(#394) Portal Tracker is Live, updates on coach openings and Souza's extension

Welcome to Transfer Portal season.

Underclassmen can begin entering the portal next week, but graduate students are allowed to enter the portal early. As I write this, there are 46 players already in the portal, and I'm updating our portal tracker several times per day, so by the time you read this, the number may have gone up.

I'm not the only media source that tracks the portal. So, for our subscribers, I wanted to come up with a way to differentiate our coverage from the rest of what's available. Exclusively for subscribers, our tracker sheet grades every player in the portal using their 2023-24 statistics and ice time. Plus, we rate players for their offensive and defensive contributions.

— I have some updates on each of the head coach openings.

— Mike Souza's contract extension is for three years.

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