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Early Departures 17-18

Post by The Exiled One » Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:39 am

Celebrating our bittersweet 10th edition.

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Class Pos Player            HS Team              New Team           College
So    F   Clay Hanus        Minnetonka           Portland-WHL
Jr    F   Jake Hale         Minneapolis          Dubuque-USHL       Minnesota-Duluth
Jr    F   Creighton McMahon Spring Lake Park     Omaha U18 AAA
Sr    D   Chase Hartje      Bemidji              Moose Jaw-WHL
Sr    D   Laudon Poellinger LaCrescent           Aberdeen-NAHL
Sr    D   James Marooney    Holy Family          Waterloo-USHL      Ohio State
Sr    D   Peter Tabor       Holy Family          Waterloo-USHL
Sr    D   Grant Anderson    Wayzata              Green Bay-USHL     Nebraska-Omaha
Sr    F   Gavin Hain        Grand Rapids         USNTDP             North Dakota
Sr    F   Sasha Shogren     Blake                Deerfield Academy
Sr    F   Devlin McCabe     St. Paul Academy     Lincoln-USHL       Minnesota-Duluth
Sr    F   Zack Puterbaugh   Minnehaha Academy    Tampa Bay AAA
Sr    F   Ben Ward          MAML                 Wilderness-NAHL    St. Cloud State
Sr    F   Xander Lamppa     Roch. John Marshall  Austin-NAHL
Sr    F   Blake McLaughlin  Grand Rapids         Chicago-USHL       Minnesota
Sr    G   Andy Beran        St. Paul Academy     Neponset Valley
Sr    G   Gavin Enright     Farmington           Kenai River-NAHL
Sr    G   Isaiah DiLaura    Lakeville South      Prince George-WHL
Sr    G   Jared Moe         Holy Family          Waterloo-USHL      Minnesota
Sr    G   Zach Stejskal     Grand Rapids         Bloomington-USHL   Minnesota-Duluth
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Post by WestMetro » Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:58 pm

XO, way to get on top of things!

Any updates on people's opinions/guesses on the players below, or any other names?

(List assumes none of the uninvited Ann Arbors get invited later)



Teams with 3 Possibles?

Almquist
Moe
Tabor

Hain
McGlaughlin
Stejskal

G. Anderson
Ness
Schmidt

Teams with Two Possibles?

Brinkman
Walker

Frisch
Randklev

Mageau
Worth

Teams with One Possible?

Borsch

Brodzinski

Hartje

Helgeson

J Jensen

Loheit

McCabe

Perbix

Watkins

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Post by grindiangrad-80 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:32 pm

From a selfish Injun fans view I would love to see Hain, McClaughlin and Stejskal come back and try to make another run. Another trip to St. Paul would just about put them into legendary status. Even though what they have accomplished already is awfully special.

The 2 headed goalie monster has been great and would be nice again next year. However, if Zach moves on, I have complete confidence in Holum. I believe he is around 27-4 as a varsity starter including a very good playoff run in 2016. Pretty nice stats against the schedule they have played the last couple of years.

While GR will be returning some very good players it would be a little more challenging to replace the offense of those 2 forwards especially given that Miller and Stampohar, etc. are lost to graduation.

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Post by WestMetro » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:53 pm

Grindian, we want you to have more back-and-forth trips from Green Bay to Duluth for Section playoffs again next year!

Have you been keeping an eye on Middlestadt over there?

Agree Gabe is up to task, and he will be one of states Top 5 goalies next year

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Post by elliott70 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:00 pm

WestMetro wrote:XO, way to get on top of things!

Any updates on people's opinions/guesses on the players below, or any other names?

(List assumes none of the uninvited Ann Arbors get invited later)



Teams with 3 Possibles?

Almquist
Moe
Tabor

Hain
McGlaughlin
Stejskal

G. Anderson
Ness
Schmidt

Teams with Two Possibles?

Brinkman
Walker

Frisch
Randklev

Mageau
Worth

Teams with One Possible?

Borsch

Brodzinski

Hartje
ADD FITZGERALD
Helgeson

J Jensen

Loheit

McCabe

Perbix

Watkins

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Post by grindiangrad-80 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:00 pm

WestMetro wrote:Grindian, we want you to have more back-and-forth trips from Green Bay to Duluth for Section playoffs again next year!

Have you been keeping an eye on Middlestadt over there?

Agree Gabe is up to task, and he will be one of states Top 5 goalies next year
Would love to make that trip again. The section games have been unreal there the last few years no matter who ends up winning.

I know Mittlestadt has been doing very well for the Gamblers but I haven't been to one of their games this year. He is something else and I'm looking forward to him in a Gopher jersey.

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Post by BP » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:05 pm

I'd imagine Hale would move to USHL if Ann Arbor doesn't work out.

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Post by green4 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:48 pm

BP wrote:I'd imagine Hale would move to USHL if Ann Arbor doesn't work out.
I posted this before recently and nobody responded, but Hale has had like 2 or 3 articles written about him and what it means for him to stay in Minneapolis and just be with his childhood friends, so I'm not 100% sold he would leave this year

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Post by mulefarm » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:16 pm

Was thinking about players that went to Ann Arbor and kids that didn't. Don't really know what kids have gone the last 10 yrs or so, but do recognize players that didn't, but not sure if they were asked or not. Players that stayed and played in NHL: Backus,Martin, Oshie, McDonaugh, Gardiner, Lee, Leddy, Rau, Schmidt, Brown, Ness,Bjugstad, Labate, Nelson, Prosser, Archibald. Im sure I missed some.

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Post by The Exiled One » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:51 pm

mulefarm wrote:Was thinking about players that went to Ann Arbor and kids that didn't. Don't really know what kids have gone the last 10 yrs or so, but do recognize players that didn't, but not sure if they were asked or not. Players that stayed and played in NHL: Backus,Martin, Oshie, McDonaugh, Gardiner, Lee, Leddy, Rau, Schmidt, Brown, Ness,Bjugstad, Labate, Nelson, Prosser, Archibald. Im sure I missed some.
By number, kids that stayed in HS yet still ended up in the NHL outnumber the kids that left by a good margin. Of course, by percentage, kids that left had a higher success rate. There's no way to draw a definitive conclusion on the benefits of staying or leaving. As with anything, it comes down to the individual kid.

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Post by alcloseshaver » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:53 pm

mulefarm wrote:Was thinking about players that went to Ann Arbor and kids that didn't. Don't really know what kids have gone the last 10 yrs or so, but do recognize players that didn't, but not sure if they were asked or not. Players that stayed and played in NHL: Backus,Martin, Oshie, McDonaugh, Gardiner, Lee, Leddy, Rau, Schmidt, Brown, Ness,Bjugstad, Labate, Nelson, Prosser, Archibald. Im sure I missed some.
Prosser left HS in the middle of his senior year to play juniors.

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Post by YouthHockeyHub » Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:02 am

Some of these are actually funny...putting kids on here like Randklev and Frisch isn't even remotely possible.

From what I know, the only realistic departures at this point: Stejskal (even my GR people are saying he's gone) and Hartje (by all accounts is gone).

Next 5 with highest probability:

Tabor - played a regular shift with WAT last Fall, he's got a spot locked up.

McCabe - 5 years of HS hockey is a lot.

Walker - Edina guys are never picked as Mr. Hockey.

Grant Anderson - seems the most ready for a regular shift in USHL besides Tabor.

Perbix - if Green Bay drafts Nick...he gone - the Gambler scouts watched a lot of ER games this year.

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Post by WestMetro » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:55 pm

YHH

More interest in Randklev during and since the tournament and also recently? ...leading regular-season goal scorer amongst top 20 AA teams ...

More NoDak varsity slots have been and will be opening up earlier than anticpated in the early and medium out years, could impact both players' plans for the next step in their career que?

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Post by TheNightman » Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:19 pm

WestMetro wrote:YHH

More interest in Randklev during and since the tournament and also recently? ...leading regular-season goal scorer amongst top 20 AA teams ...

More NoDak varsity slots have been and will be opening up earlier than anticpated in the early and medium out years, could impact both players' plans for the next step in their career que?
I don't think his post has anything to do with readiness. That team wants to stay together and win a championship next year.

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Post by alcloseshaver » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:00 pm

YouthHockeyHub wrote:Some of these are actually funny...putting kids on here like Randklev and Frisch isn't even remotely possible.

From what I know, the only realistic departures at this point: Stejskal (even my GR people are saying he's gone) and Hartje (by all accounts is gone).

Next 5 with highest probability:

Tabor - played a regular shift with WAT last Fall, he's got a spot locked up.

McCabe - 5 years of HS hockey is a lot.

Walker - Edina guys are never picked as Mr. Hockey.

Grant Anderson - seems the most ready for a regular shift in USHL besides Tabor.

Perbix - if Green Bay drafts Nick...he gone - the Gambler scouts watched a lot of ER games this year.
Jack

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Post by TheNightman » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:07 pm

alcloseshaver wrote:
YouthHockeyHub wrote:Some of these are actually funny...putting kids on here like Randklev and Frisch isn't even remotely possible.

From what I know, the only realistic departures at this point: Stejskal (even my GR people are saying he's gone) and Hartje (by all accounts is gone).

Next 5 with highest probability:

Tabor - played a regular shift with WAT last Fall, he's got a spot locked up.

McCabe - 5 years of HS hockey is a lot.

Walker - Edina guys are never picked as Mr. Hockey.

Grant Anderson - seems the most ready for a regular shift in USHL besides Tabor.

Perbix - if Green Bay drafts Nick...he gone - the Gambler scouts watched a lot of ER games this year.
Jack
Green Bay already drafted Jack. I think he's implying that if they take Nick too, Jack would leave to play with his brother.

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Post by alcloseshaver » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:27 pm

TheNightman wrote:
alcloseshaver wrote:
YouthHockeyHub wrote:Some of these are actually funny...putting kids on here like Randklev and Frisch isn't even remotely possible.

From what I know, the only realistic departures at this point: Stejskal (even my GR people are saying he's gone) and Hartje (by all accounts is gone).

Next 5 with highest probability:

Tabor - played a regular shift with WAT last Fall, he's got a spot locked up.

McCabe - 5 years of HS hockey is a lot.

Walker - Edina guys are never picked as Mr. Hockey.

Grant Anderson - seems the most ready for a regular shift in USHL besides Tabor.

Perbix - if Green Bay drafts Nick...he gone - the Gambler scouts watched a lot of ER games this year.
Jack
Green Bay already drafted Jack. I think he's implying that if they take Nick too, Jack would leave to play with his brother.
Thanks,

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Post by The Exiled One » Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:15 pm

Here are the underclassmen with college commitments...

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Bryce Brodzinski  Blaine          ST.CLOUD STATE
Mike Koster       Chaska          MINNESOTA
Garrett Pinoniemi Delano          ST. CLOUD STATE
Jack Jensen       Eden Prairie    MINNESOTA
Sammy Walker      Edina           MINNESOTA
Ben Brinkman      Edina           MINNESOTA
Jake Boltman      Edina           MINNESOTA
Jack Perbix       Elk River       NOTRE DAME
Gavin Hain        Grand Rapids    NORTH DAKOTA
Blake McLaughlin  Grand Rapids    MINNESOTA
Ben Helgeson      Hill Murray     WISCONSIN
James Marooney    Holy Family     OHIO STATE
Ben Almquist      Holy Family     WiSCONSIN
Jake Hale         Minneapolis     MINN-DULUTH
Bobby Brink       Minnetonka      DENVER
Luke Loheit       Minnetonka      MINN-DULUTH
Clay Hanus        Minnetonka      MINNESOTA
Ethan Frisch      Moorhead        NORTH DAKOTA
Devlin McCabe     St.Paul Academy MINN-DULUTH
Grant Anderson    Wayzata         NEBRASKA-OMAHA
Colin Schmidt     Wayzata         MINNESOTA
My guess is that the juniors are more likely to leave than the sophomores, and that kids from less successful programs are more likely to leave than kids from more successful programs.
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Post by The Exiled One » Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:21 pm

TheNightman wrote:Green Bay already drafted Jack. I think he's implying that if they take Nick too, Jack would leave to play with his brother.
I think Nick will be gone before Green Bay picks. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes #1 overall in Phase II of the draft. I suppose Green Bay could trade up to pick him.

I also wouldn't say with 100% certainty that he won't be playing for SCSU this fall. The Huskies only have seven defensemen lined up, and the only two committed defensemen are Perbix and Brendan Bushy. Bushy didn't exactly light it up in the USHL this season.
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Post by WarmUpTheBus » Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:27 pm

The Exiled One wrote:Here are the underclassmen with college commitments...

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Bryce Brodzinski  Blaine          ST.CLOUD STATE
Mike Koster       Chaska          MINNESOTA
Brian Halonen     Delano          MICHIGAN TECH
Garrett Pinoniemi Delano          ST. CLOUD STATE
Jack Jensen       Eden Prairie    MINNESOTA
Sammy Walker      Edina           MINNESOTA
Ben Brinkman      Edina           MINNESOTA
Jake Boltman      Edina           MINNESOTA
Jack Perbix       Elk River       NOTRE DAME
Gavin Hain        Grand Rapids    NORTH DAKOTA
Blake McLaughlin  Grand Rapids    MINNESOTA
Dylan Samberg     Hermantown      MINN-DULUTH
Ben Helgeson      Hill Murray     WISCONSIN
James Marooney    Holy Family     OHIO STATE
Ben Almquist      Holy Family     WiSCONSIN
Jake Hale         Minneapolis     MINN-DULUTH
Bobby Brink       Minnetonka      DENVER
Luke Loheit       Minnetonka      MINN-DULUTH
Clay Hanus        Minnetonka      MINNESOTA
Ethan Frisch      Moorhead        NORTH DAKOTA
Devlin McCabe     St.Paul Academy MINN-DULUTH
Grant Anderson    Wayzata         NEBRASKA-OMAHA
Colin Schmidt     Wayzata         MINNESOTA
My guess is that the juniors are more likely to leave than the sophomores, and that kids from less successful programs are more likely to leave than kids from more successful programs.
Halonen and Samberg are Seniors

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Post by The Exiled One » Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:34 pm

WarmUpTheBus wrote:Halonen and Samberg are Seniors
Thanks. Fixed.

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Post by green4 » Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:09 pm

Did Hanus play this year at Tonka or was he injured? He appears to have signed a WHL contract with Portland

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Post by WarmUpTheBus » Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:34 pm

green4 wrote:Did Hanus play this year at Tonka or was he injured? He appears to have signed a WHL contract with Portland
Injured early in the season.

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Post by mulefarm » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:09 pm

Just looked at Portlands website and there is a picture and comments that he signed. Will open up a scholarship at U.

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