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Quote from: stereax on May 14, 2026, 10:38:50 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on May 14, 2026, 10:03:00 PMGardiner probably slots in as our 3C, meaning, thank god, we can play both DiGiulian and Major on the wing. Probably leaves us with something like this for forward lines.

Ryan-Walsh-Major
Long-Zadvernyuk-DiGiulian
Kraft-Gardiner-Devlin
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle

Incredibly deep and there's also a ton of depth not even in this lineup like Murray, Arsenault, Armstrong and Wehmann.

Third line Kraft. Fourth line Hiscock. What the fuck riches are we dealing with?

Though I think that next year (27-28) they're gonna want DiGiulian at C, and so gotta give him some reps there.

Please stop Major at center. It is painful for me.

Yeah could also push Catalano out of the lineup but we're a little short on RWs so I figured they they might put him there

Gardiner probably slots in as our 3C, meaning, thank god, we can play both DiGiulian and Major on the wing. Probably leaves us with something like this for forward lines.

Ryan-Walsh-Major
Long-Zadvernyuk-DiGiulian
Kraft-Gardiner-Devlin
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle

Incredibly deep and there's also a ton of depth not even in this lineup like Murray, Arsenault, Armstrong and Wehmann.

Quote from: stereax on May 14, 2026, 01:55:19 PMQuestion: post-secondary school implies college.

Will he come in as a sophomore? Or, what I consider to be way more likely, will they not transfer his credits in to preserve eligibility?

Fun fact: when I was looking up Gardiner, I pulled up some of the '23 combine results. Among them, Castagna. So that gives you a little bit of perspective.

"Throughout the season, Gardiner posted a 90% academic average through American Public University"

Good catch. Coming in as a 21 year old probably just makes sense to start him as a sophomore if they can, seems unlikely he stays all 4 if things go well.

21 year old 2023 third round draft pick. 65 points in 67 games, 56% on faceoffs. Big pickup, especially with him being a center

Quote from: BearLover on May 12, 2026, 06:17:14 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on May 12, 2026, 05:57:34 PM

Quote from: BearLover on May 12, 2026, 12:32:46 PMNo surprise, but Alex Pelletier named USHL Player of the Year: https://ushl.com/news/2026/4/20/mens-ice-hockey-alex-pelletier-named-ushl-player-of-the-year.aspx

Some credit should go to the Cornell coaching staff, as Pelletier never could have won USHL PotY had the coaches brought him in last year.

this is kinda the exact reason you send him back to be fair. If we brought him in he would've been standing at the top of section D most games and now he gets to shoot 7 shots per game and put up 85 points in a season.

I find it very unlikely he would run away with the USHL goals and points lead but not be able to crack the Cornell lineup.

Who knows man. Sean Donaldson lit the world on fire in juniors and never got much playing time. I still wouldn't be surprised if Pelletier never becomes very close to a point per game player in college. His production was really impressive this year but he takes a ridiculous amount of shots that he's not gonna get now that he's on a team with Letourneau, Hemming, etc.

Quote from: BearLover on May 12, 2026, 12:32:46 PMNo surprise, but Alex Pelletier named USHL Player of the Year: https://ushl.com/news/2026/4/20/mens-ice-hockey-alex-pelletier-named-ushl-player-of-the-year.aspx

Some credit should go to the Cornell coaching staff, as Pelletier never could have won USHL PotY had the coaches brought him in last year.

this is kinda the exact reason you send him back to be fair. If we brought him in he would've been standing at the top of section D most games and now he gets to shoot 7 shots per game and put up 85 points in a season.

The other ECAC schools are recruiting surprisingly well. Harvard as usual is doing well with high draft picks, Quinnipiac bringing in some more huge CHL scorers, Clarkson and RPI also getting some decent CHL guys. The big surprise for me is Saint Lawrence who looks to have tricked two draft picks and another draft eligible who will probably go this year into coming. We'll see how many of those actually come to fruition.

Yep cascadden will be back

Forgot to post after the end of Charlie Arend's season. 20 year old forward for Dubuque of the USHL. 43 points in 52 games, a big step up from the previous two years. I don't see him factoring in this upcoming season but hopefully can be a piece for us later in his career.

Quote from: stereax on May 02, 2026, 04:12:03 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on May 02, 2026, 01:45:29 PMHow do these people have nothing better to do than bother him? It's always so bizarre to me when people treat university employees like celebrities. Just because his title is President doesn't mean he's anything special

Well, he's the President, so that means he gets to decide all the important things. Like divesting from Israel. And the people who hate Israel are VERY loud about it. And think they're right. So...

He does not decide if we divest from Israel

How do these people have nothing better to do than bother him? It's always so bizarre to me when people treat university employees like celebrities. Just because his title is President doesn't mean he's anything special

Louis Wehmann and the penticton bees season ended yesterday, they did way better than I expected moving up from the BCHL to the WHL. Wehmann is a 20 year old LW who posted 37 points in 68 regular season games. Not superb numbers but I am actually very bullish on him as a fourth/third liner in college. He turned up for playoffs with 13 points in 15 games. Seems like a high energy and high physicality player and he can fight damn well, look up his fights.

You'll be okay. There's always leftover tickets in C and you have first priority over undergrads anyway

My hopes for the lines next year:

Kraft-Walsh-Ryan
Long-Zadvernyuk-Major
Hiscock-DiGiulian-Devlin
Wehmann-Catalano-Armstrong

Veilleux-Fegaras
Ashton-Tuminaro
Randle-Fisher

Rousseau

ES: Pirtle or Gorski depending if you want a forward or a D.

This is my wish, not what I would actually guess. I think it is so obvious that Digiulian needs to play center but Casey loves having Manor in that spot instead for some reason. I already hate having 2 lefties on the right side at forward but we have so many talented lefties it kind of has to happen. I would imagine that these two lefty winger lines pair with our righty centers so that they can play along the right side boards if need be. I love the idea of a super gritty, get under your skin fourth line so that's what I put but wouldn't be surprised to see a better scorer like Pirtle or Arend get time instead of Wehmann.

On D I bet Casey sticks with Fegaras and Ashton but I think 6 and 4 would pair pretty well. I also like the idea of having Ashton and Tuminaro together as 2 massive bodies, and I think Tuminaro will show pretty quickly that he needs more ice time than fisher.

At goalie the depth should pretty clearly be Rousseau-Roest-Katz in that order, so not a lot to say there.

Quote from: BearLover on April 22, 2026, 04:15:26 PMRated 114 by NHL Central Scouting. We now have recruits at 96, 112, and 114 in this year's rankings, plus Caton Ryan at 177.

Clearly a great pickup. Hard to figure any rhyme or reason in our recruiting philosophy, the kids we're recruiting span the gamut of location, age, league, pro potential. Not complaining, just find it interesting. Hopefully they all want a good education and that's the commonality among them.

I do like that we have been getting USHL defensemen and Q goalies so far, those seem to be the clear strong points of those leagues.