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I actually kind of like that. It has enough wrinkles to it that you couldn’t actually do it. But it would sure make people think twice about taking the trophy chaser route.

While I hear what you guys are saying......as both a Minnesota High School hockey fan first, and a hockey fan overall.....I don’t need to see any more growth in the Tier One model than we already have. If you wonder where I’m coming from.....see Massachusetts. Don’t confuse a short term open spot cr...

Honest question. Is the take that BB is a lock for Mr. Hockey because of his NHL stock overthinking it? He’s a great player. No question about that. But he’s a borderline 4th round pick who’s stock is stable. Has maybe even fallen a bit if anything. It isn’t like he’s skyrocketing like Brink did as ...

Very well said 7. Agree with all of it. Make the AA section finals into a prep bowl type event and televise them all. Either 4 on Friday or 4 on Saturday....back to back to back to back......or 2 Thursday, 2 Friday and 4 Saturday. In many ways the Section final is the most important game of the year...

Did anyone see the Roseau EGF game or have any kind of a report on it?

I agree with Blue. Depth would be the obstacle for an A team. And winning 6 straight vs deeper AA teams would be a grind and a tall order. One game? Sure. 6 that are progressively more difficult? Very different conversation. To me SCC is the only team that belongs in this discussion. Take a closer l...

Did you just try to throw a curse Karl?

Which A team are you thinking could win a one class tourney?

IMHO any ranking formula that relies on goal differential is likely suspect out of the gates. It’s just too difficult to balance getting the double benefit of a win and a big margin of victory with the offset of strength of schedule. See Hill and Cretin above.

59, You will likely end up being right.......and I tend to agree..........but talking in absolutes is naive. Rapids has a very good goalie, and East has a goalie that can win games himself at times. That alone makes absolute statements a bad idea. These are kids that will be under enormous pressure....

We’ll have to agree to disagree.

EP has noticeably more overall depth and probably better top end talent as well. At least depth of it. Most people that know this age group saw through the Chaska hype all along. Was EP overhyped? Yes. Is there plenty of there there? Absolutely.

Yep. EP will be just fine. They will have a tougher time getting out of their section than they planned but so will some other teams. 18-19 Chaska to 19-20 EP is not a good analogy. No correlation at all in overall talent or depth.

Yeah......I think SCC will still have way more talent than pretty much any class A school they play.......Little Falls and Alex included.....with or without Smith.

After seeing the game tonight on Spuds.tv......with a bit of glitching so missed a few parts.......Andover.

Pretty sure Moorhead has already clinched it. You mean they have 2nd place clinched. Well played. You must have been drawn to this thread after thinking "The Lake" was a thread breaking down Lake of the Woods forecheck.....since they were the best team you played in your holiday tournamen...

Pretty sure Moorhead has already clinched it.

WBL by default right now.. Andover beats Moorhead and Rosemount beats St Thomas those two teams would be locks with the top 2 spots. EP is looking a lot like last years Chaska squad. Lots of big names don’t translate to wins. Right now EP has one win against a top 10 team and that’s Edina which is ...

I‘ve never really thought that much about it before........but I’m with Dog on this one. Open enrollment is about Academics not athletics. We’re going farther over the line as we go here. It may be time to revisit what we were originally trying to accomplish and what the unintended consequences have...

Hey 7, you sort of painted yourself into a corner here based on this weeks LPH rankings......but I’d guess even you’d know this weeks rankings are just as bad if not worse.

Fully agree 7.

I think you have Section 1AA confused with Section 8AA.

So when Warroad beat Cathedral Sluykinskis sidekick wasn’t in the lineup? Aye, aye, aye.

It’s a real stretch to say the 3 classes idea is a no brainer for any reason. I’d suspect that that version probably works well for you in your corner of the world......but as you say.....the same problems you are trying to solve would still exist, just in a different spot in the food chain. Plus it...

Well......".did they look like the dream team?

Wed 11-27
Eastview
Blaine

Friday 11-29
Minnetonka
North Branch
Wayzata
St cloud Cathedral

Saturday 11-30
Brainerd
Lake of the Woods
Andover
Edina
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