Prospective Recruits

[I Ranger]

47 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Brayden Willis to the goofs, I though we had  been in on him.

Nope we didn't show much interest unfortunately. He chose Minny over Wisco. 

[Johnny Five]

Couple great pickups for Larson after losing out on Fitzhenry and the minute chance at adding DuPont for this year.  Not sure how hard he had to work for Schneider or Willis, but a nice week nonetheless.  

 

[scpa0305]

On 6/25/2026 at 5:38 PM, brianvf said:

Schneider is a fine pickup for UMN, but I lol'd when I saw that PuckPreps listed him as a 5-star.
If Schneider is a 5-star, then Fitzhenry must be an 8-star.    

 

Freddie is high end. Didn’t have quite the start he wanted and eventually tore his achilles once he started finding his groove.  He’s really really good.

[atxsioux]

On 6/28/2026 at 3:59 PM, brianvf said:

Can't believe that Preston fell all the way to #50...he had multiple projections in mid to late 1st round.
Sounds like he's going back to the Dub for another year, then maybe NCAA after that?

Granted I haven't watch Jaxson Cover play at all but it sounds like he's still incredibly raw per the prospect guys on the athletic

 

Have a hard time seeing how a team would take a chance on him in the late first compared to Preston

[cberkas]

24 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

Granted I haven't watch Jaxson Cover play at all but it sounds like he's still incredibly raw per the prospect guys on the athletic

 

Have a hard time seeing how a team would take a chance on him in the late first compared to Preston

Felt that was a reach for Ottawa with a pick they had to use

[nascar99]

2 hours ago, atxsioux said:

Granted I haven't watch Jaxon Cover play at all but it sounds like he's still incredibly raw per the prospect guys on the athletic

 

Have a hard time seeing how a team would take a chance on him in the late first compared to Preston

London doesn't play their 17 year olds huge minutes unless they're Patrick Kane level rockstars, so their stats are deflated and teams like the higher ceiling potential they have. Same thing happened to Luke Evangelista and Easton Cowan.

 

Regarding Preston, some have wondered if medical reports had flags. Additionally, his production in the Dub this past year was legitimately disappointing. I think he's a Penn State or Boston College guy if he goes NCAA for his D+2.

[jk]

Cover has a bit of an Oshie background, developed his skills in inline hockey and came to ice in his teens.