Chicken or the egg?

You're right that we probably won't find out the full story.

But Ivy league doesn't typically allow grad student-athletes (although it sounds like in Feb they announced a Covid exemption). So Galajda knew long ago he needed to find a new team for a 5th season. He entered the transfer portal back around 11/19/20. It's hard to imagine he waited for contact with ND (and other interested teams) until recently. I suspect this transfer has been in the works for a while now behind the scenes.

Click here for link at https://www.themackreport.com/vip/cornell-goalie-matt-galajd