Robert Balin
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Sports Illustrated has ranked UNH 4th as far as Portal pickups go only behind Minnesota, Notre Dame and Wisconsin.
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
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Something like this... No guarantees...
Robert Balin
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If Souza can't get at least to .500 then he deserves the big boot.I myself think The key will be can the Canadian players from last year double their offensive output from last year? and will the 2 new goalies stand on their heads every night.
I assume it will.
Ironically Allison Rich will have a say in it:
"The Division I Management Council will ultimately be making the decision. Of its members, three have some relationship to college hockey — New Hampshire athletic director Allison Rich, Michigan State deputy athletic director Jennifer Smith, and Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher."
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Jellsville USA
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Differing opinion here, but still pretty good
Robert Balin
Well-known member
I see Cy Leclerc is now in Portal after playing 10 games in ECHL. Wonder if the rule goes through he ends up back at UNH for another year?
2013hockeyfan
Well-known member
Would he need to enter the portal if his plan were to return? Would hate to see him in another uniform.
Robert Balin
Well-known member
His name just popped up on Gopher Puck Live. I believe the 5 year rule would have to pass because right now it say's he has 0 years eligibility.
norbert
Well-known member
He entered based on the possibility of the 5th year option and flexibility.
Jellsville USA
Registered User
My guess is that even if the rule passes, it will be applied prospectively rather than in a way that disrupts the current landscape. That approach would avoid reopening portal windows, creating scholarship conflicts, or reigniting NIL negotiations. Hopefully, older players who still have time remaining under the new framework would be grandfathered in.
d.gerry
Five for Fighting
Considering where UNH finished last season, will "4th" be enough to gain any ground? Let's hope.
DI Board of Directors directs Cabinet to advance age-based eligibility rules - NCAA.org
After a robust discussion, the Division I Board of Directors on Monday directed the Division I Cabinet to advance an age-based eligibility concept that, if adopted
www.ncaa.org
"Maintain existing rules — allowing four seasons of competition in five years of eligibility — for student-athletes competing in the 2025-26 academic year; new rules are not expected to retroactively apply to student-athletes whose eligibility is or will be completed by the spring of 2026."
TheGrouchyCat
Litter Box of Bad Ideas
Or, lack of professional options?
Not sure I can see the logic with putting Maine as the 4th best with regard to the portal…Differing opinion here, but still pretty good
They lost two of their best prospective returning players (Marques and Poirier) of which one went to an in-division rival.
Yes, they did appear to pick up a decent goalie, and one of the better point guys in the AHA… the guy from ASU also appears OK. But even still…
Is their ranking not taking into account their departures? I’m just confused by the logic here. I’d been hearing how Maine was getting gutted in the portal, not coming away as a major winner.
We will see how their new additions (Just like UNHs) perform when the games start later this year.
EDIT - I guess departures aren’t taken into account on this ranking… I’m just not sure how you CAN’T take that into account…
norbert
Well-known member
ECHL season is ongoing so free agents don’t sign now.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
"Fourth in the portal nationally" is right up there with "Champions of November" when it comes to utterly meaningless "achievements".