UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

[Chuck Murray]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Encouraging. I like the plan of not keeping every dang promise. Maybe they (not sure who to think "they" is) are looking at the pipeline and saying... "ahhh, not so much on this kid; we have an upgrade in mind..." Hope to see more of this.

Agreed. And yeah, figuring out who "they" is would be important. Hoping this was Souza's call.

 

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

C-H-C will have to clear this up for me at least I don't see Aaron on his list of prospects as per his most recent story of recruits (the list).

He chose not to make a public announcement.

"UNH Recruits Update: March-30-2016"

 

[HockeyRef]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

He chose not to make a public announcement.

"UNH Recruits Update: March-30-2016"

Thanks...its all good best wishes to him where he ends up!

 

[NCAA watcher]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Dan Correale	Liam Blackburn	Liam Blackburn	Liam Blackburn	Liam Blackburn
Max Gaudreault	BVR	BVR	BVR	BVR
Collin McDonald	Patrick Grasso	Patrick Grasso	Patrick Grasso	Patrick Grasso
Kyle Smith	Justin Fregona	Justin Fregona	Justin Fregona	Justin Fregona
Jamie Hill	Jamie Hill	Eric MacAdams	Eric MacAdams	Eric MacAdams
T.Kelleher	T.Kelleher	J.Cipollone	J.Cipollone	J.Cipollone
C.Bourque	Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco
Andrew Poturalski	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Warren Foegele	Charlie Kelleher	Charlie Kelleher	Charlie Kelleher	Charlie Kelleher
Shane Eiserman	Shane Eiserman	Shane Eiserman	Angus Crookshank	Angus Crookshank
M.McNicholas	M.McNicholas	M.McNicholas	Jason O'Neill	Jason O'Neill
J.Salvaggio	J.Salvaggio	J.Salvaggio	Eric Esposito	Eric Esposito
Marcus Vela	Marcus Vela	Marcus Vela	Marcus Vela	TBD
A. Nazarian	A. Nazarian	A. Nazarian	A. Nazarian	TBD
Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	TBD
J. Kalinowski	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Harry Quast	Anthony Wyse	Anthony Wyse	Anthony Wyse	Anthony Wyse
Matias Cleland	Matias Cleland	TBD	TBD	TBD
Dylan Maller	Dylan Maller	Liam Darcy	Liam Darcy	Liam Darcy
John Furgele	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Cam Marks	Cam Marks	Cam Marks	TBD	TBD
Rich Boyd	Rich Boyd	Rich Boyd	TBD	TBD
Dylan Chanter	Dylan Chanter	Dylan Chanter	Corson Green	Corson Green
Matt Dawson	Matt Dawson	Matt Dawson	Matt Dawson	Lucas Bahn

DEFENSE

 

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Pelton-Byce and Massie already gone from U.Mass list, and a couple more likely not to show up. Meanwhile, 3 or 4 St.Lawrence recruits will most likely move over.

Interesting Massie chose to go to UVM. Would guess that Micheletto and/or Gasparini had some influence on his decision.

 

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Excerpt from Watcher's list:
"Dylan Chanter Dylan Chanter Dylan Chanter Corson Green Corson Green"

Am writing an article on Corson Green. Would be surprised if he only plays in a handful of games in his first two seasons at UNH (a la Chanter).

 

[Snively65]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Tick tock, tick tock, three big holes to fill at center and the blue line for this fall; time is a movin'.

 

[Dan]

Tick tock, tick tock, three big holes to fill at center and the blue line for this fall; time is a movin'.

They're better off standings pat - there is no Poturalski replacement out there worth offering money and any Kalinowski or Furgele replacements would simply be lateral moves. The team should eat those openings and make upgrades going forward...

 

[Snively65]

They're better off standings pat - there is no Poturalski replacement out there worth offering money and any Kalinowski or Furgele replacements would simply be lateral moves. The team should eat those openings and make upgrades going forward...

Makes sense; so leave that money on the table, and fill the slots with walk ons?

 

[NCAA watcher]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Agree that it's too late, unless they can convince Baillargeon to finish up here for a year. Would be a nice upgrade. Of course, Quinnipiac lost a couple of kids, needs help, he's from CT, and Quinnipiac has a good graduate program (Justin Agosta).
But it is surprising that UNH didn't make any real moves to upgrade for next year, particularly on D.

Makes sense; so leave that money on the table, and fill the slots with walk ons?

Joe Sacco's kid.

 

[Dan]

Makes sense; so leave that money on the table, and fill the slots with walk ons?

Maybe, or nobody. They have enough bodies to fill up the line up and add some depth - it's not as if this is a team set to make a run and an injury or two would really hurt them.

If they can find a young, talented kid who wants to come to college ahead of schedule (a la Goumas or Dawson) then maybe they make a move. Otherwise, I'm not on board with bringing in bodies just to do so. I think that's part of what has led them to where they are. I remember some early York BC teams playing awfully short handed because the strategy was to save roster spots for future talent rather than current mediocrity. It has certainly panned out for them...

Also regarding Hoky's earlier unhappy freshman argument - this is undoubtedly and rightfully true, but is only an issue going forward (I.e. Starting immediately) if they let it. These kids won't play for Umile. They'll play for Souza, who should be loudly telling every recruit, coach, advisor and anyone else who will listen that things have changed. Tell everyone that playing time will be earned with zero strings attached and emphatically and consistently remind these kids that they'll be playing for him and NOT the regime that mishandled so many young players. In a sense it can almost be an advantage because he can effectively put his stamp on the program as he sells kids during the recruiting process...

The two concerns would be - is he willing (to some degree) to undermine his current boss and will his current boss back up his sales pitch with action over the next two years. If Souza is selling open competition in practice and Umile continues to sit FR or play them in limited roles that could hurt Souza and UNH even if it's out of his hands and the message is truth...

Fortunately, UNH is all but out of upperclassmen who could steal roles simply based on loyalty and due to roster numbers and make-up a lot of young players should see a lot of ice moving forward...

 

[Scott]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Isn't Nick Nonis supposed to be another D-man coming this Fall? I didn't see his name included on 'Watcher's list.

 

[Snively65]

Isn't Nick Nonis supposed to be another D-man coming this Fall? I didn't see his name included on 'Watcher's list.

Hmmm, still listed in Elite Prospects as coming this fall.

 

[Snively65]

I've revised the list per C-H-C and other comments, re-grouping a couple of the "replacements" to match the type (and perhaps close to the scholarship/walk-on level) of the player they are replacing.


I just omitted him because there really is no pure "walk-on" type on Defense, so I now put him as replacing Quast, though he is really a few steps below that. I moved Wyse to replace Furgele, if Furgele has indeed been cut, as rumored.

2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Dan Correale	Liam Blackburn	Liam Blackburn	Liam Blackburn	Liam Blackburn
Max Gaudreault	BVR	BVR	BVR	BVR
Collin McDonald	Patrick Grasso	Patrick Grasso	Patrick Grasso	Patrick Grasso
Kyle Smith	Justin Fregona	Justin Fregona	Justin Fregona	Justin Fregona
Jamie Hill	Jamie Hill	J. Cipollone	J. Cipollone	J. Cipollone
T.Kelleher	T.Kelleher	Eric MacAdams	Eric MacAdams	Eric MacAdams
C.Bourque	Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco
Andrew Poturalski	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Warren Foegele	Charlie Kelleher	Charlie Kelleher	Charlie Kelleher	Charlie Kelleher
Shane Eiserman	Shane Eiserman	Shane Eiserman	Angus Crookshank	Angus Crookshank
M.McNicholas	M.McNicholas	M.McNicholas	Jason O'Neill	Jason O'Neill
J.Salvaggio	J.Salvaggio	J.Salvaggio	Eric Esposito	Eric Esposito
Marcus Vela	Marcus Vela	Marcus Vela	Marcus Vela	TBD
A. Nazarian	A. Nazarian	A. Nazarian	A. Nazarian	TBD
Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	TBD
J. Kalinowski	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Harry Quast	Nick Nonis	Nick Nonis	Nick Nonis	Nick Nonis
Matias Cleland	Matias Cleland	TBD	TBD	TBD
Dylan Maller	Dylan Maller	Liam Darcy	Liam Darcy	Liam Darcy
Cam Marks	Cam Marks	Cam Marks	TBD	TBD
Rich Boyd	Rich Boyd	Rich Boyd	Corson Green	Corson Green
John Furgele	Anthony Wyse	Anthony Wyse	Anthony Wyse	Anthony Wyse
Dylan Chanter	Dylan Chanter	Dylan Chanter	TBD	TBD
Matt Dawson	Matt Dawson	Matt Dawson	Matt Dawson	Lucas Bahn

DEFENSE

So, at least four frosh forwards will not be sitting in the stands for each game.

 

[NCAA watcher]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

LW	C	RW	D	D
Shane Eiserman	Tyler Kelleher	Marcus Vela	Mattias Cleland	Cam Marks
Justin Fregona	Mike McNicholas	A. Nazarian	Matt Dawson	Dylan Maller
J.Salvaggio	Liam Blackburn	Patrick Grasso	Anthony Wyse	Rich Boyd
BVR	Charlie Kelleher	Jamie Hill	Dylan Chanter	Nick Nonis
Chris Miller	__________	Joe Sacco

I can't imagine them going into the season this way. So, either Baillargeon, a loose recruit (a former St.Lawrence or U.Mass kid, or Ivy kid who can't get in) or a 17 year old true freshman from Canada gets an offer to go to college immediately before other schools.

 

[Snively65]

LW	C	RW	D	D
Shane Eiserman	Tyler Kelleher	Marcus Vela	Mattias Cleland	Cam Marks
Justin Fregona	Mike McNicholas	A. Nazarian	Matt Dawson	Dylan Maller
J.Salvaggio	Liam Blackburn	Patrick Grasso	Anthony Wyse	Rich Boyd
BVR	Charlie Kelleher	Jamie Hill	Dylan Chanter	Nick Nonis
Chris Miller	__________	Joe Sacco

I can't imagine them going into the season this way. So, either Baillargeon, a loose recruit (a former St.Lawrence or U.Mass kid, or Ivy kid who can't get in) or a 17 year old true freshman from Canada gets an offer to go to college immediately before other schools.

Would this additional recruit likely bump one of the five frosh on the four lines above? Overall, I am not too concerned about the forwards this coming season, despite losing Poturalski, but the blue line remains suspect in my mind.

 

[HockeyRef]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

Would this additional recruit likely bump one of the five frosh on the four lines above? Overall, I am not too concerned about the forwards this coming season, despite losing Poturalski, but the blue line remains suspect in my mind.[/QUOTE]

Now we're talking...seriously, the losses of Masonius and Rycek (sp) haunt us still.

 

[Snively65]

Would this additional recruit likely bump one of the five frosh on the four lines above? Overall, I am not too concerned about the forwards this coming season, despite losing Poturalski, but the blue line remains suspect in my mind.[/QUOTE]

Now we're talking...seriously, the losses of Masonius and Rycek (sp) haunt us still.

I think that Chanter deserves more of a chance.

 

[HockeyRef]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

I think that Chanter deserves more of a chance.

Oh, totally agree...I hope this is the case and I would think..he would! (perfect world scenario in place)

 

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2016 and Beyond

LW	C	RW	D	D
Shane Eiserman	Tyler Kelleher	Marcus Vela	Mattias Cleland	Cam Marks
Justin Fregona	Mike McNicholas	A. Nazarian	Matt Dawson	Dylan Maller
J.Salvaggio	Liam Blackburn	Patrick Grasso	Anthony Wyse	Rich Boyd
BVR	Charlie Kelleher	Jamie Hill	Dylan Chanter	Nick Nonis
Chris Miller	__________	Joe Sacco

I can't imagine them going into the season this way. So, either Baillargeon, a loose recruit (a former St.Lawrence or U.Mass kid, or Ivy kid who can't get in) or a 17 year old true freshman from Canada gets an offer to go to college immediately before other schools.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the forward lines fine tuned a bit:

Marcus Vela is more physically formidable than Tyler and more effective as a back-checker so I think he'll center the first line with Kelleher on the right wing (even though Tyler played center for the NTDP U17 and U18 teams).
Fregona is a right shot, right winger and Nazarian is a left shot center/left winger so I see Fregona on McNicholas' right and Nazarian on his left.
I think the 4th line center position will be up for grabs with Miller having a slight edge due to his experience last season. I also think BvR and Salvaggio will be competing for 3rd line left wing.