True. The most insidious thing is not CHL eligibility or the transfer portal, it's the same thing as always - money. I'll bet the farm that a primary motivation for the recruit I talked about earlier to replace a final year of major junior with a year in college is NIL and standard of living. A full scholarship (including room, board, training table and a campus full of young women) and NIL is probably more attractive than a few hundred $ per month CHL stipend and a billet assignment. I'd be shocked if the Alfond family hasn't had their checkbook out and a smart AD would have those dollars flowing into the Alfond Arena locker room. I'm sure they've thought it through and figured out they could spend their money on football to try and get competitive in the CAA (big deal) or even farther down the totem pole, to make MBB one of the leaders in Atlantic East (finishing ahead of SUNY Albany is probably not the achievement they have in mind), but in hockey they can have a national championship contender. We're happy for him because we're Ben Barr fans (wish he was here) and he's playing the new system brilliantly, but Coach Lang is fighting on a different battlefield than those that can call on the money floating around flagship state U's and private schools with deep Wall Street alumni pockets.