Recruits 2025 and Beyond

[Trotsky]

Also decommitted from colgate previously, wouldn't count on him until he's in the building at this rate.

He's run out of ECAC C's.

[Trotsky]

Caton Ryan, a center with the Penticon Vees of the BCHL, has committed to Cornell.  He was placed on the NHL Central Scouting preliminary players to watch list last year, & is a Clarkson decommit.

From hockey hotbed San Francisco.

[Trotsky]

Wishart is currently a freshman at Middlebury College.

He's not on their roster and Elite Prospects has him playing for the St. Cloud Norsemen in the NAHL.

[CAS]

Interesting re Wishart.  He was listed as part of Middlebury's '28 hockey class. The Penticton Vees list Caton Ryan's hometown as Kanata, ON.

[Redpucks1!]

Michael Dec with 1 goal & 1 assist in his OHL debut tonight with Owen Sound!

[scoop85]

Another Casey Jones Quebec recruit, left winger who recently joined Basie-Comeau Drakkar of the QMJHL:

https://x.com/PuckPreps/status/1889025178820080081?mx=2

[ursusminor]

Another Casey Jones Quebec recruit, left winger who recently joined Basie-Comeau Drakkar of the QMJHL:

https://x.com/PuckPreps/status/1889025178820080081?mx=2

He was there as an AP for 2 games in January, and he's back at Charles-Lemoyne. I add that Neutral Zone rates him as 4.0 *'s as opposed to the 3.5 from the x-tweet you posted.

FWIW, RPI recruit Ryan Dwyer of Stanstead was an AP in Baie-Comeau last weekend.  He played against his father's team. https://x.com/ABTitan/status/1887647289134485522

[CAS]

Casey is attracting some impressive talent to Cornell.  He appears to be an excellent recruiter.

[ursusminor]

I add that the most recent post (dated 7/31/24) on Neutral Zone which mentions Kirkwood is free. https://neutralzone.com/2024/07/31/ncaa-prospects-august-1-watchlist/

Aiden Kirkwood, F, Charles Lemoyne, 4.0 Star Prospect, Unsigned in QMJHL, Sport Prospects

Kirkwood was our #37 ranked QMJHL Draft prospect but fell to 77th in the QMJHL Draft because of doubts he'd report to camp. He's a responsible, mature, two-way forward with balanced edges and a knack for getting pucks to the net. He had 23 points in 40 games this season against older competition at Charles Lemoyne in the Quebec Midget AAA U18 league and finished the QMJHL Cup with 3 goals in 4 games. His style of play fits the college game and with Baie Comeau in his backyard, NCAA schools might move quicker than they would normally to give themselves a better chance.

Note that this was before the NCAA allowed colleges to recruit players with Major Junior experience.

[adamw]

Casey is attracting some impressive talent to Cornell.  He appears to be an excellent recruiter.

That has been evident for approximately 30 years.

[BearLover]

What are the indicators that Casey is recruiting well? I'm not denying it, I'm just wondering where that notion is coming from. Since Casey was announced as Schafer's successor, twelve players have committed (which is a lot). They're mostly quite young and none of them are really putting up eye-popping numbers. The big get was poaching Veilleux from Harvard, but the other recruits seem kind of up in the air to me.

[Trotsky]

What are the indicators that Casey is recruiting well? I'm not denying it, I'm just wondering where that notion is coming from. Since Casey was announced as Schafer's successor, twelve players have committed (which is a lot). They're mostly quite young and none of them are really putting up eye-popping numbers. The big get was poaching Veilleux from Harvard, but the other recruits seem kind of up in the air to me.

I believe he was credited with some very good gets his first tour with us.

Although TBH I am always skeptical about assigning provenance for a commitment to a coach.  Not that it's impossible or even improbable -- just that it's the kind of inside baseball (?) that only the specific people involved will ever really know.

[BearLover]

What are the indicators that Casey is recruiting well? I'm not denying it, I'm just wondering where that notion is coming from. Since Casey was announced as Schafer's successor, twelve players have committed (which is a lot). They're mostly quite young and none of them are really putting up eye-popping numbers. The big get was poaching Veilleux from Harvard, but the other recruits seem kind of up in the air to me.

I believe he was credited with some very good gets his first tour with us.

Although TBH I am always skeptical about assigning provenance for a commitment to a coach.  Not that it's impossible or even improbable -- just that it's the kind of inside baseball (?) that only the specific people involved will ever really know.

Oh, I agree that he seemed like a good recruiter at Clarkson at least. Just don't know which of our recent commitments people are looking at and going "wow, this kid looks like he's gonna be great."

[Trotsky]

Oh, I agree that he seemed like a good recruiter at Clarkson at least. Just don't know which of our recent commitments people are looking at and going "wow, this kid looks like he's gonna be great."

I think it's too early to distinguish his work from Mike anyway.  Guys who are committing even now were likely first on our radar years before.  The only guys who get a straight line drawn to Casey are his Clarkson prospects who followed him.  Now, there may be those who were still early in the process when he jumped.  The Quebecois seem at least plausible.

We'll see.  It will be a few years before we know if there is a significant uptick or drop off.  I think portal management may become as if not even more important as the system settles in.

[upprdeck]

are we assuming Casey stays around all that long? He isnt really that much different in age