Hockey Hello: 5* Asher Barnett (LHD, Class of '25)
Asher Barnett committed to Michigan today. Joins his longtime teammate Cole McKinney. They're both 5*s for whatever that means in hockey. Barnett's projected as the #1 American defenseman in his birth year. 6'0, 185. 4-17-21 points in 20 games last year with Chicago Mission. He and McKinney are both in Plymouth this year with the NTDP.
Third 5* in this class for Narauto.
September 20th, 2023 at 10:46 PM ^
Negged for biting my commit celebration.
September 20th, 2023 at 10:45 PM ^
Hell yeah!!!
September 20th, 2023 at 10:53 PM ^
I tried (unsuccessfully) finding your "hello" gif Clarence. But I must confess---I finally had to make do the best I could by taking a screenshot of one of your previous hello posts.
Imitation being a form of flatulence, I suppose...
September 22nd, 2023 at 1:51 PM ^
Always an upvote for lovely Lisa!
September 20th, 2023 at 10:52 PM ^
Asher says "man, I love college"...
September 21st, 2023 at 6:13 AM ^
Narauto keeping it rolling on the recruiting trail. I'd say you can probably check that box for him. Now we'll see how coaching and development go over the next few seasons, but things are looking pretty pretty good right now
#FutureBlue commits since Coach Naurato took over:
— Michigan Hockey's Future 〽️ (@FutureBlueIce) September 21, 2023
'04 5⭐️F Nick Moldenhauer
'05 4.5⭐️ F Mikey Burchill
'06 5⭐️ F Aidan Park
'06 5⭐️ F Michael Hage
'06 5⭐️ F Kristian Epperson
'06 4⭐️ D Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullen
'07 5⭐️ F Cole McKinney
'07 5⭐️ D Drew Schock
'07 5⭐️ D Asher Barnett pic.twitter.com/4yoSXBbPMy
September 21st, 2023 at 6:26 AM ^
What, no six stars? FIRE NARAUTO! And Warde and Bakich.
September 21st, 2023 at 7:10 AM ^
M, BC and even BU are cleaning up the 5 stars.
in 4 years, that's your FF
September 21st, 2023 at 8:25 AM ^
Turning into a pretty stark bifurcation of the sport. I guess it's always been like this to a degree, but seems to be getting more apparent.
Michigan, BC, and BU are starting to really pull away in recruiting to a point where they clearly have the most talent any given year (Minnesota too). They will have to deal with turnover more than most programs with guys probably only sticking around for 2 years before going to the NHL. That can hamper them in tournament runs. But still, any given season they could just run away with it.
Then you have other programs that sign guys who will be around for 4 years or are already over-agers. Long-term program guys that, when everything lines up, can go on a run for a year or 2 and then have to kind of restart towards a longer time horizon.
September 21st, 2023 at 10:02 AM ^
I think the main difference is the top of college hockey is getting more 1st round talent to go the college route. I imagine the schools leaning on over-agers are still getting the guys they've always gotten, but now you're seeing the NHL talent squads really loading up on top end guys
September 21st, 2023 at 10:41 AM ^
Yeah, that's a good point. The college hockey blue bloods have always recruited well, but it was only marginally better than the next 3-4 programs because those NHL stars were going elsewhere. Now, they're marginally better than the next 3-4 programs with the same guys AND they're getting the Fantilis and Beniers of the world to really elevate them.
September 21st, 2023 at 11:01 AM ^
This is fantastic - I hope they can also recruit a highly talented player "between the pipes". Hot goalkeeping can help a team go far.
Go Blue!
September 22nd, 2023 at 10:15 PM ^
Keep those kids from Chicago Mission coming, that team is a talent factory.
September 21st, 2023 at 6:34 AM ^
Welcome and Go Blue!
September 21st, 2023 at 8:15 AM ^
We want all your stars!
September 21st, 2023 at 9:02 AM ^
Naurato
September 21st, 2023 at 9:07 AM ^
Give us ALL of your hockey 5*s. 😄
September 21st, 2023 at 9:48 AM ^
we are the Bama of hockey
would like a 5* goalie though
September 21st, 2023 at 9:59 AM ^
Are there any player / team rankings that aren't behind subscription walls?