2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

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25 minutes ago, brianvf said:

With revshare combined with NIL now, I have to think that UND hockey has quite a bit at their disposal.  Most of our direct blueblood competition has to just take the leftover revshare after their football and bball teams take the majority.  UND hockey will get the vast majority for our school, which makes us a unique situation compared to most other NCAA hockey schools.
I'm hoping that even with getting Emery, Reschny, KV, and Zellers (plus others) a fair share, that we still have plenty to go around to entice players like Carels, DuPont, Rudolph, etc.

From what I've heard UND will simply not be in on guys like McKenna or Martone that are looking to get top dollar.  A small piece of a massive pie is more than a huge piece of a tiny pie, in comparison. 

We're going to be spreading out NIL and Rev Share with the big dogs getting a larger percentage but we're not throwing bags at guys.  I heard Sandy took a little less RevShare money his last season so other guys on the team could get some help knowing he'd be signing a contract in the next year.

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2 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

From what I've heard UND will simply not be in on guys like McKenna or Martone that are looking to get top dollar.  A small piece of a massive pie is more than a huge piece of a tiny pie, in comparison. 

We're going to be spreading out NIL and Rev Share with the big dogs getting a larger percentage but we're not throwing bags at guys.  I heard Sandy took a little less RevShare money his last season so other guys on the team could get some help knowing he'd be signing a contract in the next year.

Yes and I agree with that philosophy for us.  Creates a strange locker room dynamic I can imagine if one player is getting the lion's share of the $.  Judging by how many PSU players departed after their season...that certainly may have been the case there with them and McKenna.

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2 hours ago, SpudsSioux said:

While I'm hoping BC continues to bring in big fish every year, I think just his ability to bring or not bring in those big fish is kind of discounting the work he does. Any of us here can list the top names, so can every other college coach or fan. Yes, it will help to have him out building relationships but there's also many other factors and only so much NIL to go around. Getting first round guys like Emery and Reschny (and hopefully KV), returning is where a lot of our NIL money will end up I would think.

The thing I'm most excited about with Bryn is that he's out evaluating current recruits to see how they are progressing and if they're ready to come in, if they're not progressing and we need to move on, etc. I'm hoping for significantly less "misses" than in years past. The Freshmen class this year validated that. Those weren't all big names but I feel like we hit on every single one. If he believes by watching them that a guy like Davis is more ready to jump in and contribute than Pilgrim or O'Neil...well I'm glad hew as out watching so they know that and could make that decision.

I other thing I like about him is his ability to be in on lesser known guys before the masses are. If McKenzie wasn't committed yet, we would all be wanting him. It just wasn't as big of a splash because Bryn found him before he blew up on everyone's radar.

 

 

+10

Fully agree on Chyzyk making it less likely that we end up with guys that don't pan out. I'm guessing that even though Davis doesn't have the high-end hype and might not be a huge producer right away, the staff is looking at the future and how he will likely be an absolute force as a Junior and Senior. This might be the highest "floor" this team has ever had. No disrespect to Dalton Andrew but you knew 100% of the time he was the lowest on the totem pole but now it's going to be a weekly REA battle to see who gets to play.

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8 hours ago, as15 said:

It's been alluded to earlier in this thread, but in my opinion, this offseason has been very underwhelming so far.  All of the additions (transfers or new recruits, Davis) have only become available in the last month or so.  Has the devoted GM position had an appropriate ROI so far this year?  I think that's a valid question.  Getting one of the big three defenseman remaining (Carels, Rudolph, or Dupont) seem to be needed to justify having a dedicated "talent identifier" in lieu of a paid coach.  Maybe Chyzyk has alot cooking for future years, but everything that has transpired so far this offseason could've easily been completed with a traditional coaching staff. 

I don't believe you need much of an eye to identify that Carels, Rudolph, or Dupont are pretty good players.  I'm pretty sure I don't need a dedicated GM to tell me that those guys are talented when nearly every person in the know about hockey has already been gushing over those guys.  Shoot, you don't need anyone to tell you that at all.  You can just look up the rosters of the "elite" teams and boom there those guys are.

I'm looking for Chyzk and company to be able to find the overlooked/less recruited guys like your Rickwoods, Spunars, Chay Genoway, Paul Ladue, etc.  

We all knew Toews, Oshie, Parise, Sanderson, were going to help and who they were.

Of course I expect to land a few blue chip guys but I'm most concerned with this staff's ability to build consistently competitive teams.

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I will take Drake Cagullia all day long. 

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1 hour ago, brianvf said:

With revshare combined with NIL now, I have to think that UND hockey has quite a bit at their disposal.  Most of our direct blueblood competition has to just take the leftover revshare after their football and bball teams take the majority.  UND hockey will get the vast majority for our school, which makes us a unique situation compared to most other NCAA hockey schools.
I'm hoping that even with getting Emery, Reschny, KV, and Zellers (plus others) a fair share, that we still have plenty to go around to entice players like Carels, DuPont, Rudolph, etc.

Agreed. I still think they have money to add a big defense. I just don’t think they have the NIL to be paying 7 first round picks like some on here wanted (Emery, Reschny, Verhoeff, 2 big D and 2 big forwards). When people were talking about landing one or two of the big 3 D AND Rucks or Belchats…that just didnt seem realistic if we were retaining the 3 we already have plus Zellers.

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Yeah, it’s easy to forget we have some high end talent who we want to return and who can be expected to negotiate more NIL.   Getting new chippahs is not the only challenge in getting elite talent to campus this fall.  
 

Jax and Co have proven they understand how to put a roster together.