I was excited about those two when they announced, and since they had very underwhelming years I feel like many people (including myself to an extent) gave up on them. Many U17 defenseman have growing pains playing up in that next level and I think reminders are needed of that. Next year will be...
I don’t think I’d make rash judgements when we just hired our coach 3 months ago, who then made our current roster 5x better and at the least competitive. There are probably other reasons we haven’t picked up a CHL center, and we are literally top 3 in the DuPont sweepstakes. Michigan, Mich St...
Aside from Conboy who is a potential 1-2 rounder, I’d bet the pipeline is gonna go through a massive overhaul just like the current team did. I expect everyone else in there is on a prove it year, which I still think a couple of them can prove themselves.
I think it’s interesting because it’s entirely possible 1 or both get offered a pro contract after next season before they get there. Same thing with Carels this summer although I think that’s less likely.
They are returning to Medicine Hat next year, UND the following year. Not as bad I guess. They will have a lot of departures after this year. Still a big get for them 2 seasons from now.
I mean Schneider is still seen as one of the top forwards in the age group for US. Most u17s don’t light it up first year.
But yes losing Fitz was a recruiting failure.
Willis will definitely be a priority but I was just talking about the Minnesotans. I wouldn’t use meh to describe the potential for Schneider but yes Fitzhenry was the top one you needed to get.
https://x.com/gopherhockey/status/2067683783705317726?s=46&t=CcJZtWWiTJVPa8GfCHAS3Q
Big Ten hockey schedule already out in June?? Would’ve never thought I’d see the day