Re: Wisconsin Recruiting: What are you going to do, when NHL-U, comes calling for you?
"as big of a recruiting coup as you will ever see. "
An NHL draft pick would fall into that catagory, not a 20 year old playing in a league with a lot of 17-19 year olds. If it was a Schwartz, Brickley etc, maybe. Good luck to him, from all accountsa great kid.
USHL has many kids who stay until 19/20 and load up on points. That does not translate to similar results in D 1.
Just look at Andrew Miller, 5 goals at Yale, Mike Cichy, 2 goals at North Dakota, Mike Seidel from UMD, 5 goals, Kirt Hill, Brandon Richardson etc
All solid players but by no means difference makers at D 1 level, outside maybe Miller.
He is a nice solid pickup but not going to replace Stepan by any means, nor would he replace Murray, Gardiner or Lee. All who have played 2 years at Wisc while the new player was in juniors, the exact same age playing against 16 or 17 year olds.
This is not an apples to apples comparison.
"as big of a recruiting coup as you will ever see. "
An NHL draft pick would fall into that catagory, not a 20 year old playing in a league with a lot of 17-19 year olds. If it was a Schwartz, Brickley etc, maybe. Good luck to him, from all accountsa great kid.
USHL has many kids who stay until 19/20 and load up on points. That does not translate to similar results in D 1.
Just look at Andrew Miller, 5 goals at Yale, Mike Cichy, 2 goals at North Dakota, Mike Seidel from UMD, 5 goals, Kirt Hill, Brandon Richardson etc
All solid players but by no means difference makers at D 1 level, outside maybe Miller.
He is a nice solid pickup but not going to replace Stepan by any means, nor would he replace Murray, Gardiner or Lee. All who have played 2 years at Wisc while the new player was in juniors, the exact same age playing against 16 or 17 year olds.
This is not an apples to apples comparison.
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