Let's be honest....Hockey is ruining hockey..
Yes parents are crazier than crazy today and yes parents moving their kids for the sake of hockey is somewhat silly but remember
Minnesota hockey jamming all this HP stuff on families is part of the problem
High School coaches filling their pockets with money for their summer programs is part of the problem
Advisers over promising 14 year olds are part of the problem
Trainers saying more more more is better is part of the problem
Business people with access to lots of money are part of the problem
Colleges competing for kids are part of the problem
Private schools (and some public schools) taking advantage of MSHL easy transfer rules are part of the problem
$300 sticks are part of the problem
Social media is definitely part of the problem
and yes even Hermantown not going AA is part of the problem
(had to toss that one in since it's the board topic)
Kids...are not part of the problem. In general, they are typically the one innocent variable is this sport...9 times out of 10 they just want to be kids. They'd rather play 24/7 on their backyard pond than all this "stuff" that gets tossed at them today