Prospective Recruits

[Fratt Mattin]

3 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Combine the rosters of two sub .500 teams and see how they do.    

Burnevik can fire the puck, he'll score wherever he goes. Henricks would be a great pickup.
Defense will still be an issue at UMN even with the potential Henricks addition unless they revamp everyone else.
Probably one of the worst d-corps at UMN in years and their record reflected it.

Yeah I’m just assuming other improvements as well. Guessing Larson trims the fat and adds 1-2 more portal d-men. I also think we see them get 1-2 big CHL names. The checkbook will be open after this year’s disaster of a season 

[brianvf]

Just now, Fratt Mattin said:

Yeah I’m just assuming other improvements as well. Guessing Larson trims the fat and adds 1-2 more portal d-men. I also think we see them get 1-2 big CHL names. 

I would love to see the CHL studs reject any UMN offers after decades and decades of UMN anti-Canadian arrogance.    

[beastandco]

2 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

Yeah I’m just assuming other improvements as well. Guessing Larson trims the fat and adds 1-2 more portal d-men. I also think we see them get 1-2 big CHL names. The checkbook will be open after this year’s disaster of a season 

I believe the three St. Cloud forwards are headed to Dinkytown. Henricks is probable. I imagine they are trying to lure a few veteran defensemen from the portal. Most of their offseason will consist of combining the two rosters/committed lists. They have to lose a few players to get to under the roster limit.

[Johnny Five]

2 hours ago, thUNDer said:

Didn’t know where to put this but hearing Mathew Grimes decommited from Minny 

I believe Luken Huff decommitted from SCSU a few days ago.  He had been committed to Larson since February of 2024.  6-3 195ish and a physical presence not really attributed to UM style of play.....perhaps there's a relation to that and the Grimes move as well.  

Larson was a great listen with Jupiter and Vegoe on GPL last night.  It's going to be a wild couple weeks in dinkytown.

[Johnny Five]

Larson also had a couple commits on the blue line from Canada and has been vocal with the media about his ties up there.  

[brianvf]

21 minutes ago, Johnny Five said:

Larson also had a couple commits on the blue line from Canada and has been vocal with the media about his ties up there.  

It's gonna be difficult for some UMN fans if he starts getting a few Canadians on their roster.

[Johnny Five]

10 minutes ago, brianvf said:

It's gonna be difficult for some UMN fans if he starts getting a few Canadians on their roster.

IMO that's a thing of the past.  Not quite as distant as "UND is just a bunch of 25 year old canadians."  As long as they're still getting some of the best out of Minnesota, which they are, they need to sprinkle in some of that.  I don't think any of us would've been pissed about Reschny, Verhoeff, Malone or McKenna - :-).  

Larson was also on another podcast this week and said they've already been up North since he started and there's a couple targets that would help immediately.  

[brianvf]

 

[nascar99]

4 hours ago, Johnny Five said:

IMO that's a thing of the past.  Not quite as distant as "UND is just a bunch of 25 year old canadians."  As long as they're still getting some of the best out of Minnesota, which they are, they need to sprinkle in some of that.  I don't think any of us would've been pissed about Reschny, Verhoeff, Malone or McKenna - :-).  

Larson was also on another podcast this week and said they've already been up North since he started and there's a couple targets that would help immediately.  

Martone*

[nascar99]

4 hours ago, brianvf said:

It's gonna be difficult for some UMN fans if he starts getting a few Canadians on their roster.

I think a majority/plurality Canadian Minnesota roster would be hilarious, especially to see the insular tribalist Goofers fans "stop watching" or whatever they said they'd do with a very Canadian roster.

[nascar99]

Some observations: the USHL is harder to score in obviously, so the guys who do produce well are super impressive, but man, so many guys throughout that league who have pretty brutal junior production. Stacking a lot of the best young talent on one team (NTDP) means that a lot of the other teams/roster spots are filled with pretty meh players.

Doesn't mean they can't be good NCAA players, but just means there's less pure offensive talent in that league.