Polls

[Trotsky]

Didn't Michigan have something like 1, 2, 4, and 5 overall at some point?  Are they all still there?

[marty]

Didn't Michigan have something like 1, 2, 4, and 5 overall at some point?  Are they all still there?

This year or last year?

[Trotsky]

Didn't Michigan have something like 1, 2, 4, and 5 overall at some point?  Are they all still there?

This year or last year?

I dunno, man, it all blends together.

[Tcl123]

Didn't Michigan have something like 1, 2, 4, and 5 overall at some point?  Are they all still there?

This year or last year?

I dunno, man, it all blends together.

Luke Hughes is still there. Waiting on him joining his brother in Newark.

[scoop85]

Didn't Michigan have something like 1, 2, 4, and 5 overall at some point?  Are they all still there?

This year or last year?

That would've been last year's roster, which featured Owen Power, Matt Berniers, Luke Hughes, and Kent Johnson, all of whom were the top 5 picks. I don't know if we'll ever again see anything like it.

[Trotsky]

Was Berniers a Cornell decommit or am I hallucinating?

Edit: oh, wait, maybe he was a Harvard decommit.

[dbilmes]

Was Berniers a Cornell decommit or am I hallucinating?

Edit: oh, wait, maybe he was a Harvard decommit.

He was a Harvard signee originally, but switched to Michigan once it became uncertain that the Ivies would have a hockey season in 2020-21.

[BearLover]

Didn't Michigan have something like 1, 2, 4, and 5 overall at some point?  Are they all still there?

This year or last year?

That would've been last year's roster, which featured Owen Power, Matt Berniers, Luke Hughes, and Kent Johnson, all of whom were the top 5 picks. I don't know if we'll ever again see anything like it.

Last year's Michigan team had 7 first round draft picks. This year's team isn't quite as talented, but still has 4 first round picks, including Luke Hughes, who returned for his sophomore year. The other three top five picks from last year are now all having successful rookie seasons in the NHL. Now that the best players from the US are almost always going to the NCAAs, we are seeing a lot more elite NHL talent in the college ranks.

[upprdeck]

i wonder if the NIL game will trickle into college hockey or maybe it already has for those bigger schools.. play college make 500K is pretty good for the high level talent.

[Weder]

i wonder if the NIL game will trickle into college hockey or maybe it already has for those bigger schools.. play college make 500K is pretty good for the high level talent.

I think there's very little chance a college hockey player will get that kind of money. According to this site, in the first year of NIL, men's hockey didn't even register in terms of compensation, and women's hockey accounted for 0.2% of NIL compensation. If it's not football or basketball, there doesn't seem to be much interest in NIL deals. The vast majority of NIL deals amount to pizza money.
https://businessofcollegesports.com/name-image-likeness/all-the-stats-for-year-1-of-nil/

[BearLover]

i wonder if the NIL game will trickle into college hockey or maybe it already has for those bigger schools.. play college make 500K is pretty good for the high level talent.

I think there's very little chance a college hockey player will get that kind of money. According to this site, in the first year of NIL, men's hockey didn't even register in terms of compensation, and women's hockey accounted for 0.2% of NIL compensation. If it's not football or basketball, there doesn't seem to be much interest in NIL deals. The vast majority of NIL deals amount to pizza money.
https://businessofcollegesports.com/name-image-likeness/all-the-stats-for-year-1-of-nil/

That's good. Cornell would have absolutely no shot of competing with bigger schools if NIL ever became a thing in hockey and lacrosse. Still, all it takes is one rich booster of Michigan hockey to promise recruits huge paydays if they come.

[ugarte]

there are two kinds of NIL deals: future recruiting scandals* and money going to people who are already social media influencers. the top NIL deals in the country are going to, like, women's volleyball players of no particular athletic distinction who had a million followers on IG before** graduating high school

* i support this, for the record, i'm just saying
** i also support this. get that money (with a caveat about social media and body comparison issues)

[upprdeck]

So this report says there is more money being spent on money for womens hockey than mens?

Think of it this way.. If you are a mich alum and you want to see your school win..  why would you spend money on a sport other than fball/bball or hockey?

its also not really explaining the stats very well.

if you gave every kid across the board 5K  fball would by far have the most compensation.

baseball is interesting though

Also interesting in that Ala had 25% of the kids actually earn a deal in fball.

[Dafatone]

I don't think it sways recruiting, but if you're, say, East Hill Car Wash, why not throw Sam Malinski $500 to sing a verse?

[Trotsky]

I don't think it sways recruiting, but if you're, say, East Hill Car Wash, why not throw Sam Malinski $500 to sing a verse?

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