Prospective Recruits

[beastandco]

Adam Valentini, projected mid-late 1st round pick in 2026, will play this season with Michigan. He was already committed but has decided to come in early. This is a very interesting move.

[nascar99]

7 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Adam Valentini, projected mid-late 1st round pick in 2026, will play this season with Michigan. He was already committed but has decided to come in early. This is a very interesting move.

Bold move considering he probably needed another year of junior and going to the O to play for Kitchener would have been a good challenge for him

[brianvf]

6 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Adam Valentini, projected mid-late 1st round pick in 2026, will play this season with Michigan. He was already committed but has decided to come in early. This is a very interesting move.

Yes very interesting for sure.
He had a good season for the Steel, but didn't exactly dominate.  Will be interesting to see how he acclimates to the NCAA game.
Can't imagine that he'd play a top 6 role for Mich this season.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Misa/Roobroeck didn't pan out so they are bringing him in early. Sucks to be Perron!

[scpa0305]

26 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Adam Valentini, projected mid-late 1st round pick in 2026, will play this season with Michigan. He was already committed but has decided to come in early. This is a very interesting move.

Wow sucks for his junior club…they start in like a week. Michigan should be fun to watch this year.

[MGsioux]

18 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Misa/Roobroeck didn't pan out so they are bringing him in early. Sucks to be Perron!

So does this mean Perron may end up being 4th line at some point.  I always thought he seemed checked out before the end of the year and I just dont see how the grass will be any greener for him in Michigan 

[atxsioux]

22 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Wow sucks for his junior club…they start in like a week. Michigan should be fun to watch this year.

Kinda like losing JT Miller in July before school starts...

[hockeytherapy13]

2 minutes ago, MGsioux said:

So does this mean Perron may end up being 4th line at some point.  I always thought he seemed checked out before the end of the year and I just dont see how the grass will be any greener for him in Michigan 

He's not defensively reliable enough to be a 4th line type guy because we all know how tough he is. Guessing he's still slapped into a scoring role somehow, but I'd be lying if I said I wish him the best opportunities available haha.

[beastandco]

Valentini going to Michigan this year makes me think that Eli McKamey is guaranteed to come in next year unless he has a rough year in the WHL. I know that him coming in next year has always been the plan. 

If we don’t bring him in early, someone else will.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

22 minutes ago, MGsioux said:

So does this mean Perron may end up being 4th line at some point.  I always thought he seemed checked out before the end of the year and I just dont see how the grass will be any greener for him in Michigan 

Big Ten is a better fit for finesse in lieu of grit. Third line probably won't get shutdown matchups.

Michigan clearly recruited him while he was here, he was projected to them on this forum in like January. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Looking at Michigan's roster, they have 3 blue chips penciled in for top 6 (Hage, Horcoff, Valentini). Schifsky and Hughes are proven ~point per game scorers in college. Perron will need to beat out Spence and McKinney (among others) for a top 6 spot. Grass is not always greener exhibit for years to come.

EDIT: Hage, Horcoff, Schifsky and McKinney are all centers, so not likely all are top 6. Still not a lot of Top 6 and PP time available for him.

[TwamleyShuffle]

Does anyone know if Perron received major NIL or did he just want to play for them?