LaFontaine departs

[Capt28]

https://247sports.com/college/michi...leave-Wolverines-after-two-seasons-119189135/

Well, too bad, we were all plenty hyped (including Spath - remember him?) 3 years ago when Jack committed from the Janesville Jets and looked like he could be a real find. I still think he could have competed with and shared time, and played equally well as, Lavigne in the coming season. But , with Strauss Mann coming in (hopefully he doesn't do a last minute detour . . .), three goalies battling for PT is too many.

 

[clevelandcane]

I read he's coming back after 1 year away.

 

[Capt28]

Well, coming back to college hockey perhaps, but unless he is deeply enamoured of completing his Michigan degree (a very worthwhile goal, of course), why would he come back to Michigan? - in 2019-20 he would presumably be faced with competing with - LaVigne and Mann- just like 2018-19..

 

[Packer487]

Yeah, the idea of him coming back to Michigan after a year away doesn't make much sense to me--unless they expect Mann to win the job and Lavigne to grad transfer or something like that. I know he's supposedly a really good student, but unless he's ready to give up on the idea of hockey as a career, I don't see coming back next year as something that'd benefit him unless they're expecting attrition.