, Gordon, Zellers, McKamey, and Williams with a guy putting up a PPG in the middle. If UND can grt a Boisvert type of recruit for next year, we are in a great position. 
 

Reading between the lines on Schloss’ pod yesterday makes me that UND is waiting on a very small group of CHLers to fill their remaining spots. They probably have an idea who it is, they are just working on making sure that player is eligible for next season with the NCAA.

 

[nascar99]

16 minutes ago, skateshattrick said:

What about Cooley and Knies?

Rare instances of them going after non Minnesotans and it worked out for them almost as well as possible. I do wonder if Snuggerud & Chesley were in his ear when Cooley was decommitting from Notre Dame, in order to get him to go to Minnesota with them. Peer recruiting isn't as common in hockey as it is in football obviously, but it does happen from time to time.

Motzko does recruit out of state more than Lucia and Woog, but that isn't super surprising since he did that when at St Cloud State. Regardless, Motzko and Minnesota really don't recruit Canadians except for a few older Junior A goalies.

[nascar99]

9 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Top players want to play top minutes on top programs. NHL teams also want their draft picks playing significant roles. UND has talented players on the wing and have even more talent coming in a year (McKamey, Williams, Simpson, and Schultz). 
If UND gets the right guy(s) at center in the next couple of weeks, they are not only set up for next year but also set up even better for the year after. Imagine a lineup with Swanson, Gordon, Zellers, McKamey, and Williams with a guy putting up a PPG in the middle. If UND can grt a Boisvert type of recruit for next year, we are in a great position. 
 

Reading between the lines on Schloss’ pod yesterday makes me that UND is waiting on a very small group of CHLers to fill their remaining spots. They probably have an idea who it is, they are just working on making sure that player is eligible for next season with the NCAA.

 

They're also waiting to see some of these guys' decisions on going NCAA or not, and what their NHL teams will say after drafting them this summer. McQueen, Reschny, Kindel, Lakovic, Smith, Bear, Cootes, Schmidt, Fiddler, Ravensbergen, Behm are all Dub guys who are talented enough to go to the NCAA in their D+1: they could be steered towards committing by teams such as Philadelphia, Detroit, Calgary, Montreal, St Louis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, etc if those teams are convinced the NCAA route is better for their development for the next 1-2 years before signing and turning pro.

[gfhockey]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Eric Nilson to MSU….crazy big get, holy buckets. Talk about reloading. These big10 teams

Was told we didn’t want him

[brianvf]

27 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Was told we didn’t want him

Was told that he'll end up just staying overseas.

[siouxforce19]

1 hour ago, nascar99 said:

They're also waiting to see some of these guys' decisions on going NCAA or not, and what their NHL teams will say after drafting them this summer. McQueen, Reschny, Kindel, Lakovic, Smith, Bear, Cootes, Schmidt, Fiddler, Ravensbergen, Behm are all Dub guys who are talented enough to go to the NCAA in their D+1: they could be steered towards committing by teams such as Philadelphia, Detroit, Calgary, Montreal, St Louis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, etc if those teams are convinced the NCAA route is better for their development for the next 1-2 years before signing and turning pro.

For what it’s worth Cole Reschny recently started following UND on instagram. So I am reading between the lines that he’s a player we are after that has some interest in coming here. 

[nascar99]

18 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

For what it’s worth Cole Reschny recently started following UND on instagram. So I am reading between the lines that he’s a player we are after that has some interest in coming here. 

Love to hear that, good sign.

[beastandco]

1 minute ago, nascar99 said:

Love to heart that, good sign.

Only follows 303 accounts. Does anyone follow him to see if he follows other teams?

[Esoteric]

For people who have more information about inner workings of the team clubhouse.  What type of nuances take place within the clubhouse environment that leads to team solidarity or the fracturing of team solidarity with new players.

[brianvf]

16 minutes ago, Esoteric said:

For people who have more information about inner workings of the team clubhouse.  What type of nuances take place within the clubhouse environment that leads to team solidarity or the fracturing of team solidarity with new players.

You absolutely, 100% don't want one of the team captains hitting on other teammates girlfriends.
That is for sure a way to fracture some team solidarity.

Also you probably don't want the HC to play the lesser skilled upperclassmen in more prominent roles that could be given to higher skilled underclassmen.
That can cause some division, especially if the team is under-performing.

Just spitballin' here.   

[hockeytherapy13]

5 hours ago, beastandco said:

Only follows 303 accounts. Does anyone follow him to see if he follows other teams?

He follows 64 ncaa teams, 32 NHL teams, 150 euro pro teams and 56 Russian pro teams, and @gfhockey. That’s 303. We’ve got this.

[brianvf]

Breaks commitment to CC, now heading to ASU:

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

On 5/23/2025 at 12:46 PM, beastandco said:

Only follows 303 accounts. Does anyone follow him to see if he follows other teams?

He follows UND and BC. Encouraging to see no B1G or Denver/ASU. Hoping for good news after the draft. 

[nodakgirl93]

2 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

He follows UND and BC. Encouraging to see no B1G or Denver/ASU. Hoping for good news after the draft. 

Are you following him? 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

7 minutes ago, nodakgirl93 said:

Are you following him? 

Yes, followed after the initial mention but am not an active user so not sure how long it took him to accept.

[beastandco]

1 hour ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

He follows UND and BC. Encouraging to see no B1G or Denver/ASU. Hoping for good news after the draft. 

I heard BC offered him 100k from a source that is wrong more than he is right. Considering he recently followed UND, he must have significant interest. I know I would not follow a team for no reason.

[Brett0909]

54 minutes ago, beastandco said:

I heard BC offered him 100k from a source that is wrong more than he is right. Considering he recently followed UND, he must have significant interest. I know I would not follow a team for no reason.

Here’s hoping we don’t start to see a lot more “competing interest” just to drive up the NIL offers in this new landscape. Not saying that’s happening here, just occurred to me some will be trying to create bidding wars. Still recall UND being used as a threat for some prospective targets to manipulate the draft by their preferred CHL team. Strange new world…

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 5/22/2025 at 8:25 PM, yzerman19 said:

To put it another way, if you are a kid that is NHL bound...and every top school wants you...what is it right now that says UND?

the chef and the weight room

[90siouxfan]

4 hours ago, beastandco said:

I heard BC offered him 100k from a source that is wrong more than he is right. Considering he recently followed UND, he must have significant interest. I know I would not follow a team for no reason.

perhaps the reason is a negotiating ploy to get more moola out of BC?

[SiouxForever]

10 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

perhaps the reason is a negotiating ploy to get more moola out of BC?

Other than a prospect that has been there before like Sacha Boisvert and put up points in college hockey already, it's crazy to see these huge ploys to pay a player in college hockey. 

Are some of these big recruits worth a $100K or more to come to a school? The answer is no, but that is currently the landscape of college sports. 

[siouxfan512]

Any new info on Mckenna? I know some on here have said we had no shot at him, but his season is over and still no commitment, which makes me wonder if he is still openly being recruited. Rumors? Thoughts?

[ChadR]

11 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

Any new info on Mckenna? I know some on here have said we had no shot at him, but his season is over and still no commitment, which makes me wonder if he is still openly being recruited. Rumors? Thoughts?

Season is still going - Memorial Cup.

[atxsioux]

I’m a little more optimistic than most. Naurato seeming to be kinda incompetent might help us out in the recruitment. We’ll hear his commitment in the next 1-2 weeks after the memorial cup is over. He’s gona get some ridicule for going the NCAA route so don’t blame him for waiting to commit post CHL season

[cberkas]

2 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

I’m a little more optimistic than most. Naurato seeming to be kinda incompetent might help us out in the recruitment. We’ll hear his commitment in the next 1-2 weeks after the memorial cup is over. He’s gona get some ridicule for going the NCAA route so don’t blame him for waiting to commit post CHL season

I've heard people don't like Naurato. 

[siouxfan512]

12 minutes ago, ChadR said:

Season is still going - Memorial Cup.

Didn't realize that. I thought they were done. Shows how closely I follow it.