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Went to the west bc you couldn’t make an East team
This is true, know of at least one kid cut from my son’s team who is now in the west. Possibly two.
Kids move from East to West and vice versa for various reasons, it rarely has to do with the players ability. It's more about fit. The West is stronger if you look at the provincial rankings with 3 teams in the top 10 and 0 for the East. I don't believe an East team has won the AA GTHL championship in the 2012 AA loop. 2 different teams have in the West. Simple math here, numbers don't lie. Bottom end is stronger comparatively as well.
SYB - Basically the same team, minor tweaks. Should be marginally better.
TRT - Key components added. Stronger team overall.
MI - Added depth, will compete with top teams.
LF - Lateral moves. Mid Pack team.
NYK - Rebuild. Added talent, pressure will be on. Players will need to buy in to program otherwise will get a repeat of last year.
SIR - Had to do some last minute scrambling, lost some solid players. Lack of compete with the the bottom teams should keep them mid pack.
NT - Wild card, lost top tier player(s) and heart of team. Coaches didn't react quick enough.
FH - Could easily swap with mid pack teams. Some forwards added but may look similar to last year overall. Lots of question marks.
EE - Might get ugly.
“for various reasons” - in this case, a very specific reason, they weren’t offered a spot on team again this year, so have gone to the West. Rest of your point is valid but call a spade a spade, they were cut. I imagine there are kids cut in the west who have headed east - but again, the “reasons” were not “various”, they were cut.
That’s a pretty wild generalization to say that any kid who moves from the east to the west had to have been cut. My son went to a west team because we chose to leave our team pretty late in the process and most east teams were already set or waiting too long to make decisions. With the mustangs moving down there seemed to be way more kids trying for AA teams than spots to fill. After reaching out to some west teams we got offers from 4 teams including The Beast so the decision was a no brainer for us. The west teams are definitely more competitive with 5 teams in the top 20 in Ontario on My Hockey Rankings vs only 2 teams from the east.
News flash, if your kid is good enough teams that are full will make room
Certainly happens but some coaches actually do have integrity.
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Went to the west bc you couldn’t make an East team
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This is true, know of at least one kid cut from my son’s team who is now in the west. Possibly two.
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Kids move from East to West and vice versa for various reasons, it rarely has to do with the players ability. It's more about fit. The West is stronger if you look at the provincial rankings with 3 teams in the top 10 and 0 for the East. I don't believe an East team has won the AA GTHL championship in the 2012 AA loop. 2 different teams have in the West. Simple math here, numbers don't lie. Bottom end is stronger comparatively as well.
SYB - Basically the same team, minor tweaks. Should be marginally better.
TRT - Key components added. Stronger team overall.
MI - Added depth, will compete with top teams.
LF - Lateral moves. Mid Pack team.
NYK - Rebuild. Added talent, pressure will be on. Players will need to buy in to program otherwise will get a repeat of last year.
SIR - Had to do some last minute scrambling, lost some solid players. Lack of compete with the the bottom teams should keep them mid pack.
NT - Wild card, lost top tier player(s) and heart of team. Coaches didn't react quick enough.
FH - Could easily swap with mid pack teams. Some forwards added but may look similar to last year overall. Lots of question marks.
EE - Might get ugly.
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“for various reasons” - in this case, a very specific reason, they weren’t offered a spot on team again this year, so have gone to the West. Rest of your point is valid but call a spade a spade, they were cut. I imagine there are kids cut in the west who have headed east - but again, the “reasons” were not “various”, they were cut.
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That’s a pretty wild generalization to say that any kid who moves from the east to the west had to have been cut. My son went to a west team because we chose to leave our team pretty late in the process and most east teams were already set or waiting too long to make decisions. With the mustangs moving down there seemed to be way more kids trying for AA teams than spots to fill. After reaching out to some west teams we got offers from 4 teams including The Beast so the decision was a no brainer for us. The west teams are definitely more competitive with 5 teams in the top 20 in Ontario on My Hockey Rankings vs only 2 teams from the east.
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News flash, if your kid is good enough teams that are full will make room
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Certainly happens but some coaches actually do have integrity.