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If they don’t make changes they slip another rung down to 4th next year. They aren’t a threat to VK or JRC

LH to TM

Who cares.

Goaltending has been a problem for TM all year. If this is true this changes a lot for them.

fake news, it ain't the goalies. ironically the last goalie they got rid of is better than the current 2 or the one bringing in.

Okay
So DS from the reps top goalie in the age group?

Hands down. Every decent result they've had is him standing on his head

JRC 3rd line kids need to go to a better situation. Kids sitting on bench playing 3-4 shifts a game is not helping their development. Stop chasing jerseys and trophies. If you can be a first liner on another team go for it. Honest advice that’s all.

It's always best to play on a team where you're getting good minutes. There is no development when you're sitting on the bench. It's ridiculous that parents would put their kids in that kind of situation. There is zero advantages. Even playing at a lower level but getting tons of minutes is better than sitting on the bench on any AAA team.

Building confidence is so important for developing players.

The kids want to play, not watch. They want to have fun, and that comes from playing and having success. This mindset of playing AAA or playing on the best team is the wrong way to look at things. U16 is the most important year. Let your kid develop and then who knows what will happen as they get older.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:05 am It's always best to play on a team where you're getting good minutes. There is no development when you're sitting on the bench. It's ridiculous that parents would put their kids in that kind of situation. There is zero advantages. Even playing at a lower level but getting tons of minutes is better than sitting on the bench on any AAA team.

Building confidence is so important for developing players.

The kids want to play, not watch. They want to have fun, and that comes from playing and having success. This mindset of playing AAA or playing on the best team is the wrong way to look at things. U16 is the most important year. Let your kid develop and then who knows what will happen as they get older.

You sound like a coach who doesn’t have the chops to cut his weaker kids and you use mht to get your message out. You just sit them and hope they leave on their own.

Wrong. What I said is the truth. Development comes from playing, not sitting on the bench. Everyone knows that, yet you have parents who put their kids on top AAA teams thinking they're doing them a solid, but if they're not playing, they're not developing. U16 is the only year that matters, so why not put your kid on a team where they will get a ton of minutes? Those kids will pass the kids on top AAA teams who sit on the bench and watch.

This is a big problem for Canadian hockey. Development is the whole point of minor hockey. Chasing a logo or trophy or whatever is totally pointless.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:22 am Wrong. What I said is the truth. Development comes from playing, not sitting on the bench. Everyone knows that, yet you have parents who put their kids on top AAA teams thinking they're doing them a solid, but if they're not playing, they're not developing. U16 is the only year that matters, so why not put your kid on a team where they will get a ton of minutes? Those kids will pass the kids on top AAA teams who sit on the bench and watch.

This is a big problem for Canadian hockey. Development is the whole point of minor hockey. Chasing a logo or trophy or whatever is totally pointless.

Fully agree with this. If your kid is not getting playing time how will he develop and build confidence. He will keep thinking he’s not good enough. The mental aspect is very important.

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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:22 am Wrong. What I said is the truth. Development comes from playing, not sitting on the bench. Everyone knows that, yet you have parents who put their kids on top AAA teams thinking they're doing them a solid, but if they're not playing, they're not developing. U16 is the only year that matters, so why not put your kid on a team where they will get a ton of minutes? Those kids will pass the kids on top AAA teams who sit on the bench and watch.

This is a big problem for Canadian hockey. Development is the whole point of minor hockey. Chasing a logo or trophy or whatever is totally pointless.

Fully agree with this. If your kid is not getting playing time how will he develop and build confidence. He will keep thinking he’s not good enough. The mental aspect is very important.

You guys are correct, as you may know it actually goes way further than this for development. From your posts, you can see that it is a given that hockey culture has accepted "get a ton of minutes" as the way it works! And this is absolutely true, the strongest players will play more....the big issue with this culture is that the strongest players (99%) are just the most mature players, as reported by Sports Science in about 2000 studies across all sports and countries! They are not the most talented or the most skilled, just the biggest, strongest and fasted due to being an adult. This is particularly true of physical sports like hockey, football etc

We are a country of 40 M and if the opportunity to reach your potential only applies to the early maturation athletes, we are really a nation of 1/5 (bell curve) that or 8 M. That is huge and it is why Finland can out develop us as a Nation of 5 M.

If you would like the link to the Swedish Hockey player study showing how early maturation is correlated with Junior success (drafted) and negatively correlated with professional level success, please let me know i would be happy to post this 16 year study!

My eyes are burning reading the same post about physical maturity. Small kids can play they have to figure out how to be effective or go to tennis or golf.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:24 am My eyes are burning reading the same post about physical maturity. Small kids can play they have to figure out how to be effective or go to tennis or golf.

Yes true , but you likely just don’t understand the topic and have not participated at a level that would facilitate more knowledgeable critical thinking! You’re opinion on small kids and how they can play if very simplistic.

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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:24 am My eyes are burning reading the same post about physical maturity. Small kids can play they have to figure out how to be effective or go to tennis or golf.

Yes true , but you likely just don’t understand the topic and have not participated at a level that would facilitate more knowledgeable critical thinking! You’re opinion on small kids and how they can play if very simplistic.

Late maturation kids have an advantage if they can hang on for that 1-3 year gap until they fully grow. When I say hang on, I mean if they can stay in the mix, be competitive and keep the drive and motivation while being a small kid, they will bypass all the early maturation kids when all things balance out.