Early departures 2026

[Johnny Five]

9 hours ago, thUNDer said:

Yeah, guess it wasn’t unexpected Airey would enter. Maybe Coach advised it. Interesting to see which players follow/stay/enter though from rodents & clowns.

He had put some Gopher goalie equipment on Facebook marketplace before Larson was hired so we knew that one was coming....kinda funny.

[nodakgirl93]

 

 

[cberkas]

26 minutes ago, nodakgirl93 said:

 

 

They have the Penticton goalie coming in who should have been on the WJC team.

Gajan should have stayed, he wasn’t the same after Spangler Cup

[TwamleyShuffle]

9 minutes ago, cberkas said:

They have the Penticton goalie coming in who should have been on the WJC team.

Gajan should have stayed, he wasn’t the same after Spangler Cup

I thought he played well after the Cup. But yeah I agree, he should have stayed

[SiouxFanatic]

31 minutes ago, cberkas said:

They have the Penticton goalie coming in who should have been on the WJC team.

Gajan should have stayed, he wasn’t the same after Spangler Cup

I thought Gajan was markedly better second half of season. 

[nodakgirl93]

 

 

[ItalianSioux]

6 hours ago, Johnny Five said:

He had put some Gopher goalie equipment on Facebook marketplace before Larson was hired so we knew that one was coming....kinda funny.

That's funny, i saw that pop up on my market place too 

[nodakgirl93]

 

 

[cberkas]

On 3/30/2026 at 9:02 AM, cberkas said:

Owen Michael to sign and not return to Western Michigan 

Now official, Friedman had it on 32 Thoughts 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Lucius will not sign with Penguins, but can sign elsewhere Aug 1.

[cberkas]

Just now, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Lucius will not sign with Penguins, but can sign elsewhere Aug 1.

They should be able to trade him before that date

[SiouxFanatic]

 

[tnt]

53 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:

 

Having lost 4 defensemen to graduation and the pro ranks, would bet Michigan State will use a lot of NIL to lure a big name CHL defenseman, beyond what they already have coming in with Chase Reid.

[beastandco]

16 minutes ago, tnt said:

Having lost 4 defensemen to graduation and the pro ranks, would bet Michigan State will use a lot of NIL to lure a big name CHL defenseman, beyond what they already have coming in with Chase Reid.

They have a few good defensemen coming in already, including Tommy Bleyl, Chase Reid, and Brady Peddle. I would look for them to lure a veteran defenseman out of the portal instead of adding another young gun.

[thUNDer]

Wild sign Nyberg (UCon)

[burd]

Will coaching blue blood hockey become  a little like coaching Kentucky and Duke in BB.  New squad of high draft picks every year?  The top 10 players in North America aren’t going NCAA, but . . .

[nascar99]

On 4/3/2026 at 12:43 PM, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

Lucius will not sign with Penguins, but can sign elsewhere Aug 1.

August 15th*

[nascar99]

3 minutes ago, burd said:

Will coaching blue blood hockey become  a little like coaching Kentucky and Duke in BB.  New squad of high draft picks every year?  The top 10 players in North America aren’t going NCAA, but . . .

More and more of the top North Americans are going NCAA in hockey. Sure, some who just want to (in theory) get to the NHL as quickly as possible will just bypass and sign their ELCs, but the Canadian influx of talent to the NCAA will benefit all forever, especially the blue bloods. You just have to balance your roster properly

[burd]

It will change the coaching side in a big way.   Like I said, it will be like Pitino coaching a new team of McDonald’s All Americans every year.