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UML Recruiting: Finally in the 20s!

What does that tell you about the program?
Four decommitting at the same time sounds as if the coaches did a review of the current status of the roster, future needs, and the new recruiting playing field and decided that those four no longer fit. Unless they each have the same advisors it would be incredibly unusual for four to draw the same conclusion simultaneously. By contrast, I could easily see the output from a program review being conveyed to multiple players at the same time.
 
Personally, I think that these four (being all 05s) see that playing time here next year will be tough. As I put together the roster for next season, we had over 30 which is a large group of players. I can see Bazin and Co going back to the Major Junior ranks next year to try and fill a spot or two.

But honesty, I really have no idea what's going on. The program has grown stagnant the past few years.
I mean youre going to be stagnant if youre lowell and you get off years. The types of players that Blaise and norm targeted are now most of hockey culture these days. Things changed. I still say the problem was not trying to go after better players when we started to do better. You may not win all the top levels, we arent bc and bu. But you dont need to. I still think norm is a solid coach but the roster building in the recent previous has been putrid. And now in the NIL era... well, times up and we are on the short end
 
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