Todd Milewski of The Capital Times reports that Green Bay's Chase Drake has committed to the University of Wisconsin.
Chris Heisenberg reports Des Moines forward Rocco Carzo has committed to the University of Massachusetts.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Good news for Carzo.
The USHL Board of Directors has turned down the proposed transfer of the Ohio franchise to Fraser, Michigan.
The Junior Blue Jackets franchise will cease operations immediately.
Next up is the question of what will be done with the Junior Blue Jackets players. In May 2004, when the former Topeka ScareCrows/St. Louis Heartland Eagles folded, there was a straight dispersal draft. This year, unlike 2004, there is an expansion team coming into the league, and there is a serious proposal on the table to immediately make all the veteran Blue Jackets available to Fargo.
The rest of the Blue Jackets players – i.e. draft picks, both future and regular phase – would then be returned to the draft pool.
Now, whether or not Fargo head coach/GM Dean Blais would even want all the players from Ohio is a legitimate question. After all, he’s had a whole year to scout players for his squad. He may want at least some of the Blue Jackets, though.
Anyway, that’s what’s being discussed among the league brass today. It seems like there’s a little bit more up in the air than there should be at this late date. After all, it’s been months since the future of the Ohio franchise first became a hot topic. And now the draft is just four days away.
Stay tuned.
Do players that do not get drafted usually end up in D3?
anon 1:52pm
Only the ones that aren't good enough for DI.
Draft position doesn't really dictate whether or not you go DI or DIII, however, most who are drafted out of the USHL or high school (or juniors of any kind) will usually either play DI or Major Juniors.
There are a very very few who go right from high school to the NHL. Two that come to mind are Phil Housley and Tom Barrasso.
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