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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

It’s open borders. Sorry your kid got cut. Try Chatham.

Spicy chicken my kid didn’t. It’s a question and it’s not like the underage players are game changers, definitely no doughty, wondering why advertise you’re loyal if you’re not

Like other posters have said, MM and his wife post regularly on this site so expect this kind of response.

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:37 pm

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

It’s open borders. Sorry your kid got cut. Try Chatham.

Spicy chicken my kid didn’t. It’s a question and it’s not like the underage players are game changers, definitely no doughty, wondering why advertise you’re loyal if you’re not

Like other posters have said, MM and his wife post regularly on this site so expect this kind of response.

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:30 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

It’s open borders. Sorry your kid got cut. Try Chatham.

Spicy chicken my kid didn’t. It’s a question and it’s not like the underage players are game changers, definitely no doughty, wondering why advertise you’re loyal if you’re not

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:37 pm

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

It’s open borders. Sorry your kid got cut. Try Chatham.

Spicy chicken my kid didn’t. It’s a question and it’s not like the underage players are game changers, definitely no doughty, wondering why advertise you’re loyal if you’re not

How can you have open borders and loyalty?

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:30 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

It’s open borders. Sorry your kid got cut. Try Chatham.

Spicy chicken my kid didn’t. It’s a question and it’s not like the underage players are game changers, definitely no doughty, wondering why advertise you’re loyal if you’re not

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:30 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

It’s open borders. Sorry your kid got cut. Try Chatham.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:21 pm What is going on with all the underage players at LJK this year? What happened to open but loyal? Under age and out of area doesn’t seem very loyal loyal

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They were Alliance winners last year.. how many games have they lost this year? 5? Bj is still sad it looks like

The better question how is EMC 2012 doing this vs last year? Not top in Alliance league, not top Alliance team in rankings anymore...
Lowest ranking they've ever been since day 1.... doesn't seem to be trending in the right way

Chatham is the front runner, that's obvious. Great coaching, great development and a group willing to put in the work. Elgin is still #2, despite new kids. No, they aren't as good as last season but they're still impressive - as is LJK and 99ers. They're 12 year olds, consistency is hard.

What is important to your family? Development, leadership, healthy coaching, team play, individual stats, favouritism? Pick the team/coach that best aligns with your values and do that. The real winners will be the kids who come out of hockey with connections, leadership, and life skills that will carry them throughout adulthood.

Pay attention to who is coaching your kid

London is putting together a 2016 super team

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This will root out the problems of bad coaches, no development programs and poorly run associations/boards who are making poor decisions. You want to get on the board and pick ya unqualified buddies as coaches, knock yourself out. People will see through this crap and take their money elsewhere. Build a program, show what ya get for the money you spend, development model and qualified coaching applicants and mentorship. That will be the associations that win and where parents will spend their money.

Up until now it hasn’t mattered who was coaching because players had to stay. Respectfully, right now LJK has better coaching at the AAA level with the exception of two age groups. Difference between the two organizations is EMC picks coaches before tryouts, whereas LJK only picks the HC, this will benefit players because they can window shop EMC and move to LJK if they don’t like what they see. This is about the kids. Hopefully the kids win!

EMC U10 will lose kids to London already in the works
EMC U11 will lose kids to London because of unfair coaching, only win because they only play half the team since u10
LJk U12 will lose a kid to EMC
EMC LJK U13 will lose kids to Chatham shamrock kids backfill
LJK U14 will lose kids to EMC
LJK U15 & 16 to lose to EMC

LJK - stronger coaching this year to improve program and retain top talent. Word on street is EMC is looking to create AA team LJK will not accept any out of area players at AA

EMC…makes sense. LJK…no surprise.

Half of this is true. LJK is making changes to retain talent next year. EMC could end up losing players to LJK because of lack of long term vision. People want good coaching.