Portal 2026

[AJS]

41 minutes ago, atxsioux said:

Here’s a take - Denver this year will be the exception. I think say 9/10 future title winners will have a 1st round pick on the roster. 

I think it goes without saying that we are in a completely new era of college hockey. One year in. I'm with this take @atxsioux. I would say what worked in the past might not in the future. I think we all agree you still want a mix, different roles, some older players, but the talent level in 2x what it was two years ago. 

[beastandco]

 

[cberkas]

2 hours ago, RedFrog said:

How likely is it that there may be a recruiting cycle where a team recruits a player but they go to an AHA, ECAC, CCHA team for a year or two to get their playing time and earn their stripes before then transferring in?  I know that this would be a hard way to setup a recruiting schedule/cycle as there would be nothing guaranteeing that you get that transfer or that you would want that player, but I have to imagine that some of these portal transfers are playing out that way anyway, if not in a formal or intended fashion.

Then you’ll see those schools push for a development agreement that schools will be sending money for having a player spend a year or two there first. This was brought up by Mercyhursts coach about a year ago.

[stoneySIOUX]

5 hours ago, RedFrog said:

How likely is it that there may be a recruiting cycle where a team recruits a player but they go to an AHA, ECAC, CCHA team for a year or two to get their playing time and earn their stripes before then transferring in?  I know that this would be a hard way to setup a recruiting schedule/cycle as there would be nothing guaranteeing that you get that transfer or that you would want that player, but I have to imagine that some of these portal transfers are playing out that way anyway, if not in a formal or intended fashion.

UND and other schools have been doing this for several years, and I'd expect it to continue to happen, but the pool is SO much deeper now with the CHL. 

[cberkas]

Stockfish to Quinnipiac 

[AJS]

Lindberg from CC is in. He would jump to #2 for my portal wishlist. 3rd on team in scoring. Top 6 FWD as a sophomore. 

[scpa0305]

2 minutes ago, AJS said:

Lindberg from CC is in. He would jump to #2 for my portal wishlist.

Ok depth add I suppose. In this new age, you basically have to grab the obvious top 6/pp guys and everyone else will have to be obvious bottom 6 grinders. The days of working yourself up the lineup are over. 

[cberkas]

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[AJS]

1 minute ago, scpa0305 said:

Ok depth add I suppose. In this new age, you basically have to grab the obvious top 6/pp guys and everyone else will have to be obvious bottom 6 grinders. The days of working yourself up the lineup are over. 

Don’t disagree. You’d think you’d need 2 portal upperclassman adds along with ideally 2 high-end CHL players. Is there only 1 high-end portal F left? After JJ who would you want from the portal before Lindberg? Magnussen?

 

[SpudsSioux]

If Lindberg is a fit, this staff is going to know as well as anybody. Played for Smaby in Waterloo for two years.

[Godsmack]

Lindberg didn’t put up eye popping numbers but just from the eye test watching him played, I thought he was solid. 

[brianvf]

Next year could be sweet.

Two Schultz
Two Lindberg
Two Ruck

[tnt]

15 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Lindberg didn’t put up eye popping numbers but just from the eye test watching him played, I thought he was solid. 

To be fair, nobody on CC put up eye popping numbers, but like UND, balance can be a good thing.

[Godsmack]

1 minute ago, tnt said:

To be fair, nobody on CC put up eye popping numbers, but like UND, balance can be a good thing.

That is true. A lack of scoring and scoring depth was a huge problem for CC. 

[cberkas]

Arizona State with another portal goalie, Hillebrandt from OSU

Not who I thought they'd go after