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Draft day Scout - Arjie who do you want to play with?
Hahahahaha niiiiiiice one
Can we all agree that these so called "studs" are going to be glorified mens league players? From the OMHA alone I can think of 10 kids that will get drafted above those who ran to the G. Its unfortunate that dads have pretty much taken away their kids chance at actually making it
Find it hard to believe draftday picked this team. Hardly the best of anything.
These teams were picked months ago. They call you up - ask if you’re interested and then send you a link to sign up. I’m guessing some guy watched an early bird tourney, asked a few coaches he knows and then asks the guys that recruit kids for the agencies. It’s honestly not that big a deal. They are making money running spring tournaments. They hope to get some good kids - but there are no objectively best 13 year olds and they know it - so they don’t worry about it and cash cheques. If you can’t help your kid to have a little resilience about being left off one of these teams your kid is in for a tough ride in life. There is no fairness in hockey or life - as there is no omnipotent being that decides right from wrong. Buckle up and have some fun and don’t worry about this sht. throw the puck out there and get after it and have some smiles. It’s a game!
Our team doesn’t deserve any kids on the draftday team, but seeing only one from first place team and zero from second place but two from third place. Smells fishy. Unless those other kids said no?
Not a big deal but also not a great look. Just call the team something else like best of the best of the best only better.
The company is called draft day. The biggest spring hockey company is called pro hockey development and they are most famous for 9 year old tournament. The newest kid on the block is best of best. The most popular spring division is “elite” talking about 10 year olds. And this is the name that is over the line. lol.
And I don’t blame any of these companies. It’s decent business separating us from our money by stroking our egos about our average kids.
These spring tournaments are meaningless cash grabs. But if you have a team called SCTA then you should probably have more than 3 kids who play in the loop. I get that Elite in hockey means that you have more cash than the rest of us but I also know that if Draftday did a little bit of work they could put together a team of players from the loop that would compete.
I keep waiting for the time when talent will be recognized over a thick wallet.
We play in the worst league in Ontario. Unless you're on the top couple of teams nobody is watching, that's just the unfortunate reality.
I think you’re right. Even the top teams don’t have any bonafide players that can match up well against a G player. I’ve watched us in tournies and scrimmages and unfortunately our boys are not to par to G players. Prove me wrong, list out the players you think can do damage against G players…
