Recruits 2026 and Beyond

[stereax]

Question: 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.

I have literally never heard of that before.

It's an online education thing - looks like their billing is affordable, flexible degrees. Not sure if Cornell would even accept that transfer credit tbh...

[BearLover]

Question: 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.

I have literally never heard of that before.

It's an online education thing - looks like their billing is affordable, flexible degrees. Not sure if Cornell would even accept that transfer credit tbh...

I have never heard of it either. Maybe he did it to become college eligible or something? I doubt he comes in as a sophomore, or that he doesn't plan to stay 4 years. I mean, sure, if he blows up and has pro teams after him, then he might leave early, but given he was drafted 3 years ago and the Stars didn't offer him a contract, I think he is making the smart decision to get a great degree and play high level college hockey.

[tretiak]

Question: 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.

I have literally never heard of that before.

It's an online education thing - looks like their billing is affordable, flexible degrees. Not sure if Cornell would even accept that transfer credit tbh...

этот самый лучший университет в мире

[stereax]

Question: 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.

I have literally never heard of that before.

It's an online education thing - looks like their billing is affordable, flexible degrees. Not sure if Cornell would even accept that transfer credit tbh...

I have never heard of it either. Maybe he did it to become college eligible or something? I doubt he comes in as a sophomore, or that he doesn't plan to stay 4 years. I mean, sure, if he blows up and has pro teams after him, then he might leave early, but given he was drafted 3 years ago and the Stars didn't offer him a contract, I think he is making the smart decision to get a great degree and play high level college hockey.

Yeah, agreed upon poking around a little. (If it were somewhere "more reputable" like, say, Zayne Parekh taking classes at U of Toronto, that's one thing, but this is probably more "preparing him for Cornell", lol.) Theoretically, though, if 5 in 5 passes the way we think it will, if Gardiner came in as a sophomore, could he play a grad year somewhere else? Or is my math messed up?

[pjd8]

American Public University is accredited, so he can probably transfer credits in. My employer offers free tuition through APU, and a coworker of mine got her masters in analytics. It was a legitimate program, not one of those diploma mills where you can get a bachelor's degree in as little as eight weeks (yes, that has happened).

[chimpfood]

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.

[stereax]

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.

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.

[chimpfood]

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.

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

[stereax]

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.

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

Nah, Catalano stays at 4C imo. He does that shit beautifully.

[BearLover]

I'm glad Casey read my post that we want 4 lines that can score, but I'm pretty astounded by the sheer number of good forwards on the roster. I believe we are now bringing in 6: Zadvernyuk, Armstrong, Hughes, Arend, Wehmann, Gardiner. 4 are leaving: Castagna, DeSantis, Wallace, Donaldson, the latter two of whom barely played. That's 18 total and they all could conceivably play.

Unless someone goes back to juniors. The coaches might have thought Walsh was going pro, and then he didn't.

We evidently have no problem getting good players to want to come play for Cornell.

I hope Rosseau is good...the team should be largely set elsewhere. Cournoyer blindsiding the coaches really hurts because we surely could have plucked a strong goalie from elsewhere if we had enough notice.

[stereax]

I'm glad Casey read my post that we want 4 lines that can score, but I'm pretty astounded by the sheer number of good forwards on the roster. I believe we are now bringing in 6: Zadvernyuk, Armstrong, Hughes, Arend, Wehmann, Gardiner. 4 are leaving: Castagna, DeSantis, Wallace, Donaldson, the latter two of whom barely played. That's 18 total and they all could conceivably play.

Unless someone goes back to juniors. The coaches might have thought Walsh was going pro, and then he didn't.

We evidently have no problem getting good players to want to come play for Cornell.

I hope Rosseau is good...the team should be largely set elsewhere. Cournoyer blindsiding the coaches really hurts because we surely could have plucked a strong goalie from elsewhere if we had enough notice.

I mean, given the roster preview I got the other day... I think most of our forwards are at the 20yo range anyway. Wouldn't be shocked if a few of the guys who aren't getting ice transfer out next year though.

[Trotsky]

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

Wasn't he becoming cromulent on draws towards the end?  I could be hallucinating.

[Trotsky]

I have us with 7 draft picks on the team now.  I'm sure I missed somebody.

[stereax]

I have us with 7 draft picks on the team now.  I'm sure I missed somebody.

Cato, in about 6 weeks

But fr, Pugilisi, Tuminaro, and that other guy who I'm blanking on are all decently ranked prospects. I think that's everyone on the current roster though.