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Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:44 pm I think there will be a top 4 and a bottom 3.

Eagles, Sharks, Avs, Lightning top 4

Attack (unfortunate), Rangers and Panthers the bottom.

Sounds about right and I think it'll be a big gap from the top 4 and those bottom 3.
Eagles
West Mall
Sharks
Avs
Attack
Rangers
Panthers

Unfortunate about the Attack, had a good season and looks like they'll fall off big time.
Rangers as well, struggled but were competitive this season. They may be competitive with Panthers next year.

Eagles will dominate next year, west mall will be vastly improved. Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better.

Outside of the Eagles I'm not sure how anyone can really say ex. "Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better". Nobody outside of current / new families truly know even if you've been to skates for each team. I was at the rink over the weekend and from what I was hearing Avs for instance are improving drastically, but is this opinion of a current parent? I can speak on behalf of the Attack that majority if not all the team is gone, but do we really know what the new group will look like? New coach and kids, but maybe they're top end kids? We won't know until October.

Avs top goalie is gone, that can't help.

Reality check: there are very few goalies in the A loop that are any good. If one leaves they are easily replaceable. They are the very definition of a dime a dozen. There was nothing special about either Avs goalies so having them leave has zero impact. Zero. In the entire division perhaps there were 2-3 goalies that would impact the team if they left. None of those goalies played for Avs. That's the truth of it. The goalies they have now are likely better.

I'd agree with this, none of the Avs goalies were a strength. The one west mall goalie made a big difference on a medicore team, and I'd say both Attqck goalies, but they would be easier to replace as they were a strong team defensively.

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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:49 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:19 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:05 pm

Sounds about right and I think it'll be a big gap from the top 4 and those bottom 3.
Eagles
West Mall
Sharks
Avs
Attack
Rangers
Panthers

Unfortunate about the Attack, had a good season and looks like they'll fall off big time.
Rangers as well, struggled but were competitive this season. They may be competitive with Panthers next year.

Eagles will dominate next year, west mall will be vastly improved. Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better.

Outside of the Eagles I'm not sure how anyone can really say ex. "Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better". Nobody outside of current / new families truly know even if you've been to skates for each team. I was at the rink over the weekend and from what I was hearing Avs for instance are improving drastically, but is this opinion of a current parent? I can speak on behalf of the Attack that majority if not all the team is gone, but do we really know what the new group will look like? New coach and kids, but maybe they're top end kids? We won't know until October.

Avs top goalie is gone, that can't help.

Reality check: there are very few goalies in the A loop that are any good. If one leaves they are easily replaceable. They are the very definition of a dime a dozen. There was nothing special about either Avs goalies so having them leave has zero impact. Zero. In the entire division perhaps there were 2-3 goalies that would impact the team if they left. None of those goalies played for Avs. That's the truth of it. The goalies they have now are likely better.

I'd agree with this, none of the Avs goalies were a strength. The one west mall goalie made a big difference on a medicore team, and I'd say both Attqck goalies, but they would be easier to replace as they were a strong team defensively.

Both WM goalies were good, I liked the bigger one, I thought he has more potential. Did they both leave?

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:49 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:19 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:05 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:44 pm I think there will be a top 4 and a bottom 3.

Eagles, Sharks, Avs, Lightning top 4

Attack (unfortunate), Rangers and Panthers the bottom.

Sounds about right and I think it'll be a big gap from the top 4 and those bottom 3.
Eagles
West Mall
Sharks
Avs
Attack
Rangers
Panthers

Unfortunate about the Attack, had a good season and looks like they'll fall off big time.
Rangers as well, struggled but were competitive this season. They may be competitive with Panthers next year.

Eagles will dominate next year, west mall will be vastly improved. Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better.

Outside of the Eagles I'm not sure how anyone can really say ex. "Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better". Nobody outside of current / new families truly know even if you've been to skates for each team. I was at the rink over the weekend and from what I was hearing Avs for instance are improving drastically, but is this opinion of a current parent? I can speak on behalf of the Attack that majority if not all the team is gone, but do we really know what the new group will look like? New coach and kids, but maybe they're top end kids? We won't know until October.

Avs top goalie is gone, that can't help.

Reality check: there are very few goalies in the A loop that are any good. If one leaves they are easily replaceable. They are the very definition of a dime a dozen. There was nothing special about either Avs goalies so having them leave has zero impact. Zero. In the entire division perhaps there were 2-3 goalies that would impact the team if they left. None of those goalies played for Avs. That's the truth of it. The goalies they have now are likely better.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:49 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:19 pm

Outside of the Eagles I'm not sure how anyone can really say ex. "Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better". Nobody outside of current / new families truly know even if you've been to skates for each team. I was at the rink over the weekend and from what I was hearing Avs for instance are improving drastically, but is this opinion of a current parent? I can speak on behalf of the Attack that majority if not all the team is gone, but do we really know what the new group will look like? New coach and kids, but maybe they're top end kids? We won't know until October.

Avs top goalie is gone, that can't help.

Reality check: there are very few goalies in the A loop that are any good. If one leaves they are easily replaceable. They are the very definition of a dime a dozen. There was nothing special about either Avs goalies so having them leave has zero impact. Zero. In the entire division perhaps there were 2-3 goalies that would impact the team if they left. None of those goalies played for Avs. That's the truth of it. The goalies they have now are likely better.

I'd agree with this, none of the Avs goalies were a strength. The one west mall goalie made a big difference on a medicore team, and I'd say both Attqck goalies, but they would be easier to replace as they were a strong team defensively.

Both WM goalies were good, I liked the bigger one, I thought he has more potential. Did they both leave?

They were both massive, and the 2 tops in the division. Both gone to AA.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:49 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:19 pm

Outside of the Eagles I'm not sure how anyone can really say ex. "Sharks slightly worse, Avs slightly better". Nobody outside of current / new families truly know even if you've been to skates for each team. I was at the rink over the weekend and from what I was hearing Avs for instance are improving drastically, but is this opinion of a current parent? I can speak on behalf of the Attack that majority if not all the team is gone, but do we really know what the new group will look like? New coach and kids, but maybe they're top end kids? We won't know until October.

Avs top goalie is gone, that can't help.

Reality check: there are very few goalies in the A loop that are any good. If one leaves they are easily replaceable. They are the very definition of a dime a dozen. There was nothing special about either Avs goalies so having them leave has zero impact. Zero. In the entire division perhaps there were 2-3 goalies that would impact the team if they left. None of those goalies played for Avs. That's the truth of it. The goalies they have now are likely better.

I'd agree with this, none of the Avs goalies were a strength. The one west mall goalie made a big difference on a medicore team, and I'd say both Attqck goalies, but they would be easier to replace as they were a strong team defensively.

Both WM goalies were good, I liked the bigger one, I thought he has more potential. Did they both leave?

They were both massive, and the 2 tops in the division. Both gone to AA.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:38 am The TE's goalies had the best GAA...just sayin.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:23 am

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:38 am The TE's goalies had the best GAA...just sayin.

They did by a slim margin, but I'd say they were overall a stronger team than anyone else by a large margin. Good goalies but I think that speaks more to their overall team strength than the individual goalies.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:27 pm Congrats Eagles, heck of a season.

On to next year, a ton of changes in the division, I'd say Eagles will easily win again. Early predictions;

Eagles
Lightning
Sharks
Avs
Attack
Rangers
Panthers

Bottom 3 will be real bad unfortunately. Very different and less competitive division next year.

Enjoy the off-season everyone.