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Post by Edward Fraser on Sept 10, 2005 17:01:34 GMT -5
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Post by jeffstratford on Sept 11, 2005 15:52:54 GMT -5
it sucks !! guys are getting sent back home who should be playing Jr B but are forced to play BUSH hockey in Midget
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Post by hockeynut on Sept 13, 2005 17:47:24 GMT -5
What is the rush? honestly?
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Post by muskoka on Sept 14, 2005 21:13:34 GMT -5
The new model...open to a lot of opinions mostly negative. Midget hockey is not BUSH. It is and has to be a viable alternative for players to perform and grow in an atmosphere where they can excel. Most of the OHL draftees find a place to play in Junior, at various levels. A few of the "overlooked" players work themsleves in the Junior ranks. Where does that leave the rest? These are the core of midget players. These are the guys that now have an opportunity to step out of someone's shadow and show their stuff. These are the players who need the venue to grow, mature and excel. Midget hockey programs in other parts of the Nation are the backbone of some communities. They are the feeder system for Junior programs. They work together for the betterment of both parties. Only in hockey crazed centres within a 1 hour drive of the GTHL do you find hockey strangled by the cut-throat "business" aspect of the game. Will the model work? Was it fair? Time will tell but the bottom line is something had to be done to save hockey in Southern Ontario. Better start looking a way to save Peewee!
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Post by Questions on Sept 22, 2005 8:25:00 GMT -5
Agree with the comments made by Muskoka, midget hockey will definitely be better calibre as the new rules take effect over the next couple of years. To the credit of Hockey Canada they made a commitment to make sure the new rules were widely publicized. The only criticism is that it appears the OHL is following their own version (not allowing 4 players per team) and to date Hockey Canada has allowed them to do their own thing. This somewhat discredits the new rules and the authority of Hockey Canada over Major Junior. It begs the question of how many 16 year olds and their parents went to the time and expense to attend OHL camps thinking that they had a chance to earn one of the possible 4 spots on a team. If the OHL was going to follow its own guidelines these should have also been widely publicized well in advance of the opening of OHL training camps so everyone has an equal opportunity to decide what is in their best interests. The whole concept of drafting 15 rounds should also be examined as mostly all it does is create false hopes and unreal expectations.
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Post by homer on Oct 19, 2005 9:05:25 GMT -5
Midget hockey will definitely benefit. It may also be beneficical to review age categories and return Midget to two year spread instead of three. Put it back to the way it was before the last age change. Don't have kids from public school and high school on the same teams ie Bantam in BB and below!
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