F Christian Humphreys - USNTDP, USHL (2024, 215th, COL)

[Hockeyville USA]

Interested to see where Naurato places him in the lineup. Going to be a transition year for Michigan as they lost a lot of talent and could lose more if McGroarty is traded & signs, plenty of opportunity for Humphreys to step right in and contribute right off the bat.

 

[morganpt]

I agree that it will be interesting to see where Naurato slots him on the lineup this year. It's hard to see him playing in a top 6 role at the start when there are several stellar sophomore right wingers ahead of him and McGroarty (if he stays) on the top line. I imagine Moldenhauer, Whitelaw, and Humphrey's will be battling for minutes. Too add to the complexity, Michigan lacks lefties (handedness below and only Hallum and Estapa are natural left wingers). Example lines:

Hallum (L) - Hughes (R) - McGroarty (L)

Eernisse (R) - Hage (R) - Moldenhauer (R)

Werner (R) - Schifsky (R) - Whitelaw (R)

Estapa (L) - Draper (R) - Humphreys (R)