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Look Ahead at Depth by irishdoc01

Attack
Willets, Morin, Westlin
Chase, Gayhardt, Allen

Gleason and Garnsey are obviously losses, but this unit should be solid with continued growth of Morin and addition of a highly touted recruit.

Midfield
Costabile, Jackoboice, McCahon
Mirer, McNamara, Drake?
Komatz, Menke, Fay

Offensive midfield returns essentially intact; a healthy Drake could really boost this unit.

FOGO
Leonard
Almeida
Hyland
Frane

Everyone's back on the best unit in awhile; fewer turnovers after face-off wins, please.

SSDM
Hallenbeck
Farnish
Cassidy

Hallenbeck had a breakout season, but this unit takes the biggest hit (Schantz, Phillips, Stinn, Tyrell). McCahon is apparently outstanding defensively so could move here and/or be a two way guy a la Virginia's Conrad. The first midfield hole in that case could be filled by Westlin if a freshman or rising player can fill a starting attack role. Top 6 midfield slot would otherwise need to be filled by a freshman or rising player.

LSM
Restic
Boyer
Cheng
Cochran

Solid group returns intact.

Defense
Kielty, Cohen, Blommer
Littlefield

Always solid. Could be better overall with continued improvement of Cohen and Kielty. Jack earned a well deserved AA honorable mention nod.

Goalie
Schmidt
Zullo
Nelson

Despite critics on this board, I thought Schmidt had a nice season and expect continued improvement; Zullo is a nice option as well.

Thoughts?