Early Departures 15-16

GoldenBear · Post by **GoldenBear** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:40 am

Sats, pretty sure ship has sailed with Edquist. Magicians. GB

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:12 pm

Not confirmation of anything, but Koby Bender, Ryan Edquist, Michael Graham, Mitch Mattson, Nick Swaney, and Riley Tufte are all missing from the Elite League rosters.

BP · Post by BP » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:27 pm

The Exiled One wrote:Not confirmation of anything, but Koby Bender, Ryan Edquist, Michael Graham, Mitch Mattson, Nick Swaney, and Riley Tufte are all missing from the Elite League rosters.

Most are at least playing before HS Season with their respective USHL team.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:18 pm

Peoples top ten rankings are contained in a different thread, but;

With Zimmer leaving, Wayzata drops out of my top 10 and possibly out of top 15.

With Edquist leaving but Johnson staying, I will drop LVN from #2 to somewhere in the middle of my top 10. Relying on others to comment on LVN upcoming replacement goaltending strength.

Nuts&Bolts · Post by **Nuts&Bolts** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:49 pm

Also no Jack Becker.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:03 pm

Right, my own rankings are just AA teams.

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:59 pm

WestMetro wrote:Peoples top ten rankings are contained in a different thread, but;

With Zimmer leaving, Wayzata drops out of my top 10 and possibly out of top 15.

With Edquist leaving but Johnson staying, I will drop LVN from #2 to somewhere in the middle of my top 10. Relying on others to comment on LVN upcoming replacement goaltending strength.

Nothing set in stone yet with edquist, just as there wasn't with Max but you all seem to have the answers!

Regardless if Eddy leaves or not LN will have a solid stopper. Mark my words.

BP · Post by BP » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:37 pm

Nuts&Bolts wrote:Also no Jack Becker.

That's cuz he's already gone. Playing in Sioux Falls.

buttend · Post by **buttend** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:28 pm

Sats81 wrote: Nothing set in stone yet with edquist, just as there wasn't with Max but you all seem to have the answers!
Regardless if Eddy leaves or not LN will have a solid stopper. Mark my words.

Word at Pan-O-Prog was, if you cant get the Lakeville South goalie to come North your going to make a big offer to Josh Harding!

rainier · Post by **rainier** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 6:57 am

The Exiled One wrote:Not confirmation of anything, but Koby Bender, Ryan Edquist, Michael Graham, Mitch Mattson, Nick Swaney, and Riley Tufte are all missing from the Elite League rosters.

Per a Duluth newspaper article about the U-18 USA team now playing in Slovakia, Tufte will start in Fargo but has yet to decide if he will play HS this year.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports ... quest-gold

Just Checking · Post by **Just Checking** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 5:37 pm

Brian Hurley STA Jr. D leaving for the Wilderness NAHL, Committed to Ohio State. Sorry if this is old news but a quick read of the thread and I did not see it.

dlow · Post by **dlow** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 5:55 pm

Heard over the weekend about a MN HS Jr going to play Tier III this year and also saw on the other thread about the Grand Rapids kid going to the SIJHL.

Doesn't seem like those moves are tracked as well because they seem to be more under the radar talent level kids but does anyone know how common that is? Is MN HS losing many kids with eligibility to Tier III or Canada Junior A/B yearly? (personally I don't get the point of jumping ship to those leagues while in HS)

BTW, I saw two SIJHL games last year, Minnesota Iron Rangers and Fort Francis. The level of play was good, certainly above 90% of MN HS teams play. I do remember seeing a few 98's on those rosters last winter but don't remember where they were from.

Hockeygoon00 · Post by **Hockeygoon00** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:35 pm

Will Garin has decided to stay at Holy Family for his senior year. He turned down Cedar Rapids in the USHL. He will be playing in the Elite League this fall prior to the High School season. He is a UCONN commit.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:03 pm

Big loss for the Cadets

Big gainback for the Fire

As usual, the top 10 rankings are getting muddier. EP still on top of the pile assuming Graham returns, Edina lurking close behind , after that a lot of contenders for the remaining 8.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:51 pm

XO, you hearing differently on Hurley?

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:11 am

WestMetro wrote:XO, you hearing differently on Hurley?

First I've heard of it. Seems credible though.

Whiner33 · Post by **Whiner33** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:38 pm

Edquist headed to Madison Capitals... Ship has sailed now Sats...

BP · Post by BP » Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:50 pm

Whiner33 wrote:Edquist headed to Madison Capitals... Ship has sailed now Sats...

You don't think Shattuck North/West Farmington doesn't have a back-up plan?

thespellchecker · Post by **thespellchecker** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:08 pm

Whiner33 wrote:Edquist headed to Madison Capitals... Ship has sailed now Sats...

You tell em' Weiner. And it wasn't to the NAHL like other weiners stated.
#RollLuverneRoll I got you

notTONIGHT · Post by **notTONIGHT** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:13 pm

Been Flaskied before!!!

Wblhcky2424 · Post by **Wblhcky2424** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:28 pm

Whiner33 wrote:Edquist headed to Madison Capitals... Ship has sailed now Sats...

Here's the story from hockey hub on it http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/548093

I like this quote from Coach Eigner about replacing Edquist after it was noted that both returning goalies played exclusively on JV last year. " Just like Jake Oettinger and Ryan Edquist were interested in our program, it wouldn't surprise me if there is interest out there"

green4 · Post by **green4** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:28 pm

From a hockey hub article on Edquist leaving

"Eigner said he wouldn’t be surprised to see another goaltender join the mix.
“Just like Jake Oettinger and Ryan Edquist were interested in our program, it wouldn’t surprise me if there is interest out there,” Eigner said."

green4 · Post by **green4** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:30 pm

Wblhcky2424 wrote:
Whiner33 wrote:Edquist headed to Madison Capitals... Ship has sailed now Sats...

Here's the story from hockey hub on it http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/548093

I like this quote from Coach Eigner about replacing Edquist after it was noted that both returning goalies played exclusively on JV last year. " Just like Jake Oettinger and Ryan Edquist were interested in our program, it wouldn't surprise me if there is interest out there"

Just beat me to it

Post by **karl(east)** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:57 pm

Hard to get much more brazen than that. At least the other recruiting programs have learned to use filters.

Edquist's departure is zero surprise to anyone who'd been following that story.

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:32 am

karl(east) wrote:Hard to get much more brazen than that. At least the other recruiting programs have learned to use filters.

Edquist's departure is zero surprise to anyone who'd been following that story.

What's funny is you karl, just like everyone else on here assuming, really knows NOTHING about the details of Edquist and this "decision".

"Other recruiting programs"?! I Forgot your beloved DE is the model for integrity.

Best of luck Ryan. First class kid.

Now let's assume old Sats is the best GM in HS hockey and will find his replacement quickly....that Kolquist kid have any HS eligibility left?