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A AAA team that plays a mostly AA schedule and goes .500 against them is not a good investment

Yes, He went from the Predators to the GOJHL. ~ Then to Johnstown. You cannot say his time at the predators had nothing to do with it. He was cut from both Esmark and Pens. There is a heck of a lot of players that played at both Esmark and Pens that never moved to juniors at any level. I bet he's glad his parents didn't read this board and see your comments. You are misleading people. I do recall this remark from you: If someone thinks playing midget “AAA” at the predators or icemen is going to get their kid somewhere, I’ve got a bridge to nowhere they can buy and I’ll sell it much cheaper than what the faux AAA club will charge for a season.

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Desperate times call for desperate measures. 05 birth year team are losing kids left and right for next season. Why would you stay when you almost finished dead last in tier 1 rankings and not just go and play pahl???

LOL......ain't that the truth.

Your original post said that the rosters are hard to find. You weren’t clear about the hometown being connected to the rosters. I also never said anything about your daughter, just pointed out that you are wrong about automatic PPE spots for SSA players.

So what's your point? Did the player in question play for the Predators? You give me the impression that only PPE and maybe Esmark is worth playing! Maybe everyone else should just give up the sport! Why do you care if there are 6 or 2 AAA programs in Western Pa. People can spend their money any way they want.

It's just simply not feasible in this day and age due to one word. Lawsuits. If MidAm or USA hockey implemented something like this, they would be sued by the families and organizations as well as the rinks. The difference between Little League and Hockey is that the ball fields are far more prevalent and are managed by the community 95% of the time or more. Rinks are private businesses and limiting their available clients would seem to be some sort of infringement on them, doesn't it? This is even more true when you compare a 3 sheet facility like Center Ice vs Kirk Nevin. Is CI provided with 3x as many players available to them as KN? It's a sh$% show now. Just imagine it with geographical specs.

so you all think pens should take only local kids when every other top 5 AAA team at 16 and 18 has kids from across the globe. if pens did that at 16 and 18 snd only took local “talent” they certainly wouldn’t be top 5 at the only levels that matter. get a grip. if your kid is local and good enough they are on PENS. i can think of many many examples. they don’t not make the team because they are local. and i can think of a few examples of local kids who are good enough not only make the team but also do NOT go to NC. if you are good enough they want you. period. one local never went to NC and is moved on to extreme high levels and is still young. Pens wanted him because he is a great hockey player. not because of politics, not because he was going to NC and not because his parents are rich. they make decisions mostly with the goal of being a top rated team. sure mistakes are made along the way and some are there because of politics but local true talent is recruited by pens - it is just few and far between. don’t fool yourselves into thinking your kid is great but they don’t bother w locals. that is hogwash