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Jaycox may be still a year away.
How the depth chart falls will be determined when they get on the ice. I do think that a good offseason will help Urban following his injury that cost him half the season. Vermeulen took big strides late in the season and looked like he could fill a bigger role next year. Klimek had an outstanding sophomore year. If he continues his upward trend, he could be even better. Maschmeyer is a proven veteran leader who should have a better year as a senior. Frantti is a solid 3rd pair defender who will be given every opportunity to see more ice as a sophomore. He certainly exceeded my expectations as a freshman. Black showed some flashes as a freshman and could be a smaller, speedier version of Jones, Kesti or Trenz as that swingman who can play up front or back on D depending on the match ups. Juntilla will battle for a depth spot with any late recruits. Jaycox is well regarded and has a lot of upside. The question is can the team afford to be patient and give him another year in junior to develop and mature or do they get him into the lineup this year.
I don't know Gavin, but I do know there is a huge difference between D-2 club hockey & D-1 NCAA. The NOJHL and MNJHL. The NOJ is a low level Tier II Junior league where he played only 5 games before dropping to the Tier III Dells Ducks in a pay to play league coached by exCats G Bill Zaniboni. Then he played a year in the NAHL's Tier III NA3HL and spent the season with Granite City and never got called up to the NAHL level. Based upon his resume and the fact that he's a '93, I'd rate his chances of seeing regular season ice time with the varsity as slim.
and at that it was only for a practice body. NMU called up G Brian Garavaglia several years ago when they had a run of injuries. He actually made a token appearance, but only once the game was decided. Tech had a club call up that actually played when Jamie Russell's squad was crushed by injuries. That whole crazy NCAA "gotta be a student" rule really limits you when needing help.
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