UML Recruiting: Finally in the 20s!

[boblav1]

Won the QMJHL Best Defensive Defenseman award this past season.

The QMJHL announces the winners of eight trophies – LHJMQ

chl.ca

 

[cinnamoroll]

their GM mentioned in their locker cleanout press avail that 4 players w remaining eligibility would be leaving- two already committed and two without known commitments. Plamondon was one of them. i heard UML was the likely spot last night, now we have confirmation.

besides the obvious defensive strengths, he has some puck moving capabilities and he transitions well. he fits in with Bazin's mandate on mobility too, building from last year.

might not help with the scoring desperately needed, but you can do worse than the best defensive defenseman in the QMJHL, a league where defending is basically an extreme sport. easy W

i don't see any obvious UML specific connections, but he was in the same Quebec youth hockey system with Cornell D Xavier Vellieux, who had a great freshman year. 5 seasons together before paths diverged

 

[Middle Street]

their GM mentioned in their locker cleanout press avail that 4 players w remaining eligibility would be leaving- two already committed and two without known commitments. Plamondon was one of them. i heard UML was the likely spot last night, now we have confirmation.

besides the obvious defensive strengths, he has some puck moving capabilities and he transitions well. he fits in with Bazin's mandate on mobility too, building from last year.

might not help with the scoring desperately needed, but you can do worse than the best defensive defenseman in the QMJHL, a league where defending is basically an extreme sport. easy W

i don't see any obvious UML specific connections, but he was in the same Quebec youth hockey system with Cornell D Xavier Vellieux, who had a great freshman year. 5 seasons together before paths diverged

Thanks for the analysis. Norm is French Canadian, and several of us here have wondered why he hasn’t leveraged that to recruit players from the Q up to this point.

 

[Will]

The NCAA is expected to approve the new eligibility rules very soon (5 years from when you turn 19 or graduate high school, whichever is earlier).

Hockey prospects coming in next year that assumed they could use delayed enrollment will be offered either the new rule or the old rule, whichever grants them the most eligibility.

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2049930674686329291?s=20

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2049934161075638531?s=20

 

[UMLFan]

So does that mean that the kids that are coming into college hockey at 21 only have 3 years eligibility?

 

[Will]

So does that mean that the kids that are coming into college hockey at 21 only have 3 years eligibility?

They would get the old 4 seasons in 5 years rule applied to them.