Prospective Recruits

[gfhockey]

36 minutes ago, SuhakiYeahYeah said:

I wasn't really holding my breath on him anyways

I don’t think we wanted him

[The Sicatoka]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Artyom levshunov to MSU…huge get. Interesting what a new coach can do for recruiting 

A guy like that looking this late was tailor made for a situation like Mankato, where they just bled out a coach, an assistant, half the roster, half the recruits, a trainer, the skater sharpener (both machine and operator), and two rats and a field mouse that are living in the locker room. 

[Tbone]

13 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

A guy like that looking this late was tailor made for a situation like Mankato, where they just bled out a coach, an assistant, half the roster, half the recruits, a trainer, the skater sharpener (both machine and operator), and two rats and a field mouse that are living in the locker room. 

I was thinking that he was going to the Spartans, not the purple cows

[SpudsSioux]

Correct. Spartans, not Mavs.

[AJS]

33 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

A guy like that looking this late was tailor made for a situation like Mankato, where they just bled out a coach, an assistant, half the roster, half the recruits, a trainer, the skater sharpener (both machine and operator), and two rats and a field mouse that are living in the locker room. 

 

21 minutes ago, Tbone said:

I was thinking that he was going to the Spartans, not the purple cows

He is going to Michigan State, not Mankato. 

[The Sicatoka]

I saw "MSU" and thought purple cows. Whups. 

Going Sparty is most curious. A B1G should've had a set roster long before July 24. 

[scpa0305]

we’re talking about a kid who’s going to go top 10 next year…how was there any confusion between east Lansing and Kato

[AJS]

Less than a week away, let's get some predictions. How many players that are eligible to commit August 1st does UND land over the next year (Late '06 / '07 guys)? They got 5 last year that was in that group. 

Here's my guess. I think they get 7. I'm feeling a bit bullish with the Emery commit. 

• Hensler
• Laurila
• Lindberg
• O'Neill
• Spehar
• Murphy
• Frank

 

[siouxforce19]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

Less than a week away, let's get some predictions. How many players that are eligible to commit August 1st does UND land over the next year (Late '06 / '07 guys)? They got 5 last year that was in that group. 

Here's my guess. I think they get 7. I'm feeling a bit bullish with the Emery commit. 

• Hensler
• Laurila
• Lindberg
• O'Neill
• Spehar
• Murphy
• Frank

 

Not sure on how many yet. Gonna think about it. 

Im actually wondering if we will get a goalie. With Hedquist on campus finally, probably time to start thinking about one. 

[ChadR]

Karl is coaching the U17 team that is going overseas. All 3 goalies on that team are uncommitted. 1 from Sioux Falls Power.

[siouxforce19]

3 minutes ago, ChadR said:

Karl is coaching the U17 team that is going overseas. All 3 goalies on that team are uncommitted. 1 from Sioux Falls Power.

Yes and I’m pretty sure the one from the Sioux Falls Power has been a target. 

[stoneySIOUX]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

Less than a week away, let's get some predictions. How many players that are eligible to commit August 1st does UND land over the next year (Late '06 / '07 guys)? They got 5 last year that was in that group. 

Here's my guess. I think they get 7. I'm feeling a bit bullish with the Emery commit. 

• Hensler
• Laurila
• Lindberg
• O'Neill
• Spehar
• Murphy
• Frank

 

Not sure how many we'll get, but if we don't get them, GF will say that I said that we didn't want them 

[stoneySIOUX]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

Less than a week away, let's get some predictions. How many players that are eligible to commit August 1st does UND land over the next year (Late '06 / '07 guys)? They got 5 last year that was in that group. 

Here's my guess. I think they get 7. I'm feeling a bit bullish with the Emery commit. 

• Hensler
• Laurila
• Lindberg
• O'Neill
• Spehar
• Murphy
• Frank

 

Last thing I heard was that we're in on all three of the local guys, but one is likely headed to Harvard. Can't blame a kid for that, frankly.

LJ Mooney is a target, too.

 

[siouxforce19]

5 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Last thing I heard was that we're in on all three of the local guys, but one is likely headed to Harvard. Can't blame a kid for that, frankly.

LJ Mooney is a target, too.

 

I feel like most people assume Mooney will go to Minnesota (and he may) but I get the impression it’s not a done deal at all. 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, AJS said:

Less than a week away, let's get some predictions. How many players that are eligible to commit August 1st does UND land over the next year (Late '06 / '07 guys)? They got 5 last year that was in that group. 

Here's my guess. I think they get 7. I'm feeling a bit bullish with the Emery commit. 

• Hensler
• Laurila
• Lindberg
• O'Neill
• Spehar
• Murphy
• Frank

 

I'm wondering about how many defensemen they are willing to commit to in the next year or so, as you always could use a bit of room for a late bloomer or elite talent.  Will any of these guys be o.k. with getting pushed off a year or so?   If they are super high end, I wouldn't think that would be the case, so maybe seeing how some develop wouldn't hurt.  Maybe in the case of a legacy like Murphy, you could have some wiggle room because he would need to develop physically anyway.   Would think ultimately many of these guys could commit, just don't know how fast that would happen with a few of them. 

[SpudsSioux]

I think the coaching staff will commit to any of the top tier defensemen. So much can change. I don't think anyone was thinking 2 years ago that Strathmann was going to play a year of juniors past his draft year and McInnis when he committed seemed like he would be a sure-fire true freshman, but one injury plagued year likely threw that off. You also need to account that the premier talents are 1-2 year guys so. We could realistically land Hensler for the 24-25 season and he could be gone before Lindberg is even eligible to come in (25-26).

I think we'll get Lindberg and I'm feeling fairly confident on Laurila (60-70%). Lindberg is on a Gopher visit today, but I'm still hearing we're the front runner.

 

[stoneySIOUX]

4 hours ago, siouxforce19 said:

I feel like most people assume Mooney will go to Minnesota (and he may) but I get the impression it’s not a done deal at all. 

It's indeed not a done deal. UND is in on him very hard and it's close.

[The Sicatoka]

2 hours ago, AJS said:

Here's my guess. I think they get ...

• Spehar ... 
• Frank

I cheered so hard against Gopher Dave Spehar in the day I worry I may burst into flames cheering for his son. Willing to try.  

Who's "Frank". (I'm not keeping up on all these lists lately.) 

[siouxforce19]

9 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I cheered so hard against Gopher Dave Spehar in the day I worry I may burst into flames cheering for his son. Willing to try.  

Who's "Frank". (I'm not keeping up on all these lists lately.) 

I assume Colin Frank. I haven’t seen him mentioned too much on this board but I’ve heard some chatter on him elsewhere. From California. I believe he’s supposed to play in the USHL this season for Dubuque. 

[AJS]

Lots of good information. 

• 3 FM NTDP guys.
  • Harvard entering the equation for one of them definitely throws a wrench into it. Like you said @stoneySIOUX, can't blame him if that person goes that route.
  • Lindberg doing a late visit to Minnesota isn't ideal
• Mooney / Hensler.
  • This might seem like moving the goal posts a bit. The last time I was genuinely shocked with a commitment was Boeser. These two would be into that category. Although I wasn't shocked about Emery, it did give me the "maybe it can happen" feeling with Hensler. IF Mooney would commit to UND over Minnesota, that's almost more than I could process. 
• Frank
  • @siouxforce19 nailed it, Colin Frank. I would say one of the highest sought after uncommitted '06's. This one is a complete shot in the dark from me.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

22 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

I cheered so hard against Gopher Dave Spehar in the day I worry I may burst into flames cheering for his son. Willing to try.  

Who's "Frank". (I'm not keeping up on all these lists lately.) 

November 9, 1996 at the old John. First Sioux game I ever attended. Rookie Dave Spehar scored and the place erupted. Gophers won 10-6. Lots of goals, scrums and jawing. Old time hockey during the lull between the North Stars and Wild.

My friend and I got a kick out of the elderly couple in the front row with Sioux jerseys that spent the whole game standing and pounding on the glass. Passionate doesn't begin to describe them.

Getting young Spehar after Dave spurned Duluth would be great.

[The Sicatoka]

44 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Rookie Dave Spehar

Worth repeating ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSjOCmNEYZo ...  

 

[The Sicatoka]

50 minutes ago, AJS said:

• Mooney / Hensler.
  • This might seem like moving the goal posts a bit.

Careful ... @stoneySIOUX and @gfhockey will come for you if you go full "we didn't want 'em".   

[The Sicatoka]

Interesting noise out of the desert:
https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/36890-non-und-college-hockey-2023-24/page/11/#comment-1314045 

If that's a "strong hint" from the 'yotes that Cooley's gonna sign, how's that affect (Logan Cooley's cousin) LJ Mooney's thoughts. Most had him at UMn. 

Mooney'd have to put it in the ol' mental pot and  . 

If I were driving I'd be on NHL Radio on SiriusXM right now. But I'm typing. Wait, I just stopped typing. 

[AJS]

56 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Interesting noise out of the desert:
https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/36890-non-und-college-hockey-2023-24/page/11/#comment-1314045 

If that's a "strong hint" from the 'yotes that Cooley's gonna sign, how's that affect (Logan Cooley's cousin) LJ Mooney's thoughts. Most had him at UMn. 

Mooney'd have to put it in the ol' mental pot and  . 

If I were driving I'd be on NHL Radio on SiriusXM right now. But I'm typing. Wait, I just stopped typing. 

Although Mooney was never going to play Cooley, the idea that Mooney was going to commit to another school while Cooley was on roster really seemed unlikely to me. I would still have them as favorites, but this would have to open things up a bit, you'd think.