Prospective Recruits

[brianvf]

Lose Augustine, get Ravensbergen.  
They'll be a contender again next season.  Reloading nicely.

[nascar99]

7 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Lose Augustine, get Ravensbergen.  
They'll be a contender again next season.  Reloading nicely.

Nightingale knows what he's doing

[beastandco]

8 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Josh Ravensbergen (2007, North Vancouver BC, Prince George Cougars, 2025 San Jose 1st rounder) commits to Michigan State per Kevin Weekes

 

This is the biggest CHL commitment in quite some time. I’m surprised this was announced during the season and it makes me wonder if the player wanted this to get out given it did not come from him. 
 

The floodgates will probably open up here in the next couple of months. This might mean that Prince George’s top defenseman is going NCAA as well…

[cberkas]

Really its dumb to not announce your commitment once it's made. The CHL team isn't going to punish the player because they'd look bad. The team knowing right away gives them time to plan for when the player leaves and build a relationship with the college that recruited them. 

[tnt]

22 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Really its dumb to not announce your commitment once it's made. The CHL team isn't going to punish the player because they'd look bad. The team knowing right away gives them time to plan for when the player leaves and build a relationship with the college that recruited them. 

I think it might be more of what it does to a team dynamic.  Probably is known anyway, but if the team struggles people could sometimes wrongly theorize that everyone isn’t all in.  I think Perron was already at Michigan at Christmas last year.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

And if Berry knew this he should have been on the bench. 

[tnt]

3 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

And if Berry knew this he should have been on the bench. 

So you’re arguing for players to keep commitments under wraps until the end of the season.

[tnt]

1 hour ago, beastandco said:

This is the biggest CHL commitment in quite some time. I’m surprised this was announced during the season and it makes me wonder if the player wanted this to get out given it did not come from him. 
 

The floodgates will probably open up here in the next couple of months. This might mean that Prince George’s top defenseman is going NCAA as well…

You mean Carson Carels!  Fingers crossed.

[.357]

1 hour ago, beastandco said:

This is the biggest CHL commitment in quite some time. I’m surprised this was announced during the season and it makes me wonder if the player wanted this to get out given it did not come from him. 
 

The floodgates will probably open up here in the next couple of months. This might mean that Prince George’s top defenseman is going NCAA as well…

Not sure about eligibility requirements in the CHL, but maybe he announced early because he's aging out, like MacKenzie. Both are 19. 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

17 minutes ago, tnt said:

So you’re arguing for players to keep commitments under wraps until the end of the season.

I mean if you tell people your leaving for another team your already checked out and let someone who wants to be here play. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

25 minutes ago, .357 said:

Not sure about eligibility requirements in the CHL, but maybe he announced early because he's aging out, like MacKenzie. Both are 19. 

They are not likely to use goalies for their overager slots, that's why Spunar went from WHL to USHL for his final year of juniors.

[.357]

2 hours ago, nascar99 said:

Nightingale knows what he's doing

Indeed, his recruiting is par excellent, but winning a title will elevate his reputation as well as his program's to the next level. It's one thing to recruit well, and another knowing how to coach in big-game situations, like Ferschweiler & Carle. He hasn't demonstrated that, not yet anyway.