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Guest wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:30 pm The GTHL is terribly run league. It's essentially 2 tiers built into 1.

the top 4 teams are one level, and the bottom 8 are the next. What this means is that for the most part the top 4 teams will always win against the bottom 8. If a player develops over a season or two on a 7/8/9/10 whatever team, he'll be picked up by a top four team and move.

This terrible for player development, as league parity and testing yourself in competition of an equal caliber are key components over the LONG journey of development. What the GTHL has done is create all-star teams, and they have made winning easy for these players. What they don't develop though is the character components. Things like how to find an extra gear when you're down, how to lose with class-figure out what went wrong, what you can do better, and come out hungrier to win next time. Players lack resiliency and don't know what it's like to lose.

The US NTDP is the best format, and they set it up for these teams to lose more than they win. Imagine that.

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Actually...you're a 'fantastic' idiot, and that is not 'fantastic advice'. So all you have to do is wait til they're 19 or 20, then they'll just take you?! Easy, no problem. P*iss off and take the other idiot with you! Do you think they give out scholarships like candy??
Lemme guess...you'll just have him play ohl instead then if you have to, lol?? Super-easy too lol. F**kin clueless

You sound angry. He is entitled to his opinion. No need to name call

And you sound like an idiot. It has nothing to do with an "opinion". I swear man, f**kin morons. P*ss off

Definitely anger issues. Not an opinion, actually a fact. D1 is off limits to anyone who plays Major Junior. So is D3 for that matter. US colleges rarely take anyone straight out of high school. So resort to some more name calling and insults. The top Tier 2 players get offers, but they usually want them to play USHL or stay in Tier 2 until they are a bit older. Play in the OHL if you want your kid to play and attend a Canadian University. Bottom line, you are not well informed and resort to name calling because people are calling you out on your BS. Hopefully your kid is smarter thank you are, but he will probably play 2 games in the OHL and brag about it to his beer league teammates after working a 10 hour shift at his dead end job.

Holy Christ...another guy who thinks it's easy to play ohl. What is wrong with people? "You're kid only played 2 games in the ohl...what a loser." Lol. Unbelievable. Dont even know what to say. You have zero-clue buddy, none, zilch. I GUARANTEE...your kid plays ZERO ohl games. And ZERO ncaa games lol

Context moron. Better to play Tier 2 and go for a scholarship than play 2 games in the OHL and kill your eligibility. Can you even read?

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Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:00 pm So just to be crystal clear to the dumb hockey dads on here like myself, who never grew up watching the game and really have basic to very little knowledge of what coaches or scouts are looking for, you are saying that just because my son has the most goals on his team (AA) right now doesn’t mean he can necessarily make a bottom level team on AAA?

My son had the most goals in the omha and still couldn’t crack AAA team , he didn’t make the team cause they said he needed to work on his back checking and defence I totally agreed with their assessment so yeah you can lead the team in scoring and still not make it to AAA

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Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:00 pm So just to be crystal clear to the dumb hockey dads on here like myself, who never grew up watching the game and really have basic to very little knowledge of what coaches or scouts are looking for, you are saying that just because my son has the most goals on his team (AA) right now doesn’t mean he can necessarily make a bottom level team on AAA?

My son had the most goals in the omha and still couldn’t crack AAA team , he didn’t make the team cause they said he needed to work on his back checking and defence I totally agreed with their assessment so yeah you can lead the team in scoring and still not make it to AAA

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:00 pm So just to be crystal clear to the dumb hockey dads on here like myself, who never grew up watching the game and really have basic to very little knowledge of what coaches or scouts are looking for, you are saying that just because my son has the most goals on his team (AA) right now doesn’t mean he can necessarily make a bottom level team on AAA?

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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:39 am no one cares about your feelings... get better and get on the good teams. The biggest issue is that good coaches only
go to to top teams. Anaheim ducks have been terrible the same as the MM have been terrible. change who runs the orgs and find good coaches who run good programs. Build it and they will come.

Completely agree with this. If you want balance, don't do AAA hockey in Toronto.

Imagine the caliber of hockey in AAA if there were half the teams. Also imagine how many skill coaches would be in demand for those thinking they can make the jump. Would likely just lead to more shenanigans and envelopes stacked with cash for the AAA organizations and so on down the line. There’s no perfect fix as there are way to many rich parents ruining this game for the kids. Living their kids dream, just drop them off at the rink and trust the coaches.

Open the boarders across the province at U15 and let the chips fall. Stop holding the kids back that are ready to play with the better players just because you are worried about losing. Nobody kept score when they where U8. Also so need to break free from the overlord of Hockey Canada and OMHA/OHF. Paying fees to and orgs that 95% of you will never ever benefit from.

Hockey is all about the $. HC is a joke, member provincial partners are a joke, in Ontario alone you have Alliance, G, OMHA, NOHA..whatever... 4 political minor hockey associations who don't work together because they all want your $$. Creates BS and talent misalignment. Should have 1 governing minor hockey body in each province, open all the boarders, set strong development mindsets and hold minor hockey associations accountable.

This is a great idea - rumour has it hockey canada has a new board and apparently they need to clean up their image

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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:15 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:01 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:17 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:39 am no one cares about your feelings... get better and get on the good teams. The biggest issue is that good coaches only
go to to top teams. Anaheim ducks have been terrible the same as the MM have been terrible. change who runs the orgs and find good coaches who run good programs. Build it and they will come.

Completely agree with this. If you want balance, don't do AAA hockey in Toronto.

Imagine the caliber of hockey in AAA if there were half the teams. Also imagine how many skill coaches would be in demand for those thinking they can make the jump. Would likely just lead to more shenanigans and envelopes stacked with cash for the AAA organizations and so on down the line. There’s no perfect fix as there are way to many rich parents ruining this game for the kids. Living their kids dream, just drop them off at the rink and trust the coaches.

Open the boarders across the province at U15 and let the chips fall. Stop holding the kids back that are ready to play with the better players just because you are worried about losing. Nobody kept score when they where U8. Also so need to break free from the overlord of Hockey Canada and OMHA/OHF. Paying fees to and orgs that 95% of you will never ever benefit from.

Hockey is all about the $. HC is a joke, member provincial partners are a joke, in Ontario alone you have Alliance, G, OMHA, NOHA..whatever... 4 political minor hockey associations who don't work together because they all want your $$. Creates BS and talent misalignment. Should have 1 governing minor hockey body in each province, open all the boarders, set strong development mindsets and hold minor hockey associations accountable.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:29 pm My reasoning for thinking AAA level hockey is unbalanced may be the unpopular opinion. There are typically only 3 really good solid teams at all the age groups and the rest of the teams are just mid level players (bless their hearts, they try their best and are having fun usually) my son played for the NYR AAA and never won a game. This was a couple years ago. He ended up quitting the game because you know what..it isn’t fun to lose. They need to balance the teams. That’s my opinion.

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:23 am

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:00 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:07 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:18 am



Actually...you're a 'fantastic' idiot, and that is not 'fantastic advice'. So all you have to do is wait til they're 19 or 20, then they'll just take you?! Easy, no problem. P*iss off and take the other idiot with you! Do you think they give out scholarships like candy??
Lemme guess...you'll just have him play ohl instead then if you have to, lol?? Super-easy too lol. F**kin clueless

You sound angry. He is entitled to his opinion. No need to name call

And you sound like an idiot. It has nothing to do with an "opinion". I swear man, f**kin morons. P*ss off

Definitely anger issues. Not an opinion, actually a fact. D1 is off limits to anyone who plays Major Junior. So is D3 for that matter. US colleges rarely take anyone straight out of high school. So resort to some more name calling and insults. The top Tier 2 players get offers, but they usually want them to play USHL or stay in Tier 2 until they are a bit older. Play in the OHL if you want your kid to play and attend a Canadian University. Bottom line, you are not well informed and resort to name calling because people are calling you out on your BS. Hopefully your kid is smarter thank you are, but he will probably play 2 games in the OHL and brag about it to his beer league teammates after working a 10 hour shift at his dead end job.

Holy Christ...another guy who thinks it's easy to play ohl. What is wrong with people? "You're kid only played 2 games in the ohl...what a loser." Lol. Unbelievable. Dont even know what to say. You have zero-clue buddy, none, zilch. I GUARANTEE...your kid plays ZERO ohl games. And ZERO ncaa games lol

Context moron. Better to play Tier 2 and go for a scholarship than play 2 games in the OHL and kill your eligibility. Can you even read?