2009 GTHL AA West

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Re: 2009 GTHL AA West

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Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:27 am
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:24 am Congrats to that VP team on winning another championship. Haters and trolls aside, have to admit they have been the dominant team by far the last 2 seasons.

But now is when all the fun and games begin! Pre-tryout skates, tryouts, spring hockey. So what are people hearing for next year? Many changes happening? Any shift in the power rankings. Who's coming who's going who's loading up on talent who's rosters falling apart? What's the word going round?
I know my kid will be trying to get on the VP. Why would anyone want to leave the team?
Expect the top teams will stay at the top. VP, VR, MB, they have an easier time recruiting because they've been good for so long, so even if they lose players they still have there pick of the best players to replace with.

Solid teams like TE, MNS, MR will be interesting. If they can keep the core group and manage to add a few upgraded players, they could easily jump into that top bracket. But they could also just as easily lose more players that they can't replace and fall to the bottom playoff seeds. How their coaches recruit is gonna be really important for them.

And then from the rest, it's always rebuilding every season. Teams like TR, ST, DD, HVS, they've always got some good pieces to be competitive but never enough depth. So they'll need to do more big changes if they want to really compete, but depending on what those coaches can do and who they can recruit any one of them could be a surprise to really improve.
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Re: 2009 GTHL AA West

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Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:20 pm
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:27 am
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:24 am Congrats to that VP team on winning another championship. Haters and trolls aside, have to admit they have been the dominant team by far the last 2 seasons.

But now is when all the fun and games begin! Pre-tryout skates, tryouts, spring hockey. So what are people hearing for next year? Many changes happening? Any shift in the power rankings. Who's coming who's going who's loading up on talent who's rosters falling apart? What's the word going round?
I know my kid will be trying to get on the VP. Why would anyone want to leave the team?
Expect the top teams will stay at the top. VP, VR, MB, they have an easier time recruiting because they've been good for so long, so even if they lose players they still have there pick of the best players to replace with.

Solid teams like TE, MNS, MR will be interesting. If they can keep the core group and manage to add a few upgraded players, they could easily jump into that top bracket. But they could also just as easily lose more players that they can't replace and fall to the bottom playoff seeds. How their coaches recruit is gonna be really important for them.

And then from the rest, it's always rebuilding every season. Teams like TR, ST, DD, HVS, they've always got some good pieces to be competitive but never enough depth. So they'll need to do more big changes if they want to really compete, but depending on what those coaches can do and who they can recruit any one of them could be a surprise to really improve.

Its the rebuilding that will keep those teams in the bottom. All the top teams keep their core group which makes them just get stronger
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VP and VR will stay near the top as core stays the same a backfilled with top talent as you stated.
MB will fall off dramatically as they are losing most of their top talent from last year as most are realizing what a scam the team is.
TE, MNS and MR will fight to dance at the top as well.
The rest of the teams will be fighting for the last two playoff spots.
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Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:32 pm VP and VR will stay near the top as core stays the same a backfilled with top talent as you stated.
MB will fall off dramatically as they are losing most of their top talent from last year as most are realizing what a scam the team is.
TE, MNS and MR will fight to dance at the top as well.
The rest of the teams will be fighting for the last two playoff spots.
Those bottom teams all had coaching changes, and U17/U18 is going to be a different process now than what it had been up until U16. Depending on how connected those new coaches are the players they know and have access to, some of those bottom teams could make a surprising move up.
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Re: 2009 GTHL AA West

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Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:27 am
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:24 am Congrats to that VP team on winning another championship. Haters and trolls aside, have to admit they have been the dominant team by far the last 2 seasons.

But now is when all the fun and games begin! Pre-tryout skates, tryouts, spring hockey. So what are people hearing for next year? Many changes happening? Any shift in the power rankings. Who's coming who's going who's loading up on talent who's rosters falling apart? What's the word going round?
I know my kid will be trying to get on the VP. Why would anyone want to leave the team?
Because coach is coach CRC U18AAA next season. That changes everything
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Re: 2009 GTHL AA West

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Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:19 pm
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:27 am
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:24 am Congrats to that VP team on winning another championship. Haters and trolls aside, have to admit they have been the dominant team by far the last 2 seasons.

But now is when all the fun and games begin! Pre-tryout skates, tryouts, spring hockey. So what are people hearing for next year? Many changes happening? Any shift in the power rankings. Who's coming who's going who's loading up on talent who's rosters falling apart? What's the word going round?
I know my kid will be trying to get on the VP. Why would anyone want to leave the team?
Because coach is coach CRC U18AAA next season. That changes everything
Are you saying that VP will fall off because they are losing their coach?
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Re: 2009 GTHL AA West

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Guest wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:59 pm
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:19 pm
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:27 am
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:24 am Congrats to that VP team on winning another championship. Haters and trolls aside, have to admit they have been the dominant team by far the last 2 seasons.

But now is when all the fun and games begin! Pre-tryout skates, tryouts, spring hockey. So what are people hearing for next year? Many changes happening? Any shift in the power rankings. Who's coming who's going who's loading up on talent who's rosters falling apart? What's the word going round?
I know my kid will be trying to get on the VP. Why would anyone want to leave the team?
Because coach is coach CRC U18AAA next season. That changes everything
Are you saying that VP will fall off because they are losing their coach?
Coach leaves. Players follow. Will have to compete in predominantly U18AA tourneys. So yes, they won’t have the same success and years past.
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Re: 2009 GTHL AA West

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Guest wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:56 pm
Guest wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:59 pm
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:19 pm
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:27 am
Guest wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:24 am Congrats to that VP team on winning another championship. Haters and trolls aside, have to admit they have been the dominant team by far the last 2 seasons.

But now is when all the fun and games begin! Pre-tryout skates, tryouts, spring hockey. So what are people hearing for next year? Many changes happening? Any shift in the power rankings. Who's coming who's going who's loading up on talent who's rosters falling apart? What's the word going round?
I know my kid will be trying to get on the VP. Why would anyone want to leave the team?
Because coach is coach CRC U18AAA next season. That changes everything
Are you saying that VP will fall off because they are losing their coach?
Coach leaves. Players follow. Will have to compete in predominantly U18AA tourneys. So yes, they won’t have the same success and years past.
This is correct U18AA tournaments and Silver-stick etc U17 AA teams are not winning tournaments and will see some big hitters shooters etc . Teams are waiting for fall offs from AAA if coaches are smart ! VP I understand has lost there coach and 1/2 the team ( any VP players going to U18 AAA are bench sitters including the one and only AA draft pick ) !

So again your playing against 08s in tournaments and there done after that for the most part . That being said between now and say September lots of changes come over a course of a summer 15 turning 16 so many factors come in growth spurts that can turn into dominance if done right !
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How many AAA players did MB call up to win?
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Guest wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 9:02 pm How many AAA players did MB call up to win?
What did they win ? They won a tournament ? A U18 AA tournament ! Winning GTHL that it ! 2008 talking ! 2009 MB won nothing except title most paid to a 1/2 donkey A— coach !
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