Editorial
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College Hockey Recruiting

Where 7 minus 4 equals 0 Scholarships

As you may know DU has 7 Seniors on the team, but only 4 confirmed recruits for next season (Cheverie, Bozak, Martin & Ostrow). Add in the unexpected departure of T.J Fast and it would appear that DU has 8 spots open next season. The question is, why would DU make recruits Gregorie, Lee and/or potential recruit Riley Nash wait until '08?

I think the key lies with Steven Cook. He's a Senior, but I now think that DU is confident that he will be playing for the Pioneers in 2007. I have no inside information, just a hunch based on a few signs.

DU's star women's lacrosse player Kristie Leggio is in her 6th year of college. Like Cook she transferred (from Maryland) and sat out a year. DU applied for a "hardship" and now she's playing an extra season for the Pioneers. I believe that DU is using the same logic, plus Cook's injury at Air Force to apply for "an extra season."

We also know that Cook took the LSAT last weekend, so its not a stretch to think that he might be enrolling at DU's Law School next Fall.

With 6 or 7 players leaving, wouldn't DU still have extra scholarships available? Probably not, because "media darling" Danny King probably doesn't have a scholarship. Additionally, there might be several players on the current Roster that are playing with less than full scholarships that are "owed" better deals due to increased playing time or a previous agreement.

With Corbin coming back this weekend, one would assume that he is no longer a Redshirt Candidate and that might also free up a scholarship.

The final piece in the puzzle will be if Paukovich or Butler leave early for professional hockey. If a defenseman leaves early, that would presumably bring in Lee.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good luck carrying the academic overload of being a 1st year law student at the College Of Law and the practice/playing time demands of D1 hockey at the same time. Unless this guy is Superman I don't see that happening.

dggoddard said...

Anon #1,

Good point.

Anonymous said...

do you think that und will get nash then?

dggoddard said...

Nash is deciding between DU, UND & Major Juniors. Not sure which way he is leaning. He was named BCHL Player of the week, this week.

Anonymous said...

dggoddard, here's a great article Gregoire article in today's lincoln journal star. Considering Coach Johnson rarely gives players praise, this is a one of a kind article.

http://journalstar.com/sports/doc45dcfe3abc2cf241111925.txt

Anonymous said...

http://journalstar.com/sports/
doc45dcfe3abc2cf241111925

dggoddard said...

Thanks for the article link on Gregoire. I posted it today. Needless to say we're excited to see him play. If any of the Stars games are broadcast on the web, let us know.

Anonymous said...

yup. as a 1L they frown upon you even so much as having a part time job outside of school. D1 hockey is absolutely out of the question, so not sure what theyre gonna do.