Prospective Recruits

[beastandco]

4 minutes ago, tnt said:

To that point, could that be the very reason we got Will Zellers?   I know he decommitted after BU recruited another top draft pick candidate. 

Top players want to play top minutes on top programs. NHL teams also want their draft picks playing significant roles. UND has talented players on the wing and have even more talent coming in a year (McKamey, Williams, Simpson, and Schultz). 
If UND gets the right guy(s) at center in the next couple of weeks, they are not only set up for next year but also set up even better for the year after. Imagine a lineup with Swanson, Gordon, Zellers, McKamey, and Williams with a guy putting up a PPG in the middle. If UND can grt a Boisvert type of recruit for next year, we are in a great position. 
 

Reading between the lines on Schloss’ pod yesterday makes me that UND is waiting on a very small group of CHLers to fill their remaining spots. They probably have an idea who it is, they are just working on making sure that player is eligible for next season with the NCAA.

 

[nascar99]

16 minutes ago, skateshattrick said:

What about Cooley and Knies?

Rare instances of them going after non Minnesotans and it worked out for them almost as well as possible. I do wonder if Snuggerud & Chesley were in his ear when Cooley was decommitting from Notre Dame, in order to get him to go to Minnesota with them. Peer recruiting isn't as common in hockey as it is in football obviously, but it does happen from time to time.

Motzko does recruit out of state more than Lucia and Woog, but that isn't super surprising since he did that when at St Cloud State. Regardless, Motzko and Minnesota really don't recruit Canadians except for a few older Junior A goalies.

[nascar99]

9 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Top players want to play top minutes on top programs. NHL teams also want their draft picks playing significant roles. UND has talented players on the wing and have even more talent coming in a year (McKamey, Williams, Simpson, and Schultz). 
If UND gets the right guy(s) at center in the next couple of weeks, they are not only set up for next year but also set up even better for the year after. Imagine a lineup with Swanson, Gordon, Zellers, McKamey, and Williams with a guy putting up a PPG in the middle. If UND can grt a Boisvert type of recruit for next year, we are in a great position. 
 

Reading between the lines on Schloss’ pod yesterday makes me that UND is waiting on a very small group of CHLers to fill their remaining spots. They probably have an idea who it is, they are just working on making sure that player is eligible for next season with the NCAA.

 

They're also waiting to see some of these guys' decisions on going NCAA or not, and what their NHL teams will say after drafting them this summer. McQueen, Reschny, Kindel, Lakovic, Smith, Bear, Cootes, Schmidt, Fiddler, Ravensbergen, Behm are all Dub guys who are talented enough to go to the NCAA in their D+1: they could be steered towards committing by teams such as Philadelphia, Detroit, Calgary, Montreal, St Louis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, etc if those teams are convinced the NCAA route is better for their development for the next 1-2 years before signing and turning pro.

[gfhockey]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

Eric Nilson to MSU….crazy big get, holy buckets. Talk about reloading. These big10 teams

Was told we didn’t want him

[brianvf]

27 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Was told we didn’t want him

Was told that he'll end up just staying overseas.

[siouxforce19]

1 hour ago, nascar99 said:

They're also waiting to see some of these guys' decisions on going NCAA or not, and what their NHL teams will say after drafting them this summer. McQueen, Reschny, Kindel, Lakovic, Smith, Bear, Cootes, Schmidt, Fiddler, Ravensbergen, Behm are all Dub guys who are talented enough to go to the NCAA in their D+1: they could be steered towards committing by teams such as Philadelphia, Detroit, Calgary, Montreal, St Louis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, etc if those teams are convinced the NCAA route is better for their development for the next 1-2 years before signing and turning pro.

For what it’s worth Cole Reschny recently started following UND on instagram. So I am reading between the lines that he’s a player we are after that has some interest in coming here. 

[nascar99]

18 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:

For what it’s worth Cole Reschny recently started following UND on instagram. So I am reading between the lines that he’s a player we are after that has some interest in coming here. 

Love to hear that, good sign.

[beastandco]

1 minute ago, nascar99 said:

Love to heart that, good sign.

Only follows 303 accounts. Does anyone follow him to see if he follows other teams?

[Esoteric]

For people who have more information about inner workings of the team clubhouse.  What type of nuances take place within the clubhouse environment that leads to team solidarity or the fracturing of team solidarity with new players.

[brianvf]

16 minutes ago, Esoteric said:

For people who have more information about inner workings of the team clubhouse.  What type of nuances take place within the clubhouse environment that leads to team solidarity or the fracturing of team solidarity with new players.

You absolutely, 100% don't want one of the team captains hitting on other teammates girlfriends.
That is for sure a way to fracture some team solidarity.

Also you probably don't want the HC to play the lesser skilled upperclassmen in more prominent roles that could be given to higher skilled underclassmen.
That can cause some division, especially if the team is under-performing.

Just spitballin' here.