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by **Guest** » Tue May 14, 2024 9:16 am

#5 on TA was very strong!

Guest wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 8:13 am
Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 2:43 pm Are you sure NT is stagnant? I heard they lost a significant numbers of players, including many cuts, and several players to Duffield.

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MI had a lot of changes, new coach who is known to be a great developer. Will be the fastest team in the loop. Question is did they improve in goal?

TA - team got worse, coach didn't get any of the players he was hoping for and all strong kids from last year went running for the hills based on crazy coach.

NYK - will be much different, top 3 goal scorers all gone

NT - stagnent, not much change.

Avs in West may not lose a game next season.

Rangers lost both goalies.

Duffield - drastically improved, and should win some games. Added strong kids from NT Select.

MI Fastest Team? They lost some good players but improved in Goal. Didn't add anything of significance other then the goalie. I think overall they got worse, despite the upgrade in net.

TA had strong kids?

NYK will be in tough to repeat as East Champs.

NT is NT. They are never horrible. SOme years better than others. Last year was one of those not so great years. This year looks the same. They'll make the RR.

Avs not lose? This isnt U10 where a super team could run the gauntlet. They are a good team no doubt, but lost an important piece of their puzzle.

DD - Lets hope they improve. Losing season is 1 thing but being competitive is another. TA finished last this past season but won games and were competitive. Hope DD does the same.
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by **Guest** » Tue May 14, 2024 8:25 am

DMM - yes, they're from AA, but I heard majority of strong players found new homes and not coming down to A. Not sure why people think they're so strong. Was at a couple of their skates and talent level was not there.

There are too many weak teams this year in the loop for DMM to miss the playoffs. Thats just fact, not a disrespect to the teams in question.

SIR - Overhaul. 2 Goalies are all this team has going for it.
TA - 2nd Season in. Had a respectable 1st Season but also had turnover.
WH - Crap shoot. Good Association but will bringing their Select Team up be good enough? Not sure what, if anything, came of their Tryouts.
LF2 - LF1 is a strong team. Do they have enough in the system to field a competitive 2nd team?
TRT2 - Same story as LF2.

1 of those 5 teams is going to make the playoffs, and its anybody's guess as to which one. DMM are better then all 5 of those teams so finishing 7th is a given. How far up from 7 they climb is the question. TRT, LF, NYK are all strong enough to warrant Top3 Prediction. Are DMM better then ARD, MI, NT? Time will tell.

5th or 6th is where I see them slide in.

by **Guest** » Tue May 14, 2024 8:13 am

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 2:43 pm Are you sure NT is stagnant? I heard they lost a significant numbers of players, including many cuts, and several players to Duffield.

]quote=Guest post_id=122643 time=1715606947]
MI had a lot of changes, new coach who is known to be a great developer. Will be the fastest team in the loop. Question is did they improve in goal?

TA - team got worse, coach didn't get any of the players he was hoping for and all strong kids from last year went running for the hills based on crazy coach.

NYK - will be much different, top 3 goal scorers all gone

NT - stagnent, not much change.

Avs in West may not lose a game next season.

Rangers lost both goalies.

Duffield - drastically improved, and should win some games. Added strong kids from NT Select.

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MI Fastest Team? They lost some good players but improved in Goal. Didn't add anything of significance other then the goalie. I think overall they got worse, despite the upgrade in net.

TA had strong kids?

NYK will be in tough to repeat as East Champs.

NT is NT. They are never horrible. SOme years better than others. Last year was one of those not so great years. This year looks the same. They'll make the RR.

Avs not lose? This isnt U10 where a super team could run the gauntlet. They are a good team no doubt, but lost an important piece of their puzzle.

DD - Lets hope they improve. Losing season is 1 thing but being competitive is another. TA finished last this past season but won games and were competitive. Hope DD does the same.

by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 4:40 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 2:43 pm Are you sure NT is stagnant? I heard they lost a significant numbers of players, including many cuts, and several players to Duffield.

]quote=Guest post_id=122643 time=1715606947]
MI had a lot of changes, new coach who is known to be a great developer. Will be the fastest team in the loop. Question is did they improve in goal?

TA - team got worse, coach didn't get any of the players he was hoping for and all strong kids from last year went running for the hills based on crazy coach.

NYK - will be much different, top 3 goal scorers all gone

NT - stagnent, not much change.

Avs in West may not lose a game next season.

Rangers lost both goalies.

Duffield - drastically improved, and should win some games. Added strong kids from NT Select.

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stagnent in the sense they won't improve, but likely won't be any worse off than they were this season.

DMM - yes, they're from AA, but I heard majority of strong players found new homes and not coming down to A. Not sure why people think they're so strong. Was at a couple of their skates and talent level was not there.

by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 2:54 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 9:29 am Avs in West may not lose a game next season.

Why so? Last season HVS gave them hard time the whole season including playoffs and VR beat them most of the times in regular season. They are obvious favourites, but not sure about "not lose a game".

by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 2:43 pm

Are you sure NT is stagnant? I heard they lost a significant numbers of players, including many cuts, and several players to Duffield.

]quote=Guest post_id=122643 time=1715606947]
MI had a lot of changes, new coach who is known to be a great developer. Will be the fastest team in the loop. Question is did they improve in goal?

TA - team got worse, coach didn't get any of the players he was hoping for and all strong kids from last year went running for the hills based on crazy coach.

NYK - will be much different, top 3 goal scorers all gone

NT - stagnent, not much change.

Avs in West may not lose a game next season.

Rangers lost both goalies.

Duffield - drastically improved, and should win some games. Added strong kids from NT Select.
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by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 9:29 am

MI had a lot of changes, new coach who is known to be a great developer. Will be the fastest team in the loop. Question is did they improve in goal?

TA - team got worse, coach didn't get any of the players he was hoping for and all strong kids from last year went running for the hills based on crazy coach.

NYK - will be much different, top 3 goal scorers all gone

NT - stagnent, not much change.

Avs in West may not lose a game next season.

Rangers lost both goalies.

Duffield - drastically improved, and should win some games. Added strong kids from NT Select.

by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 9:02 am

Very interesting and thoughtful take!

Guest wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 8:13 am
Guest wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 8:56 pm Any predictions for the 2024-2025 regular season standings? Not easy this far out, but I’ll go first:

DMM
ARD
NYK
LF
TRT
TA
NT
MI
SIR
LFG
TRTA
WHGH
Agree that it's still Spring and we are predicting the final result for next spring, however I'll counter with:

TRT
LF
NYK
DMM
ARD
NT
MI
TRTA

LFG
TA
SIR
WHGH

In the 1st Block, these top 8 that I feel will qualify for the Round Robin. I did rank them in the order that I feel they will finish, however top 4 are a bit interchangeable. Its just a guess, 10 months out. DMM new to the loop and have a lot to prove having come down from A. Dont quite think it will be enough to dominate the A loop as whatever talent they had likely fled. NYK, LF, and TRT all have solid foundation. They lost kids yes, but they did good job replacing. NYK will be strong in Goal, LF have solid defensive system, and TRT will have great offense. This will come down to whether NYK and LF can score, and whether TRT can defend.

ARD should be the best of the next 4. They can surprise and sneak into the top 4 but if they dont, they are surely a lock to finish 5th. rounding out the bottom 4 are NT, MI, and TRTA. NT and MI are what they are. They arent great but they will be there in the end. TRTA is just a guess as the Association has strong house league. This could obviously be 1 of the teams 9-12 but...

TA & SIR both lost players, and WH doesnt have as strong a program as LF or TRT. That 8th and final spot will likely be TRTA or LFG.

by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 8:20 am

In the west, early prediction would be:

AVS
VR
HVS
VP
WML
DD
TE

by **Guest** » Mon May 13, 2024 8:13 am

Guest wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 8:56 pm Any predictions for the 2024-2025 regular season standings? Not easy this far out, but I’ll go first:

DMM
ARD
NYK
LF
TRT
TA
NT
MI
SIR
LFG
TRTA
WHGH

Agree that it's still Spring and we are predicting the final result for next spring, however I'll counter with:

TRT
LF
NYK
DMM
ARD
NT
MI
TRTA

LFG
TA
SIR
WHGH

In the 1st Block, these top 8 that I feel will qualify for the Round Robin. I did rank them in the order that I feel they will finish, however top 4 are a bit interchangeable. Its just a guess, 10 months out. DMM new to the loop and have a lot to prove having come down from A. Dont quite think it will be enough to dominate the A loop as whatever talent they had likely fled. NYK, LF, and TRT all have solid foundation. They lost kids yes, but they did good job replacing. NYK will be strong in Goal, LF have solid defensive system, and TRT will have great offense. This will come down to whether NYK and LF can score, and whether TRT can defend.

ARD should be the best of the next 4. They can surprise and sneak into the top 4 but if they dont, they are surely a lock to finish 5th. rounding out the bottom 4 are NT, MI, and TRTA. NT and MI are what they are. They arent great but they will be there in the end. TRTA is just a guess as the Association has strong house league. This could obviously be 1 of the teams 9-12 but...

TA & SIR both lost players, and WH doesnt have as strong a program as LF or TRT. That 8th and final spot will likely be TRTA or LFG.

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