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People have too much time on their hands

Most accurate, non arguable, post in years.

Lets hear your thoughts on the first rankings release with our local teams.

Way.....Too.....Early Do this in December. Then it'll get exciting.

If you take out Pens elite in every one of these brackets, and Pens elite and Esmark in 18U, looks like you would have some pretty competitive local hockey. Especially at 16U and 14U. Also in general tiers don't seem to matter. Sorry - had to use my lunch break.

Kids are playing hockey and love doing so. Let’s not lose sight of that. Your concerns are rather trivial in nature. Perhaps a hobby would better suit your time. This youth hockey drama is an unhealthy obsession.

While your cheerleading of hockey organizations and coaches is commendable and I mostly agree, let's not pretend that every organization and coach is doing what they're doing because of altruism.

Please, you have been reading and posting non stop on this Board for over a year now! I feel confident that you know by now the reasons people feel AA has tanked around here! Your desire to be a cheerleader for local hockey is duly noted! You are great at it! Keep cheering on those grandkids!

Most if not all rinks around here make money. No one is running them from the goodness of their hearts.

Should he lose money for the good of Hockey? Ultimately it's a business! I doubt he is getting super rich from this. Chances are Black Bear would have owned that rink also if he wasn't running it!

Ice Rink ownership is a business just like GM, Ford, Samsung Apple, etc. I'm sure they could all have beautiful facilities but then you couldn't afford to play! Does anyone realize how much money was pumped into the area this weekend from that Tier 1 Hockey Federation Showcase? Who really cares how good the Hockey was! I would much rather have the revenue at Hotels and restaurants in the area from this tournament. These kids played their hearts out this weekend in Pittsburgh! Maybe the facilities aren't perfect and the Hockey wasn't the best but they were out there competing and giving their best effort. All you haters need to find some other sport to complain about!

For the most part, that's correct. But for some teams, the early rankings will signify the end of their delusion........ I mean dream of qualifying for the District play-down.

Rankings don't mean much until mid December in my opinion. By the end of December there usually isn't big changes but week 1 through then will have a lot of big changes. Just not enough data the first few weeks.