Recruits 2024 and Beyond

Redpucks1!
One of my favorite days of the year is August 1st - the first day of college hockey recruit commitments. This year it will be 2008's committing.
A year ago I had 3 players in mind for Cornell; William Moore/Ithaca connection, Cooper Dennis/Ithaca connection and Aiden Lane/St. Andrews College hockey. I really thought at least one of them would end up at Cornell, but all three ended up being a swing and a miss. (Moore - BC / Dennis - Michigan / Lane - Harvard).

This year there is only one player that is pretty certain to head to Ithaca in the future. Nolan Long, St. Andrews College, is the brother of current Cornell commit Aiden Long. Seems like a fair bet that he would have CU at the top of his list.

The others I would be interested in is just wishful thinking with the exception of the goalie on the list who is attending St. Andrews College.
1. Cameron Chartrand - Quebec native, which Casey seems to get a fair number of players from the province. He's a defenseman that played for the BK Selects last season. Will play for Dubuque in the USHL this season and is very highly regarded. Canada U17 Development Camp invitee.
2. Mateo Beites - Goalie/St. Andrews College. Recently invited to the U17 Canada Camp.
3. Jonathan Morello - Center / Very highly regarded Clarkson commit. A 2024 Boston draft pick, he had a real solid development camp with the Bruins. Would love it if he committed to Clarkson based on Casey being the coach and decided to switch his commitment to Cornell but, again, probably a long shot.

Pghas
My understanding is that Wishart is headed to play at Middlebury.

Such a difficult thing to predict who will develop and how. Guys who lit it up in juniors sometimes get to college and are a little fried and maybe don't push as much as they once did. Or maybe they hit a ceiling while other kids really do not. I have a son who is a good player and what they tell you is that as you move up you have to improve and dominate at every level that you reach. That's hard to do! I think its safe to say that the USHL is largely D1 commits and that provides the highest level of competition for players to develop so that's probably the best place to play if you're a D1 commit. So expect a kid like Charlie Major to come in and contribute immediately a la Ryan Walsh. Sean Donaldson dominated the BCHL which is different. Jacob Kraft didnt dominate but put up great numbers for Cedar Rapids in the USHL. DeGiulian was drafted by the Lincoln Stars and my understanding is he will play juniors for a least a year.

As my son's coach put it this year, you're not playing college hockey until you're on the ice playing college hockey!