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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:31 pm

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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pm

Agreed. Every team is on the ice 4 times a week at a minimum. If you are that far behind then the only way to begin to close the gap is more training, individually and collectively. Doing what everyone is doing isn't going to help. Sorry, again that's on the parents.

It's an unfortunate situation. I have empathy for the kids. Woke solutions aren't going to work here. This is AAA hockey. The tough resilient kids will build character.

Good to hear some empathy .. thank you. However, AAA hockey should mean 'leadership' when it comes to hockey. I would think teams should/parents be looking out for all kids in the loop and not just their kid or their team. I am starting to wonder about how much loyalty the families have towards a team or creating competitive balance in a loop?

What exactly do you mean by "competitive balance" and "looking out for all the kids"? Are you seriously suggesting that players should be randomly scattered across teams just to make everyone feel better? Is this about fostering competition, or are you pushing some misguided agenda of equality of outcome? Let me guess, you are a retarded self identifying "progressive".

Let’s talk about TRW: they have absolutely no business being in AAA. They’re a bottom-tier team that wouldn’t even rank in the top three in AA. This isn’t a knock on the kids—they’re just 9 years old and doing their best. The real blame lies with their parents, whose delusional choices have set them up for failure.

All this sh-tting on the parents is bs. How would they have known that the team was going to be this bad? You think that mom and dad have been scouting Klevr, CDS and the NYHL over the past year? There’s no HockeyDB on 9 year olds. It’s a crap shoot in the bottom four or so teams, you never know how good or bad they are until the season starts.

Absolutely they should have been scouting. Did they even watch one GTHL U10 game before they took their kid out to tryouts? It’s called do your homework, know the level of competition and honestly assess where their kid fits in. Pointing fingers at everyone else after the season starts doesn’t cut it. The onus is first and foremost on the parents to make realistic decisions.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:41 am

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 12:57 pm

They are looking to NJ and CT for a few kids. No studs going except RL34. It’s sad but those committed to date won’t see any ice there. $6850 plus travel to ride the bench. Ouch

RL is a stud?

Kids they have offered spots to so far is oh so very surprising weak talent and kids that have not been offered spots yet again oh so very surprising…. Not sure what’s going on in BD land but I think they are scared as they should be and loosing players by the minute…. Even lost there goalie to pro…

BD are bringing kids from the US for brick that's no secret

Bulldogs and pro are not allowed any imports. It’s right in the bylaws so if American kids start showing up on their roster, they better be ready to be able to show proof of residence and back it up with history

Awww now look who is defensive about “Open Borders”.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:41 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:41 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:26 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:29 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:16 pm

RL is a stud?

Kids they have offered spots to so far is oh so very surprising weak talent and kids that have not been offered spots yet again oh so very surprising…. Not sure what’s going on in BD land but I think they are scared as they should be and loosing players by the minute…. Even lost there goalie to pro…

BD are bringing kids from the US for brick that's no secret

Bulldogs and pro are not allowed any imports. It’s right in the bylaws so if American kids start showing up on their roster, they better be ready to be able to show proof of residence and back it up with history

Awww now look who is defensive about “Open Borders”.

We never wanted open borders! Stay where you are we’re good.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:44 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:31 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:05 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:26 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:04 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 2:08 pm

It's an unfortunate situation. I have empathy for the kids. Woke solutions aren't going to work here. This is AAA hockey. The tough resilient kids will build character.

Good to hear some empathy .. thank you. However, AAA hockey should mean 'leadership' when it comes to hockey. I would think teams should/parents be looking out for all kids in the loop and not just their kid or their team. I am starting to wonder about how much loyalty the families have towards a team or creating competitive balance in a loop?

What exactly do you mean by "competitive balance" and "looking out for all the kids"? Are you seriously suggesting that players should be randomly scattered across teams just to make everyone feel better? Is this about fostering competition, or are you pushing some misguided agenda of equality of outcome? Let me guess, you are a retarded self identifying "progressive".

Let’s talk about TRW: they have absolutely no business being in AAA. They’re a bottom-tier team that wouldn’t even rank in the top three in AA. This isn’t a knock on the kids—they’re just 9 years old and doing their best. The real blame lies with their parents, whose delusional choices have set them up for failure.

All this sh-tting on the parents is bs. How would they have known that the team was going to be this bad? You think that mom and dad have been scouting Klevr, CDS and the NYHL over the past year? There’s no HockeyDB on 9 year olds. It’s a crap shoot in the bottom four or so teams, you never know how good or bad they are until the season starts.

Absolutely they should have been scouting. Did they even watch one GTHL U10 game before they took their kid out to tryouts? It’s called do your homework, know the level of competition and honestly assess where their kid fits in. Pointing fingers at everyone else after the season starts doesn’t cut it. The onus is first and foremost on the parents to make realistic decisions.

They’re not on here pointing fingers at anyone. The only people that seem to have a problem with them are the know-it-all loudmouths like you that aren’t even on the team that have the remarkable ability to always predict the winners of the Super Bowl… on Monday.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:12 am Reps only beat them last night 2-0.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:45 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:12 am Reps only beat them last night 2-0.

Exactly! We have no issue with Reps .. the issue is with VK and DMF pumping in 14 goals. We have no issue with team, coaches, logistics, choices. The real issue is control the score .. stop scoring past 5 goals! That is the issue!

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:53 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:45 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:12 am Reps only beat them last night 2-0.

Exactly! We have no issue with Reps .. the issue is with VK and DMF pumping in 14 goals. We have no issue with team, coaches, logistics, choices. The real issue is control the score .. stop scoring past 5 goals! That is the issue!

REPS will be top 3 next year , book it

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:45 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:12 am Reps only beat them last night 2-0.

Exactly! We have no issue with Reps .. the issue is with VK and DMF pumping in 14 goals. We have no issue with team, coaches, logistics, choices. The real issue is control the score .. stop scoring past 5 goals! That is the issue!