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stromboli wrote:

Minnesota57 wrote:

old goalie85 wrote:Your very odd !!! Most people w/multiple kids do. I refer to m9ine the same way. AND I'm normal !!!!

I guess you are right.
How is your Chevy Blazer driver?, Your 4th hour social studies student? Your movie-goer? Your ham sandwich eater? And your magazine seller?

Not odd at all.

I would hope your sons and daughters are a bit more than a "bantam" to you. Perhaps not.

Nope, just hockey players in development to be my future retirement source as NHLers, or maybe NHL coaches. The mite might have to work a little harder than the other two, but she should have a shot if she just commits to my master 10 year plan for her development.

I saw a picture of a 5 year old training at AA/NE. Slacker!

old goalie85 wrote:Your very odd !!! Most people w/multiple kids do. I refer to m9ine the same way. AND I'm normal !!!!

I go with birth years ...

Minnesota57 wrote:

old goalie85 wrote:Your very odd !!! Most people w/multiple kids do. I refer to m9ine the same way. AND I'm normal !!!!

I guess you are right.
How is your Chevy Blazer driver?, Your 4th hour social studies student? Your movie-goer? Your ham sandwich eater? And your magazine seller?

Not odd at all.

I would hope your sons and daughters are a bit more than a "bantam" to you. Perhaps not.

You sir are the odd one. You are on a youth hockey message board which the primary intent and purpose is to discuss youth hockey. Further there is a very good "rule" on this site to not call youth players by name, I do have more than one hockey player and we were discussing Bantam age kids in this thread so since this is a youth hockey forum and I do not wish to call my son by name I referred to him as "my bantam". No differently than I might refer to him as "my 8th grader" if I was discussing school subjectss with another parent, or I might call him "my U14" if I was discussing his soccer team (again to differentiate him from his younger brother and sister who also play those sports and also to provide context to the person I am speaking to)..... Considering the context it is neither odd, nor strange and nor do I pigeon hole my son in real life as any "one" thing. Someone coming on to a message board devoted to hockey and calling someone out as "odd" for referring to their child within their player age group within proper context is the odd thing, if you are that "dense" this does not sound like the right place for you. Good day sir

You should hear what I call my mother in law !

old goalie85 wrote:You should hear what I call my mother in law !

LOL....

JSR wrote:Someone coming on to a message board devoted to hockey and calling someone out as "odd" for referring to their child within their player age group within proper context is the odd thing, if you are that "dense" this does not sound like the right place for you. Good day sir

Thanks for your analysis, Mr. Pot.
I'll just go ahead and make my own decisions on what the "right place for me" is.
You may want to check with "your bantam" for your own direction.

Minnesota57 wrote:

JSR wrote:Someone coming on to a message board devoted to hockey and calling someone out as "odd" for referring to their child within their player age group within proper context is the odd thing, if you are that "dense" this does not sound like the right place for you. Good day sir

Thanks for your analysis, Mr. Pot.
I'll just go ahead and make my own decisions on what the "right place for me" is.
You may want to check with "your bantam" for your own direction.

And you're our new HSHF village idiot.

MrBoDangles wrote:

Minnesota57 wrote:

JSR wrote:Someone coming on to a message board devoted to hockey and calling someone out as "odd" for referring to their child within their player age group within proper context is the odd thing, if you are that "dense" this does not sound like the right place for you. Good day sir

Thanks for your analysis, Mr. Pot.
I'll just go ahead and make my own decisions on what the "right place for me" is.
You may want to check with "your bantam" for your own direction.

And you're our new HSHF village idiot.

Great. I was tired of that title anyway.

HockeyDad41 wrote:

MrBoDangles wrote:

Minnesota57 wrote: Thanks for your analysis, Mr. Pot.
I'll just go ahead and make my own decisions on what the "right place for me" is.
You may want to check with "your bantam" for your own direction.

And you're our new HSHF village idiot.

Great. I was tired of that title anyway.

Sorry, but you've really been slacking lately...

MrBoDangles wrote:
And you're our new HSHF village idiot.

Please double check with "your grocery getter" on that one. She's of a different mind.

Always is!

Back to the original topic, just met a Dad whose son is with the 99 AAA Carolina Jr. Hurricanes. They are playing Stillwater, Buffalo, Tonka, and Edina BAA this weekend. They are no joke....ranked #6 or 7 nationally, and the head coach is a former Mr. Hockey, ably assisted by a certain Rob Brind'amour.

57special wrote:Back to the original topic, just met a Dad whose son is with the 99 AAA Carolina Jr. Hurricanes. They are playing Stillwater, Buffalo, Tonka, and Edina BAA this weekend. They are no joke....ranked #6 or 7 nationally, and the head coach is a former Mr. Hockey, ably assisted by a certain Rob Brind'amour.

I had the chance to watch them play in Pittsburgh a couple weeks back. Nice team. Upper echelon team, no,... but nice and seemed to be Coached well.

Minnesota57 wrote:

MrBoDangles wrote:
And you're our new HSHF village idiot.

Please double check with "your grocery getter" on that one. She's of a different mind.

Your momma!!

This is great. All these teams flying/driving across the country to play our community based assc. teams.

Minnesota57 wrote:

JSR wrote:Someone coming on to a message board devoted to hockey and calling someone out as "odd" for referring to their child within their player age group within proper context is the odd thing, if you are that "dense" this does not sound like the right place for you. Good day sir

Thanks for your analysis, Mr. Pot.
I'll just go ahead and make my own decisions on what the "right place for me" is.
You may want to check with "your bantam" for your own direction.

There is no "pot and kettle" scenario here. There is literally just you on an island, all alone, digging yourself a deeper and deeper hole....

old goalie85 wrote:This is great. All these teams flying/driving across the country to play our community based assc. teams.

I actually think it is great too og85, just as I thought it was great when Edina went to Detroit last year. I hope we see more of this int he coming seasons, could be great for the sport!

Tonka BAA - 4
Carolina Jr. Canes - 2

Rumor has it that Edina PW is going to Border Battle tournament next weekend where they will play mid ranked Tier I teams. Also hearing rumors that #3 PW Chicago Mission team is coming to Minny for 2 games vs. Edina and then 3 games vs. others.

My point is.... They will come to us !!! We are GOOD ta go . Just the way it is....

old goalie85 wrote:My point is.... They will come to us !!! We are GOOD ta go . Just the way it is....

That's the way I took it as well. Look at what has been happening. Tier 1 teams, recruited All-Star teams if you will, have been paying thousands of dollars and traveling hundreds of miles to come to Minnesota to play community based teams, and have been losing. Tells you something about the quality of hockey in the state and elsewhere.

No need to go anywhere as there is high quality hockey right here.

I'll drink ta that !!!

SCBlueLiner wrote:

old goalie85 wrote:My point is.... They will come to us !!! We are GOOD ta go . Just the way it is....

That's the way I took it as well. Look at what has been happening. Tier 1 teams, recruited All-Star teams if you will, have been paying thousands of dollars and traveling hundreds of miles to come to Minnesota to play community based teams, and have been losing. Tells you something about the quality of hockey in the state and elsewhere.

No need to go anywhere as there is high quality hockey right here.

JUst to be clear, the idea that Tier 1 is "recruited allstar teams" is a bit of a misnomer outside of a very select few. I'd say he Mission for example fits that definition and a few others but I would say that definition does not apply to the majority. The majority are more likely defined as collections of kids who have above average skill but play in areas with way way below average hockey teams and coaches and they look to play in places with better coaching and better talent around them, but I call it a misnomer because there are tons of kids from the areas where the Tier 1 teams exist that are way better than the kids on the Tier 1 team but for whatever reason choose not to play there. The point being MN is the strongest hockey state and no one I have ever met argues against that but you should be clearer on what Tier 1 really is and what it is not.

I understand. I think western Wis/ND are quickly becoming very strong community based regions as well>

old goalie85 wrote:I understand. I think western Wis/ND are quickly becoming very strong community based regions as well>

I agree. The Madison, WI area is also at a tipping point right now in that regard, not sure which way it's going to tip yet, if association base is going to start to reign supreme or if Tier 1 is going to improve and retake the reigns. Not sure yet but its obviously teetering down here as well.....