Prospective Recruits

[gfhockey]

Did we offer townsend 

[The Sicatoka]

Of that list of five, that became six, here's what's uncommitted:

• Keith McInnis 
• Danny Nelson to Our Lady of South Bend (brother there) 
• EJ Emery 
• Will Zellers 
• Brendan McMorrow to DU
• Cole Eiserman

[SiouxScore]

1 hour ago, gfhockey said:

Did we offer townsend 

I would hope so.

[Goon]

 

 

[SiouxForever]

38 minutes ago, Goon said:

 

 

Nice! Go get another one. 

[brianvf]

• Keith McInnis -- UND!
• Danny Nelson -- Notre Dame
• EJ Emery 
• Will Zellers 
• Brendan McMorrow -- DU
• Cole Eiserman

[The Sicatoka]

16 hours ago, brianvf said:

• Keith McInnis -- UND!
• Danny Nelson -- Notre Dame
• EJ Emery 
• Will Zellers 
• Brendan McMorrow -- DU
• Cole Eiserman

Sasha Boisvert should’ve been on this list but isn’t. Why? We got him before someone put this list together.   

[burd]

It's disturbing to see that Berry evidently knows how to get chippahs to commit but doesn't do it nearly as often as he should, us having a better rink than either UMD or DU.   But I guess most fans will settle for also-ran.  

[SiouxScore]

In the article from Schloss McInnis picked us over Duluth and Michigan

[scpa0305]

Eiserman to the goofs

This trend is tough to watch…motzco cleaning up at the moment. They have the top 4-5 kids in the 06 class.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

42 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Eiserman to the goofs

This trend is tough to watch…motzco cleaning up at the moment. They have the top 4-5 kids in the 06 class.

Makes me miss Lucia.

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Eiserman to the goofs

This trend is tough to watch…motzco cleaning up at the moment. They have the top 4-5 kids in the 06 class.

Ouch, that's a tough one.
Sounds like a few of the top SSM kids made a "pact" to play together at the college level as well.  It's just unfortunate that they chose UMN to play at.

We all saw how well it worked out for BU and Michigan when they got a huge chunk of highly recruited players at once.
They all lasted 1-2 years in college and not one of them brought home a national title at the end of the year.

Still...we need Berry to land a few of these players. 

[gfhockey]

Thought we were ok with one out of 6?

 

kind of like one and done in ncaa tourneys everything is acceptable

[fightingsioux4life]

3 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Eiserman to the goofs

This trend is tough to watch…motzco cleaning up at the moment. They have the top 4-5 kids in the 06 class.

Who needs him, we have "culture". 

[scpa0305]

3 hours ago, brianvf said:

Ouch, that's a tough one.
Sounds like a few of the top SSM kids made a "pact" to play together at the college level as well.  It's just unfortunate that they chose UMN to play at.

We all saw how well it worked out for BU and Michigan when they got a huge chunk of highly recruited players at once.
They all lasted 1-2 years in college and not one of them brought home a national title at the end of the year.

Still...we need Berry to land a few of these players. 

Mich was really good last year.

[SiouxFanatic]

10 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Mich was really good last year.

Yet a more seasoned team not littered with first and second rounders was better.

[tnt]

36 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Yet a more seasoned team not littered with first and second rounders was better.

…and let’s be honest, except for Covid they probably wouldn’t have had Power, Johnson and possibly a few others. I would have liked our chances to get a lot further if Sanderson had stayed healthy.

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Mich was really good last year.

Yes they were, and they were fun to watch.
They couldn't bring home the big trophy at the end though, much like the loaded BU team a few years before them.
Let's hope UMN follows in that same path with all the young talent that they're bringing in.   

Quite the recruiting month for them though. 

[Brett0909]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Mich was really good last year.

Agreed…Interesting on here how we justify not having “loaded teams” by reminding how they didn’t win it all. Ie, a loaded team HAS to be a champion or they’re a failure. Just my perspective, but I’d LOVE to watch a team full of first round talent doing ridiculous things on the ice and PP all year who has as good a chance as anyone to win it all, then enjoy as those men go on to be stars in the NHL and provide brand recognition for the next 20 years. 

Not saying that should be our strategy or is the only way to try to win, but doesn’t sound half bad to me. I don’t think Michigan or BU fans are complaining too much, even if they had sky high expectations that ultimately fell short (just like UND fans do many years when we don’t win it all). Boo on not getting Eiserman and double boo that the Goph’s did. 

[brianvf]

 

41 minutes ago, Brett0909 said:

a loaded team HAS to be a champion or they’re a failure. 

Quite true.  

I love watching talented teams. Last year UND went thru spurts of playing excellent hockey and it was great to watch and enjoy. This year has the potential to be even better. We’ll see what happens. I’ll watch regardless of how many 1st rounders we have on the team. 

[The Sicatoka]

14 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Thought we were ok with one out of 6?

 

kind of like one and done in ncaa tourneys everything is acceptable

We got Boisvert and McInnis.
That's after getting Perron, Livanavage, Wiebe, Strathmann, Klee, and Slipec the year before. 

 

[AJS]

9 hours ago, Brett0909 said:

Agreed…Interesting on here how we justify not having “loaded teams” by reminding how they didn’t win it all. Ie, a loaded team HAS to be a champion or they’re a failure. Just my perspective, but I’d LOVE to watch a team full of first round talent doing ridiculous things on the ice and PP all year who has as good a chance as anyone to win it all, then enjoy as those men go on to be stars in the NHL and provide brand recognition for the next 20 years. 

Not saying that should be our strategy or is the only way to try to win, but doesn’t sound half bad to me. I don’t think Michigan or BU fans are complaining too much, even if they had sky high expectations that ultimately fell short (just like UND fans do many years when we don’t win it all). Boo on not getting Eiserman and double boo that the Goph’s did. 

Wish I could like this more then once. What I bolded is my least favorite take on siouxsports. 

Any word on Mac Swanson? Fargo Force tender this year, had a great 5 Nations Tournament, dad was an All-timer at CC. Him and Zellers would be an amazing compliment to Boisvert in this cycle. 

 

 

[scpa0305]

11 hours ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Yet a more seasoned team not littered with first and second rounders was better.

That one game…sh!t we’ve lost in similar fashion what 3 times straight now? Come on, we’re all Sioux fans but saying something remotely positive about another program shouldn’t be a crime.

[tnt]

11 minutes ago, AJS said:

Wish I could like this more then once. What I bolded is my least favorite take on siouxsports. 

Any word on Mac Swanson? Fargo Force tender this year, had a great 5 Nations Tournament, dad was an All-timer at CC. Him and Zellers would be an amazing compliment to Boisvert in this cycle. 

 

 

My least favorite take on Sioux Sports is the people who complain about our lack of talent and even after winning a league title continue to complain.  "Enjoy the season". 

[AJS]

11 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

We got Boisvert and McInnis.
That's after getting Perron, Livanavage, Wiebe, Strathmann, Klee, and Slipec the year before. 

 

If you are ranking the top two recruits of each school on this recruiting cycle, Boisvert / McInnis puts UND in the Top 5. They might be Top 3. This would be talking the average recruit ranking (based on 'stars' given by PuckPreps / Neutral Zone). There's still so much talent out there. Get an Emery, Swanson or Zellers next and you start to get the quantity along with the quality.