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I see this take aging poorly. ARD had by far the highest scoring team, one of the best goalies, and a top coach. Their primary goalie broke his wrist with weeks left to go in the season and they dropped out of first place and didn’t fare well in the playoffs (tied for 4th) as a result. They beat LF in every U12 meeting except for one when the goalie was injured. NYK relied on 3 kids for scoring and they’re all leaving the team, while ARD is replacing 3 of its weaker players with much better players. ARD beat NYK in the NYK tournament finals and destroyed them in a spring tournament. And NYK is BY FAR the dirtiest team in the loop.
I LOL'D hard reading this. Top coach? I think not. He taught them a diagonal pass and that's it. ARD has bullied it's way into the top 3. Continous slashing, throwing sticks on breakouts, elbowing on board battles. Entitled temper tantrums. The list goes on. Half the team can barely skate.
But you reap what you sow. The game is only going to get more physical and will start to resemble hockey. ARD will get beat on their own game. I don't have them in the top 3.
The only grain of truth in your comments is the part about skating. While ARD scores way more goals than everyone else (must be the “throwing sticks” and entitled tantrums… that’s some serious class envy, LOL), they do lack speed and defence to a certain extent. Despite this, they’ve been right at the top of the standings in U11 and U12. Now, three of the weakest skaters are off the team. ARD has never lost a player to AA or even A and they improve their roster every season… from taking the best players from imploding FH and YM teams, to now picking up three great skaters.
Every other top calibre team lost best players. I think you’ll be in for a surprise in U13. And ARD’s coach coached AAA for many seasons, including players now in the NHL, but stopped doing so when he started his own hockey school. Unquestionably one of the best coaches.
Obviously there's more to hockey than scoring goals. Since ARD has never gone deep in the playoffs. I didn't see any evidence of stellar coaching. Dirtiest team in the loop. Ducks are going to lay an egg next season.
Yes, there is more to hockey than scoring goals… it’s the difference between goals for and against. The Ducks have outperformed their talent due to the stellar coaching. ARD only lost to one team in the U11 playoff round robin then had a bad game in Round 2 vs. NYK. Their main goalie was out with injury in U12. I don’t think you’re able to name any other top team with better off season moves. Obviously DMM is a wild card. Your “dirtiest” comment is laughable.
Again worth mentioning. ARD was 0-3-2 against the Aeros and tied their game in the playoffs.
That is true and TA’s coach was one of the best, but the weaker (departing) ARD goalie played in 100% of these games, with one exception being when a defensman was in net during XMas break and the 2013 ARD roster played. The stronger goalie had a sub 1.5 GAA, playing against the better teams and ARD’s GFA was 3.21, way above any other team. With that goalie playing all U13 games and replacing its weakest players with AA players, in what fantasy world will ARD not be a top 3 team?
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I see this take aging poorly. ARD had by far the highest scoring team, one of the best goalies, and a top coach. Their primary goalie broke his wrist with weeks left to go in the season and they dropped out of first place and didn’t fare well in the playoffs (tied for 4th) as a result. They beat LF in every U12 meeting except for one when the goalie was injured. NYK relied on 3 kids for scoring and they’re all leaving the team, while ARD is replacing 3 of its weaker players with much better players. ARD beat NYK in the NYK tournament finals and destroyed them in a spring tournament. And NYK is BY FAR the dirtiest team in the loop.
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I LOL'D hard reading this. Top coach? I think not. He taught them a diagonal pass and that's it. ARD has bullied it's way into the top 3. Continous slashing, throwing sticks on breakouts, elbowing on board battles. Entitled temper tantrums. The list goes on. Half the team can barely skate.
But you reap what you sow. The game is only going to get more physical and will start to resemble hockey. ARD will get beat on their own game. I don't have them in the top 3.
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The only grain of truth in your comments is the part about skating. While ARD scores way more goals than everyone else (must be the “throwing sticks” and entitled tantrums… that’s some serious class envy, LOL), they do lack speed and defence to a certain extent. Despite this, they’ve been right at the top of the standings in U11 and U12. Now, three of the weakest skaters are off the team. ARD has never lost a player to AA or even A and they improve their roster every season… from taking the best players from imploding FH and YM teams, to now picking up three great skaters.
Every other top calibre team lost best players. I think you’ll be in for a surprise in U13. And ARD’s coach coached AAA for many seasons, including players now in the NHL, but stopped doing so when he started his own hockey school. Unquestionably one of the best coaches.
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Obviously there's more to hockey than scoring goals. Since ARD has never gone deep in the playoffs. I didn't see any evidence of stellar coaching. Dirtiest team in the loop. Ducks are going to lay an egg next season.
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Yes, there is more to hockey than scoring goals… it’s the difference between goals for and against. The Ducks have outperformed their talent due to the stellar coaching. ARD only lost to one team in the U11 playoff round robin then had a bad game in Round 2 vs. NYK. Their main goalie was out with injury in U12. I don’t think you’re able to name any other top team with better off season moves. Obviously DMM is a wild card. Your “dirtiest” comment is laughable.
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Again worth mentioning. ARD was 0-3-2 against the Aeros and tied their game in the playoffs.
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That is true and TA’s coach was one of the best, but the weaker (departing) ARD goalie played in 100% of these games, with one exception being when a defensman was in net during XMas break and the 2013 ARD roster played. The stronger goalie had a sub 1.5 GAA, playing against the better teams and ARD’s GFA was 3.21, way above any other team. With that goalie playing all U13 games and replacing its weakest players with AA players, in what fantasy world will ARD not be a top 3 team?