2025-26 Incoming Freshman and Transfers

[Trotsky]

Are these points coming from finesse or vision or what?

[chimpfood]

Are these points coming from finesse or vision or what?

From watching some highlights and just seeing that he's listed at 6 foot 5 it seems like a Psenicka type to me. Big body that always finds the front of the net and a natural scorer.

[arugula]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

[ugarte]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

[BearLover]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

If all hockey freshmen were 18 then BU and Minnesota would win every year.

[arugula]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

[Al DeFlorio]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

Bertrand was older.

[arugula]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

If all hockey freshmen were 18 then BU and Minnesota would win every year.

Wrong because they would have 18 year olds and we would still have 20-22 year old juniors and seniors.

[Trotsky]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

As a purist I should hate it but I am fine with it.

I would love it if kids took a gap year, or more, before entering.  The tradition In My Day was high school was where you learned to drink (18 de jure; 16 de facto), college was where you learned to fuck.  Pushing back the drinking age and the perma-childhood of The Desert of the Now means we've shifted everything 3 years.  Ok, fine, but work that shit all out before wasting your parents money and your one and only chance in life to get a true education rather than the animal training of business or technology.

Everybody should start* at 21.  It would be healthier.

* Hell, 90% of kids shouldn't go at all.  Give a credential path to the derps who are just looking to make money and return education to people who want to learn, not earn.

[arugula]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

Bertrand was older.

I suspect the rules have changed since 1967.

[arugula]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

As a purist I should hate it but I am fine with it.

I would love it if kids took a gap year, or more, before entering.  The tradition In My Day was high school was where you learned to drink (18 de jure; 16 de facto), college was where you learned to fuck.  Pushing back the drinking age and the perma-childhood of The Desert of the Now means we've shifted everything 3 years.  Ok, fine, but work that shit all out before wasting your parents money and your one and only chance in life to get a true education rather than the animal training of business or technology.

Everybody should start* at 21.  It would be healthier.

* Hell, 90% of kids shouldn't go at all.  Give a credential path to the derps who are just looking to make money and return education to people who want to learn, not earn.

Fair points.

[BearLover]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

If all hockey freshmen were 18 then BU and Minnesota would win every year.

Wrong because they would have 18 year olds and we would still have 20-22 year old juniors and seniors.

I think you're more likely to compete with BU if you have 24 year olds than 21 year olds. Also, the non-BUs recruit a lot of kids who are 19 and 20 at the time they commit.

[pfibiger]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

Bertrand was older.

I suspect the rules have changed since 1967.

Pretty sure I recall that Doug Krantz was 21 as a freshman.

[arugula]

My question wasn't about 21 year old freshman although I'm not crazy about that. My question was about whether there was any age limit at all.

[David Harding]

A 21 year old freshman. Oy.  Hate that.

i recommend getting over it

I am over it. Doesn't mean I have to like.  I'm not saying all freshman should be 18 but 21 seems a bit much. Serious question, under current rules, is there a limit?  Could a college recruit a 24 year old?

Bertrand was older.

Seems to me that Bertrand couldn't play in the NCAA tournament his senior year because he was too old.  He had worked a few years before enrolling.
Current rule for ice hockey is that you have to enroll before you turn 21.  https://www.ncsasports.org/ncaa-eligibility-center/age-limit