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Guest wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 12:15 pm Any coach that has filled his whole U18 roster now is going to get burned. Too much movement still to come after junior camps and OHL teams assigning kids to programs.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 12:15 pm Any coach that has filled his whole U18 roster now is going to get burned. Too much movement still to come after junior camps and OHL teams assigning kids to programs.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 12:15 pm Any coach that has filled his whole U18 roster now is going to get burned. Too much movement still to come after junior camps and OHL teams assigning kids to programs.

Guest wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:27 pm If you’re worried about what everyone else is doing, you’ve already lost. Good coaches, with good programs who treat their players right don’t have to worry about everyone else. There is no shortage of good players who will come. The bad coaches will always be chasing it and complaining, holding skates with AA calibre kids, lying to themselves and others that Jr cuts are coming ….

The top teams are formed already, holding one or 2 spots for September, or have a number of kids ready to fill the few they might lose to Jr.

There are coaches having skates everywhere. If your coach can’t fill a skate, or they are all AA players. There’s a problem and it won’t get better.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 8:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:27 pm If you’re worried about what everyone else is doing, you’ve already lost. Good coaches, with good programs who treat their players right don’t have to worry about everyone else. There is no shortage of good players who will come. The bad coaches will always be chasing it and complaining, holding skates with AA calibre kids, lying to themselves and others that Jr cuts are coming ….

The top teams are formed already, holding one or 2 spots for September, or have a number of kids ready to fill the few they might lose to Jr.

There are coaches having skates everywhere. If your coach can’t fill a skate, or they are all AA players. There’s a problem and it won’t get better.

Disagree

The top teams understand they may have to leave a spot or two open for a player who is a fringe jr a player.

But it’s gut call, some coaches over recruit to protect themselves if they don’t get that player.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 9:52 am

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 8:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:27 pm If you’re worried about what everyone else is doing, you’ve already lost. Good coaches, with good programs who treat their players right don’t have to worry about everyone else. There is no shortage of good players who will come. The bad coaches will always be chasing it and complaining, holding skates with AA calibre kids, lying to themselves and others that Jr cuts are coming ….

The top teams are formed already, holding one or 2 spots for September, or have a number of kids ready to fill the few they might lose to Jr.

There are coaches having skates everywhere. If your coach can’t fill a skate, or they are all AA players. There’s a problem and it won’t get better.

Disagree

The top teams understand they may have to leave a spot or two open for a player who is a fringe jr a player.

But it’s gut call, some coaches over recruit to protect themselves if they don’t get that player.

So when the post above says "The top teams are formed already, holding one or 2 spots for September"

You actually agree

Guest wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 9:56 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 3:59 pm No one at the YSE skates. A couple of RH cast offs and a bunch of AA players. Why?

Those were for in zone kids only so that’s not surprising. More will show up once they are open to everyone.