Prospective Recruits

[nascar99]

Really interested to see if Bill Zonnon goes NCAA. I know he flirted with that coming out of minor hockey before he chose to go major junior in the Q. Zonnon would be a great identity player who can produce at a place like Boston University or Boston College. Wonder if Penn State tries to throw a bag at him since he's been drafted by one of the teams in their backyard.

 

Wonder if Penn State tries to throw the bag even more at Flyers 1st rounder Porter Martone.

[scpa0305]

11 hours ago, SiouxFanatic said:

And Bear at #13

Bear is going back to Junior 

[cberkas]

Interesting 

[nascar99]

5 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Interesting 

The CHL should reduce their education packages if 85% of their guys are going NCAA where they're going to get some financial aid via scholarship. Lower costs for the CHL since the player pool can get much of their education covered.

[nascar99]

My Blackhawks selected Nathan Behm of the Kamloops Blazers in the Dub. Would love for Davidson to steer him to the NCAA, and more specifically, to North Dakota. Might need another year of junior and then come in in 2026-27, but he'd be a nice option.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Owen Martin of Winnipeg drafted in the 3rd round. Currently in Spokanistan, worth looking at for next year.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Alex Weirmaier is a surprising pick. Bailed on Denver early in the year and was never on the top line in Portland. It's far from certain he has a spot there next year as an overager. I think it's only one per team? 

[nascar99]

Just now, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Alex Weirmaier is a surprising pick. Bailed on Denver early in the year and was never on the top line in Portland. It's far from certain he has a spot there next year as an overager. I think it's only one per team? 

3 overagers per team

[nascar99]

Now we await what NHL teams advise their unsigned, uncommitted CHLers to do. A lot of longer term projects with size drafted today, all of em could use time in the NCAA.

[nascar99]

 

[scpa0305]

6 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Owen Martin of Winnipeg drafted in the 3rd round. Currently in Spokanistan, worth looking at for next year.

His team was good and with cristall and catton there he probably didn’t get any pp1 looks…but judging by his production I would say another year in the dub would serve him well. I’d be fine with hone committing for 26-27 though.

[nascar99]

11 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

His team was good and with cristall and catton there he probably didn’t get any pp1 looks…but judging by his production I would say another year in the dub would serve him well. I’d be fine with hone committing for 26-27 though.

I have 100% confidence in Chyzyk and Jackson that they have 15 different scenarios entered into an Excel/Google Sheets document that will help to stagger recruiting classes in terms of bringing guys in and make the rosters balanced going forward. Guessing they have 10-20 targets right now, many or most of which they've made a competitive offer for 2025-26 or at worst, 2026-27.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Nice blurb about Brady Martin spending draft day on the farm. Get him on campus for a tractor ride down University.

https://www.nhl.com/news/top-10-moments-from-2025-nhl-draft

[burd]

2 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Nice blurb about Brady Martin spending draft day on the farm. Get him on campus for a tractor ride down University.

https://www.nhl.com/news/top-10-moments-from-2025-nhl-draft

Back in the day, one of the bars in GF had rocky mountain oyster night.   Looks like he's from dairy country though, so maybe oyster hors d'oeuvres wouldn't work for him.   

[brianvf]

40 minutes ago, burd said:

Back in the day, one of the bars in GF had rocky mountain oyster night.   

Didn’t the Bronze Boot used to offer those?

[burd]

29 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Didn’t the Bronze Boot used to offer those?

That's it. 

[NDinCO]

1 hour ago, brianvf said:

Didn’t the Bronze Boot used to offer those?

Every Saturday afternoon. All you can eat nuts, cole slaw and hard rolls. Good price. Extra for a Schmidty Big Mouth. 

[cberkas]

Sounds like Julius Sumpf, 4th overall, is committing to Providence

[Tradition]

34 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Sounds like Julius Sumpf, 4th overall, is committing to Providence

98th overall. 4th round.

34 minutes ago, cberkas said:

[cberkas]

2 hours ago, Tradition said:

98th overall. 4th round.

Misread the post

[nascar99]

Look for Nesbitt to sign his ELC and come off the prospective recruiting board unless Briere & Jones really want him in the NCAA (at some point).

 

[nascar99]

Really interested to see who is recruiting Blake Vanek. Obviously Ottawa reached on him in the 3rd round, purely based on his size, but he was decent in a limited USHL sample to end the season after being very good at Stillwater HS.

Would make sense for him to go to Minnesota (if Motzko is recruiting him of course lol) but would completely understand if he wants to forge his own path and not have the pressure of having to live up to the expectations that would be put on him because of Thomas' career there. I'm going to guess Wisconsin will be in on him, Western Michigan too since Ferschweiler is recruiting Minnesotans very well as of late.

[atxsioux]

Looks like he's off to Wenatchee for next year which makes sense. 1 year of JRs likely before heading to college.

[nascar99]

9 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

Looks like he's off to Wenatchee for next year which makes sense. 1 year of JR likely before heading to college.

Yeah he's an August 2007 so he hasn't graduated HS. A full year of junior for Vanek will do him very well, might need 2 years in the Dub.

[nascar99]

Anyone hear anything about North Dakota target Dayne Beuker (2008, NTDP)? Pretty nuts that he hasn't committed anywhere yet