Prospective Recruits

[yzerman19]

Embarrassing...but it was the US JV squad, so that's positive.  

[yzerman19]

The Canadian announcers fluffing their feathers...they know the U.S. doesn't send the top dogs...I guess they are just trying to make Canada hopeful after all their recent disappointments.  
 

the reality is COVID restrictions destroyed Canadian hockey.  Ontario is a full year behind, that's why western canada is leading the charge.  The kid who went #2 in the OHL draft was cut from NTDP....just think about that...he was at the 40 man and didn't make it.

[yzerman19]

Schultz and Pue are great and stack up great with the best US 2010's so no knock on them

[yzerman19]

Add this too.  The kid they tried get exceptional status for in this years OHL draft (Kade O'Rourke) spent the Covid years in Texas and is a US citizen

[scpa0305]

46 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

Embarrassing...but it was the US JV squad, so that's positive.  

They didn’t show up. That team was much better than that. 

[yzerman19]

I was frustrated last night and had a couple pops, but the reality is they sent their best and we didn't send Meyer or Fitzy or Nelson or Willis or Sears or Guitierrez.  The score reflects that.

[scpa0305]

3 hours ago, yzerman19 said:

I was frustrated last night and had a couple pops, but the reality is they sent their best and we didn't send Meyer or Fitzy or Nelson or Willis or Sears or Guitierrez.  The score reflects that.

100%. But Canada dominated them last night worse than they dominated Germany. I was frustrated with the showing as well as the score should have been much closer. The shot/possession disparity was embarrassing. 

[thUNDer]

What was that, not a gold medal game regardless! We switched to banana ball 😊

[Wilbur]

Pre tournament you could kind of write the outcome with who Canada had and who didn't head north for USA.  I didn't have 8-1 on my bingo card, but I had the boys keeping it to a respectable outcome.  

[yzerman19]

I am a hockey nerd and re-watched that game.  My takeaways were that our D and C play were pretty bad.  Not every shift, but as a whole.  Too many centers not playing on the right side of the puck.  too many D that just couldn't get pucks up and out and on the tape.  Our wingers were good when they were engaged.  You need centers who create advantage with or without the puck across all 200 feet and you need D that can move it up

 

[cberkas]

Xavier Wendt to St. Thomas

Would have like to land him

[Fratt Mattin]

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

Xavier Wendt to St. Thomas

Would have like to land him

I don’t think we had room given I expect Heil to be a 3-4 year guy, but I agree. Great get for the Tommies 

[nascar99]

Easton Dozark (2010, Sioux Falls SD, Portland Winterhawks, WHL) commits to Western Michigan

[Fratt Mattin]

24 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Easton Dozark (2010, Sioux Falls SD, Portland Winterhawks, WHL) commits to Western Michigan

Tough one for us. Thought we’d be the front runner for him

[scpa0305]

6 minutes ago, Fratt Mattin said:

Tough one for us. Thought we’d be the front runner for him

Me too 

[yzerman19]

Dozark is a great player.  I think he's the #2 Dman in the 2010 birth year after Daley.

[brianvf]

Great get for them.
Was hoping we were the frontrunner for him, because I doubt we get Daley.

[yzerman19]

4 best uncommitted players in the 2010 birthyear are Daley, Schultz, Pue, and Thompson.

[brianvf]

14 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

4 best uncommitted players in the 2010 birthyear are Daley, Schultz, Pue, and Thompson.

Agreed.

Think we get two of those?  

[yzerman19]

I'm sure we are in the mix on all of them.  Daley is the long shot being from back east.  

[yzerman19]

Daley you have a great puck moving Dman who can operate anywhere on the ice and change the game.  He is kinda a Neidermaier.  You notice the offense and transition and don't notice the dzone, reason being he doesn't screw up the dzone.  

Schultz is probably the best 200 foot forward in the world for 2010s.  He's kinda a Bergeron player.

Pue is the best pure goal scorer for 2010s.  I think he's Pastrnak comparable.

Thompson is a pace driven center. He is very smart 200 feet and skates in the top 10 in the world for the birthyear (speed and edgework).  Kinda a Dylan Larkin.

[I Ranger]

4 hours ago, brianvf said:

Great get for them.
Was hoping we were the frontrunner for him, because I doubt we get Daley.

I'm guessing we haven't offered him yet which is why he committed to Western? Just a pure guess though just thinking we would have been a favorite if so.