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gray5
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MR HOCKEY 2013

Post by gray5 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:08 am

so I know its early but who do you think is an early favorite. My list in no order would be

Nanne
Cotta
Lettieri
Besse
Moore
Gross
Labosky
Dingman?

any others in mind?

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Post by Cornermukker » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:14 am

Bischoff
Johnson

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Post by jancze5 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:19 am

Guentzel
Lavalle
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Post by Sats81 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:00 am

All depends who sticks around.

Besse is putting up some serious numbers as of late, but Adam Johnson, Bischoff and after watching Jake Guentzel monday night, my goodness I have a hard time seeing how he wouldn't be the frontrunner playing with Lavalle.

Gray5-Are you serious with the Nanne call? 15 pts in 21 games? Hardly Mr. Hockey candidate numbers....as I said in an earlier post its too bad so much emphasis gets put on points and the all-around play of kids is often dismissed, but I was referring to kids like Trevor Olson, Michael Zajac and Will Merchant who are all GAME CHANGERS with their physical play, team first mentality and lastly their ability to still put up big numbers as well. Nanne's numbers wouldn't even get Mr. Hockey consideration as a d-man in my opinion.

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Post by The Exiled One » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:56 am

Sats81 wrote:All depends who sticks around.
+1

IMHO, I think we'll see a lot of defections with this group.

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sats81

Post by gray5 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:34 pm

Nanne might've been a stretch but he still has another year next to prove himself.
But who knows he could have a mediocre regular season like commers had last year and go on a scoring burst in the playoffs.

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Post by Slap Shot » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:51 pm

Pretty sure Lettieri is not returning.

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Post by pipersniper12 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:23 pm

Cornermukker wrote:Bischoff
Johnson
Johnson will be in the USHL next year.
Hunt|Fish|Hockey

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Post by mulefarm » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:27 pm

Why would Letteri leave? All the top players that have stayed at Tonka through their sr season have done quite well. Don't see any reason he should leave.

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Post by Slap Shot » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:29 pm

mulefarm wrote:Why would Letteri leave? All the top players that have stayed at Tonka through their sr season have done quite well. Don't see any reason he should leave.
I'm not saying he should nor that there is a precedent, I'm saying a little bird told me he won't be back.

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Post by mulefarm » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:43 pm

Slap Shot wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Why would Letteri leave? All the top players that have stayed at Tonka through their sr season have done quite well. Don't see any reason he should leave.
I'm not saying he should nor that there is a precedent, I'm saying a little bird told me he won't be back.
Might be true, but easier said than done.

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Post by green4 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:16 am

mulefarm wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Why would Letteri leave? All the top players that have stayed at Tonka through their sr season have done quite well. Don't see any reason he should leave.
I'm not saying he should nor that there is a precedent, I'm saying a little bird told me he won't be back.
Might be true, but easier said than done.
Heard the same with Nanne, obviously not as big of a deal as Letteri leaving but interesting with them being cousins and all

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Post by BodyShots » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:44 am

green4 wrote:
mulefarm wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Why would Letteri leave? All the top players that have stayed at Tonka through their sr season have done quite well. Don't see any reason he should leave.
I'm not saying he should nor that there is a precedent, I'm saying a little bird told me he won't be back.
Might be true, but easier said than done.
Heard the same with Nanne, obviously not as big of a deal as Letteri leaving but interesting with them being cousins and all
Do you think the DON has changed his stance on staying in school? He used to frown bigtime on kids leaving college early. Now his son leaves Wayzata before graduating, and there is talk of his recruits leaving early as well.

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Post by Gopher Blog » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:40 am

BodyShots wrote:
green4 wrote:
mulefarm wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Why would Letteri leave? All the top players that have stayed at Tonka through their sr season have done quite well. Don't see any reason he should leave.
I'm not saying he should nor that there is a precedent, I'm saying a little bird told me he won't be back.
Might be true, but easier said than done.
Heard the same with Nanne, obviously not as big of a deal as Letteri leaving but interesting with them being cousins and all
Do you think the DON has changed his stance on staying in school? He used to frown bigtime on kids leaving college early. Now his son leaves Wayzata before graduating, and there is talk of his recruits leaving early as well.
His very first recruit at the U back in 1999 (Jon Waibel) left HS early for the NTDP. Over the years some of his recruits have left HS early, some haven't. I don't think anything has changed at all in that sense.

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Post by Tigers33 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:09 am

The DON has had the same stance from Day 1 - if you are ready for the next step than make it, if not get your education. Leaving high school early is different than college, because these kids are still getting a diploma. He is referring to the kids that give up that college degree when maybe they are not quite ready.

By the way how is Schroeder doing with the Canucks?

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Re: sats81

Post by Reggie » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:52 pm

gray5 wrote:Nanne might've been a stretch but he still has another year next to prove himself.
But who knows he could have a mediocre regular season like commers had last year and go on a scoring burst in the playoffs.
Nanne is going to BCHL next year

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Re: MR HOCKEY 2013

Post by WarmUpTheBus » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:03 pm

gray5 wrote:so I know its early but who do you think is an early favorite. My list in no order would be

Nanne
Cotta
Lettieri
Besse
Moore
Gross
Labosky
Dingman?

any others in mind?
First 3 won't be back. Uneducated guess.

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Re: MR HOCKEY 2013

Post by Redlight » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:03 am

WarmUpTheBus wrote:
gray5 wrote:so I know its early but who do you think is an early favorite. My list in no order would be

Nanne
Cotta
Lettieri
Besse
Moore
Gross
Labosky
Dingman?

any others in mind?
First 3 won't be back. Uneducated guess.
You can probably include Besse as well. To bad these kids (or often times their misguided parents) feel the need to bail on the their senior year, especially the ones that already have D1 commitments. Lets face it, most of the kids aren't going to play in the NHL anyway and those that have the talent will make it regardless of weather they skip their senior year or not. If they need to go to the USHL for a year do it AFTER high school! :shock:

I wish someone would poll all the kids that left early 10 years later to see how high the % would be that would say it was a BIG regret. My guess 90+%

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Re: MR HOCKEY 2013

Post by Sats81 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:51 am

Redlight wrote:
WarmUpTheBus wrote:
gray5 wrote:so I know its early but who do you think is an early favorite. My list in no order would be

Nanne
Cotta
Lettieri
Besse
Moore
Gross
Labosky
Dingman?

any others in mind?
First 3 won't be back. Uneducated guess.
You can probably include Besse as well. To bad these kids (or often times their misguided parents) feel the need to bail on the their senior year, especially the ones that already have D1 commitments. Lets face it, most of the kids aren't going to play in the NHL anyway and those that have the talent will make it regardless of weather they skip their senior year or not. If they need to go to the USHL for a year do it AFTER high school! :shock:

I wish someone would poll all the kids that left early 10 years later to see how high the % would be that would say it was a BIG regret. My guess 90+%
I think you are pretty dead on with that. Lots of kids stuck around their Sr year and went on to great college careers or the NHL. Johnny Pohl, Jeff Taffe, Dan Welch, Andrew Alberts, Matt Koalska, Matt Hendricks, Brandon Bochenski, Paul Martin, Tim Jackman, Marty Sertich, Gino Guyer, Andy Sertich, Tom Gilbert, Jack Hillen, David Backes, Mike Lundin, Alex Goligoski, Brian Lee, Chris Vandevelde, TJ Oshie, Carl Sneep, Kyle Medvec, Ryan McDonagh, Aaron Ness, Jake Gardiner, Nick Leddy, Anders Lee, Ben Hanowski, Kyle Rau, and even this year the srs who stuck around I don't think will end up regretting it: Justin Kloos, Jake Randolph, Dom Toninato, Trevor Olson, Eli May, Sam Wolfe, Will Merchant, Michael Zajac, Jared Thomas, Judd Peterson, etc.

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Post by Sats81 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:54 am

Tigers33 wrote:The DON has had the same stance from Day 1 - if you are ready for the next step than make it, if not get your education. Leaving high school early is different than college, because these kids are still getting a diploma. He is referring to the kids that give up that college degree when maybe they are not quite ready.

By the way how is Schroeder doing with the Canucks?
Doubt he will ever make it to the show. Not skilled enough to be a top 6 forward and not gritty/tough enough to be willing to do the things that 3rd and 4th line forwards have to do to earn their keep in the show. He was "too good" to play his last 2 years at the U though. Remember?

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Post by bronzemedal » Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:28 am

Nanne going to play in the bc league...Leaving high school early for gophers might not return

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Post by Reggie » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:20 pm

pipersniper12 wrote:
Cornermukker wrote:Bischoff
Johnson
Johnson will be in the USHL next year.
Sounds like Bischoff will be in USHL to. Omaha added him to there roster for this year.

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Post by rainier » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:39 pm

pipersniper12 wrote:
Cornermukker wrote:Bischoff
Johnson
Johnson will be in the USHL next year.
You have a source on this or are you just guessing?

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Post by rainier » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:43 pm

Reggie wrote:
pipersniper12 wrote:
Cornermukker wrote:Bischoff
Johnson
Johnson will be in the USHL next year.
Sounds like Bischoff will be in USHL to. Omaha added him to there roster for this year.
Players have done this and come back for their senior seasons. I hope both of these guys return for another run.

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Post by 4thlineproblems » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:53 am

This is such a deep class with many top end players that will play D1 and be impact players there. Its a shame that many will leave but it is all speculation at this point.
Another kid that deserves mention is Alex Johnson from STA. I have only watched him twice this year but seemed to stand out both times. He is very quick and strong for his size. He probably will not be a finalist but deserves mention IMO. 8)

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