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Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. XXX: 1 All American at a Time

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Tkachuk to London and now just waiting on Matthews to chose elsewhere and eliminate the last of guys that could have been impact guys this fall off the list of possibilities (along with Caleb Jones).
 
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markwojo said:
Tkachuk to London and now just waiting on Matthews to chose elsewhere and eliminate the last of guys that could have been impact guys this fall off the list of possibilities (along with Caleb Jones).
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Not that it would have been for next year, but Max Jones is also going to sign with London soon. He had previously visited Wisconsin...although it was always a long-shot that he would play college hockey.
 
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Andy, do you think Matthews is going to start a trend with signing in Europe? If so, the CHL would be more nervous about this than the D1 hockey schools.
 
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It is amazing how quite it is right now. We are one injury or admission issue for forwards to having to play a player who would have a hard time finding the ice in D3.

Going to be an interesting summer.
 
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bucky15 said:
It is amazing how quite it is right now. We are one injury or admission issue for forwards to having to play a player who would have a hard time finding the ice in D3.

Going to be an interesting summer.
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One guy doing the job of three, and he is preoccupied finding someone to fill the two coaching positions....
 
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bucky15 said:
It is amazing how quite it is right now. We are one injury or admission issue for forwards to having to play a player who would have a hard time finding the ice in D3.

Going to be an interesting summer.
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This is typically a slow time of year, things will pick up in the next few weeks with some of the elite summer programs and camps get going after schools finish up for the summer.
 
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WiscTJK said:
One guy doing the job of three, and he is preoccupied finding someone to fill the two coaching positions....
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The coaching search is part of the odd part of it being quite. Not much information being released about potential candidates. Makes you wonder.
 
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It's hard to gauge this stuff without insider info. I can think of a few reasons that it would be quiet that don't necessarily mean that we don't have any worthy candidates that we're trying to hire/have hired.

And without insider info, it's hard to know what conversations are happening behind closed doors with recruits while this is all going on.
 
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Hard to recruit when you have no assistants in place. Kids want to know who their positional assistant will be and their resume/style. Not to mention, dividing and concurring by having multiple guys out on the recruiting circuit instead of one who is also recruiting potential assistants.

Oz is one step closer to being free to talk....Rockford lost last night and is down 3-1 in their series with Grand Rapids. I know there are some grumblings Oz has already turned the job down, but I'm not so sure that door would be entirely closed at this point (just a hunch as I have no real inside sources). There may have been some reaching out through intermediaries, but Alvarez asked Bowman for permission to talk and the formal dialog would not happen until Rockford is done. I would imagine Oz would at least listen to a formal presentation to be courteous to his alma mater and so he knows what is actual on the table (if for no other reason to ask his current employer for an improved package).
 
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markwojo said:
Tkachuk to London and now just waiting on Matthews to chose elsewhere and eliminate the last of guys that could have been impact guys this fall off the list of possibilities (along with Caleb Jones).
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My money's on NoDak if he goes the NCAA route. :(
 
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There is speculation via Brad Schlossman that Jost and Fabbro may be accelerating to possibly go NCAA this fall.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
There is speculation via Brad Schlossman that Jost and Fabbro may be accelerating to possibly go NCAA this fall.
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Wisconsin could desperately use both to climb back to mediocre next year and maybe have a chance of being something good the following year.

This would also explain why Harbison might consider jumping on board at UW as an assistant. If those two stay....they have a great season in the BCHL and little reason for the coach to consider leaving.
 
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The chances of them playing in the BCHL again next season are probably not good.
 
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Fabbro expected to visit his top 5 schools again before making a final decision. Sounds like he's going to be NCAA bound.
 
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