dazedandconfused

Billy Smith. HE was the master.

So..... telling people that a coach has a moral compass that is set at -360 degrees has no place here? If I'm a newbie looking at options, I would think that was important, wouldn't you?

He's a great salesman.

2 hours ago, Ynot02 said:

Speaking from experience with a spring team last year, I would say proceed with caution and take the “terms and conditions” very seriously.

I think this statement may have been in reference to NE. I heard from numerous people last year that NE was offering some less than desirable options in lieu of actual refunds.

12 hours ago, Danner27 said:

These spring “AAA” programs are still around ? I remember when Posey had the outlaws. Nothing against the coaches, these programs are just summer ice sales. Put your own team together for half the price if your kiddo wants to play in the spring / summer - the tournaments will take anyone. 

Just remember to fully vet any information that comes from Danner. A person proven on here to be full of crap regarding his own familial hockey backstory is not the person that you want to be taking advice from.

I mean $7 is pretty cheap, so that would be as expected. The hourly rate for peak season will be the one that sends sticker shock.

It was confirmed on January 24th when I posted it. See, Wes. You shouldn't doubt my intel sources.

Wes, ever consider an Avatar change? I mean you changed screen names. I'm thinking something like this sums up what you want which is teams that you will give your team decent competition but you will never be in danger of losing to?

1 hour ago, Wes said:

Post a link to the source article on this please.

As a journalist, my sources are protected under the 1st Amendment.

Good news/bad news. Keeps the rink under stable ownership. If they jack up ice rates like they did at Southpointe, the players families are the ones that end up paying the price.

14 hours ago, PUCKCOVID19 said:

I hope the kids are going there for the education then,

Isn't that what a Prep School is for? The education?

You see, in this instance, the Preparatory part is to prepare you for college and you have the opportunity to play some hockey. This is as opposed to the Excel Academy which prepares you for college hockey and you have the opportunity to attend some schooling.

Now, you tell me which of these is doing a better job of providing what they are supposed to provide and in turn which is the waste of a shit ton of money?

That's false. The dates were officially changed weeks ago. Hosts needed to be confirmed for the new dates but the new dates were going to be used somewhere.

There will be all sorts of new "restrictions on tryouts" I'm sure. Everything needs to be fair in today's world.

However, you'll still have associations crying about not having ice that late and the amoebas will acquiesce to their whining and let them "go early".

18U/16U/14 AA divisions are still scheduled for playoffs on February 27-28 because......... as is their MO, the brain-trust of outdated geriatrics at MidAm have yet to and apparently aren't going to change the dates of the playdown events for Nationals despite the fact that Nationals themselves have been pushed back until the end of April.

So, any local team that is headed to Nationals will have a "break" from March 8th - April 28th.

With the NHL getting back to action right after the New Year and the stringent protocols that will be in place at the LeMieux Center, is there any way that any amateur games or practices take place there in the first 6 months of 2021?

It's all good now Dr. McDuck. Vaccine being distributed and cases dropping each day. Get out there and live life the way you want to. This IS America!!!

The link provided is the 2015 Futures draft. Here its is again.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft/ushl-futures-draft/2015?nation=usa

And to answer 2020, being drafted into the USHL (Futures or Regular) is actually a pretty serious accomplishment which is why I checked so thoroughly.

All of his "insight" is predicated on this backstory which I believe to be fictitious.

37 minutes ago, Danner27 said:

Really don’t care what you buy... 

Your whole backstory is a sham. You know they have this thing called the internet, right? Plenty of ways to dispel false information.

Nope. Not buying it. That is the Futures draft list for 99's.

33 minutes ago, Danner27 said:

Correct if you followed my posts over the years my kids are done. I’m speaking mostly about my experience with my 99 who was a very high level player. Drafted into the ushl, made a nahl team his senior year in high school. He decided to head right to college and be done with hockey for multiple reasons. My 02 played at esmark, the experiences, coaching, skills, off ice , exposure, league etc where not even close to ppe. Not to mention location, pia is in a drug infested ghetto. That area has been discussed here multiple times. 

You've used this information numerous times in what I presume is your way of proving your "anonymous message board street cred" and I have looked over the USHL 2015 draft extensively and can't find any 99 that fits this description.

There were a handful of 99's from here that were very good, most notably Logan Hutsko whose family moved to Toronto when he was like 11. He went on to Shattuck, the NTDP, was drafted by Florida and is still at BC. Liam Walsh went to Detroit early and played in the USHL for a few years and now at D1 Merrimack. Tanner Palocsik developed a little later and played NCDC and is now at Dartmouth. Same for Connor Fedorek who went NAHL and is now at Ferris St. There was a kid from Latrobe that did play for the Tomahawks as a Senior in HS but that ended poorly. After that season he went back to Esmark 18U and he didn't have an 02 brother.

Your "backstory" just does not seem to add up. Below is the link to USHL draft for 99's filtered down to only USA born players. Maybe someone else recognizes a local player that I can't find on this list.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/draft/ushl-futures-draft/2015?nation=usa

34 minutes ago, Lifelongbender said:

a constant source of discontent

For you and Dr. Quinlan maybe. Stay home, lock the doors and hope that Michael Myers doesn't pick your house.

51 minutes ago, Lifelongbender said:

I doubt that a particular ice rink in the South Hills will slow down at all. they hardly did the last time.

Let's not forget PIA. They "quietly went about their business" the entire shutdown. If I recall correctly, Ice Castle and Alpha did shutdown in March and April.

Regardless, it sucks for everyone. Players, parents, coaches, refs and EMT's will all be affected greatly and if this extends past January it may force the closure of some rinks.

The Nation's Cup annually pits US teams against Canadian teams. Considering the current border restrictions, if a company still had this scheduled I would say that someone should be relieved of their duties.