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who is the best kid on that GTC team? is he going to MR ?

Lots of good kids on GTC. Can’t say just one.

Rattlers talk the talk Followed by no walk,

Some great players on that team, But its clear the coaching is subpar, they really got exposed in this playoff round and things are not going to magically change next year.

Its also hilarious to mention streetsville and the eagles. Two bottom teams who are systematically terrible. There is about 5 teams to be keeping tabs on and their playoff records are showing that.
Superteams… Lol

Only team to watch out for are the cats and everyone knows it !

The clear path to building better teams is maintaining core players from being poached by the Terriers or Panthers, developing kids with potential and adding upgrading a few players. Terriers and Panthers maintain their programs by relying on good coaches developing players and then aggressively poaching them.

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

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Guest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:46 pm

Lots of good kids on GTC. Can’t say just one.

Rattlers talk the talk Followed by no walk,

Some great players on that team, But its clear the coaching is subpar, they really got exposed in this playoff round and things are not going to magically change next year.

Its also hilarious to mention streetsville and the eagles. Two bottom teams who are systematically terrible. There is about 5 teams to be keeping tabs on and their playoff records are showing that.
Superteams… Lol

Only team to watch out for are the cats and everyone knows it !

The clear path to building better teams is maintaining core players from being poached by the Terriers or Panthers, developing kids with potential and adding upgrading a few players. Terriers and Panthers maintain their programs by relying on good coaches developing players and then aggressively poaching them.

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:14 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:20 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:15 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:23 pm

Rattlers talk the talk Followed by no walk,

Some great players on that team, But its clear the coaching is subpar, they really got exposed in this playoff round and things are not going to magically change next year.

Its also hilarious to mention streetsville and the eagles. Two bottom teams who are systematically terrible. There is about 5 teams to be keeping tabs on and their playoff records are showing that.
Superteams… Lol

Only team to watch out for are the cats and everyone knows it !

The clear path to building better teams is maintaining core players from being poached by the Terriers or Panthers, developing kids with potential and adding upgrading a few players. Terriers and Panthers maintain their programs by relying on good coaches developing players and then aggressively poaching them.

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

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Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 9:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:14 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:20 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:15 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:02 pm

Only team to watch out for are the cats and everyone knows it !

The clear path to building better teams is maintaining core players from being poached by the Terriers or Panthers, developing kids with potential and adding upgrading a few players. Terriers and Panthers maintain their programs by relying on good coaches developing players and then aggressively poaching them.

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

Here are some early predictions based on nothing more than how the league has performed over the last 3 years and what I have heard and seen throughout the league in terms of teams building up, breaking up and who they are recruiting. I am not going 1-14 but rather tier the teams:

Top Shelf:
MB,VP

Tier 2:
MT, HV

Tier 3:
MR, VR, TE, MNS, GTC

Tier 4:
DD, FT, ST

Tier 5:
WML, TW

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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:15 am
The clear path to building better teams is maintaining core players from being poached by the Terriers or Panthers, developing kids with potential and adding upgrading a few players. Terriers and Panthers maintain their programs by relying on good coaches developing players and then aggressively poaching them.

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

Here are some early predictions based on nothing more than how the league has performed over the last 3 years and what I have heard and seen throughout the league in terms of teams building up, breaking up and who they are recruiting. I am not going 1-14 but rather tier the teams:

Top Shelf:
MB,VP

Tier 2:
MT, HV

Tier 3:
MR, VR, TE, MNS, GTC

Tier 4:
DD, FT, ST

Tier 5:
WML, TW

Too early to tell. Still time for the best laid plans to blow up .

More importantly we still need to see who reign supreme for this year. Will it be the West or the East.
One Final four spot still up for grabs. Big game next Friday between HV and GTC. Winner moves on to final 4. GTC has not been able to beat HV yet this year so let’s see if they can step up or fizzle away.

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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:14 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:20 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:15 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:23 pm

Rattlers talk the talk Followed by no walk,

Some great players on that team, But its clear the coaching is subpar, they really got exposed in this playoff round and things are not going to magically change next year.

Its also hilarious to mention streetsville and the eagles. Two bottom teams who are systematically terrible. There is about 5 teams to be keeping tabs on and their playoff records are showing that.
Superteams… Lol

Only team to watch out for are the cats and everyone knows it !

The clear path to building better teams is maintaining core players from being poached by the Terriers or Panthers, developing kids with potential and adding upgrading a few players. Terriers and Panthers maintain their programs by relying on good coaches developing players and then aggressively poaching them.

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How did they all succeed in the first year to begin with? If they didn't work on their programs, how would they retain players? Culture is built through the coaching staff. To say a monkey could come in and do it is pretty naive. Berube would have recruited or if he was handed a final product, he would have put the team at a level that would allow the kids to build confidence and a chance to succeed. It all takes hard work, surrounding yourself with the right people, making tough decisions, and ultimately, giving a crap.

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Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:48 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 9:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:14 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:20 pm

Poaching to never win seems a losing strategy...

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

Here are some early predictions based on nothing more than how the league has performed over the last 3 years and what I have heard and seen throughout the league in terms of teams building up, breaking up and who they are recruiting. I am not going 1-14 but rather tier the teams:

Top Shelf:
MB,VP

Tier 2:
MT, HV

Tier 3:
MR, VR, TE, MNS, GTC

Tier 4:
DD, FT, ST

Tier 5:
WML, TW

Too early to tell. Still time for the best laid plans to blow up .

More importantly we still need to see who reign supreme for this year. Will it be the West or the East.
One Final four spot still up for grabs. Big game next Friday between HV and GTC. Winner moves on to final 4. GTC has not been able to beat HV yet this year so let’s see if they can step up or fizzle away.

HV with a big advantage in goal. No cinderella's this year with the top 4 shaping up the way the standings ended. MT losing to MNS last night doesn't bode well for them heading into the 2nd round. Beast clearly the top team and playing like it.

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Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:28 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:48 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 9:18 am

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:14 pm

If you look at the last 3 years for this group of kids Beast,Panthers and Terriers made the final 4. Yes they may have not won it all every year but you need to respect the program these 3 coaches have delivered. Anything can happen when you make it to the final 4. So stop the gate and learn to appreciate.

Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

Here are some early predictions based on nothing more than how the league has performed over the last 3 years and what I have heard and seen throughout the league in terms of teams building up, breaking up and who they are recruiting. I am not going 1-14 but rather tier the teams:

Top Shelf:
MB,VP

Tier 2:
MT, HV

Tier 3:
MR, VR, TE, MNS, GTC

Tier 4:
DD, FT, ST

Tier 5:
WML, TW

Too early to tell. Still time for the best laid plans to blow up .

More importantly we still need to see who reign supreme for this year. Will it be the West or the East.
One Final four spot still up for grabs. Big game next Friday between HV and GTC. Winner moves on to final 4. GTC has not been able to beat HV yet this year so let’s see if they can step up or fizzle away.

HV with a big advantage in goal. No cinderella's this year with the top 4 shaping up the way the standings ended. MT losing to MNS last night doesn't bode well for them heading into the 2nd round. Beast clearly the top team and playing like it.

Beast clear favorite in repeating for sure. HV should get the 4th seed. Let’s see if their goaltending holds up, they got all the pressure in this game. GTC hasn’t beat them all year so what has changed… nothing…

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Not knocking down any coaches in this whole league, but all 3 of these teams did well in the first year of the G and that attracts players year after year. Has nothing to do with coaching. You can have Berube coach the Wolverines and they still would come in bottom 3

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

Here are some early predictions based on nothing more than how the league has performed over the last 3 years and what I have heard and seen throughout the league in terms of teams building up, breaking up and who they are recruiting. I am not going 1-14 but rather tier the teams:

Top Shelf:
MB,VP

Tier 2:
MT, HV

Tier 3:
MR, VR, TE, MNS, GTC

Tier 4:
DD, FT, ST

Tier 5:
WML, TW

Too early to tell. Still time for the best laid plans to blow up .

More importantly we still need to see who reign supreme for this year. Will it be the West or the East.
One Final four spot still up for grabs. Big game next Friday between HV and GTC. Winner moves on to final 4. GTC has not been able to beat HV yet this year so let’s see if they can step up or fizzle away.

HV with a big advantage in goal. No cinderella's this year with the top 4 shaping up the way the standings ended. MT losing to MNS last night doesn't bode well for them heading into the 2nd round. Beast clearly the top team and playing like it.

Beast clear favorite in repeating for sure. HV should get the 4th seed. Let’s see if their goaltending holds up, they got all the pressure in this game. GTC hasn’t beat them all year so what has changed… nothing…

Not sure if the 11 years olds will feel the pressure. should be a fun game and hopefully both teams play well and its close.
what if they tie and MNS win the last game. Is that a 3 way tie?

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:47 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:17 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:06 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:28 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:48 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:18 am

How are teams shaping up? Which teams still looking to fill rosters?
any early predictions???????????

Here are some early predictions based on nothing more than how the league has performed over the last 3 years and what I have heard and seen throughout the league in terms of teams building up, breaking up and who they are recruiting. I am not going 1-14 but rather tier the teams:

Top Shelf:
MB,VP

Tier 2:
MT, HV

Tier 3:
MR, VR, TE, MNS, GTC

Tier 4:
DD, FT, ST

Tier 5:
WML, TW

Too early to tell. Still time for the best laid plans to blow up .

More importantly we still need to see who reign supreme for this year. Will it be the West or the East.
One Final four spot still up for grabs. Big game next Friday between HV and GTC. Winner moves on to final 4. GTC has not been able to beat HV yet this year so let’s see if they can step up or fizzle away.

HV with a big advantage in goal. No cinderella's this year with the top 4 shaping up the way the standings ended. MT losing to MNS last night doesn't bode well for them heading into the 2nd round. Beast clearly the top team and playing like it.

Beast clear favorite in repeating for sure. HV should get the 4th seed. Let’s see if their goaltending holds up, they got all the pressure in this game. GTC hasn’t beat them all year so what has changed… nothing…

Not sure if the 11 years olds will feel the pressure. should be a fun game and hopefully both teams play well and its close.
what if they tie and MNS win the last game. Is that a 3 way tie?

Your math checks out