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I'm picking up a fifth tonight too....for consuming during the USA vs Canada game lol

prospects and more importantly their agents are hearing from guys with the same agency about the challenges right now at UND. If you wonder why we haven't landed a chippah, that would be why

counter that with top line and CAGR playing for the multiple...gotta spend to grow...hurts the bottom line, but drives the top and those sweet, sweet 5x 7x 13x

Peluso couldn't skate...if dude could skate he would've been in the NHL as a regular

So Mattern kid is racking up the points! 84 now? What is the record and who holds it from which school? Chad Skarperud was pretty gross, Steve Johnson before him...Panzer brothers were gross..Kulbrunner from Grafton...I am stretching my memory to the 80's-90's...Ascheim and Peluso put up big numbers in a weak West, Phillion. I'm dating myself

Sound reasoning. What if the kid is a potential chippah? Do you then send him off to a prep or a Tier 1 powerhouse before junior? The Twin Cities model would certainly be different in terms of playing high school, as the competition in the MSHSL AA category is strong and well scouted, especially in the power conferences. I don't have a horse in the race as I am not in Minny or NoDak

ha! nope, but I love the swagger

Reasonable, again, like I said there is no right path. He's having a great year, they are winning, and he's having fun and hopefully developing- that's what you want

Anyhow, good luck to the boys! Like I said, I want every single kid to be successful and have a chance at chasing their dreams!

for sure. Team ND has historically been a doormat at tier 1 nationals though. Not sure how the politics work and if GF would beat Team ND?

Yeah, Marto is good. His dominance is part of my earlier question, because a lot of the top minnesota guys in his birthyear are not playing Bantam hockey. Examples: Freddie Schneider is a 2009 and in his second year playing varsity at Edina Nolan Fitzhenry is a 2009 and is playing 16U at SSM Caden Zasada is a 2009 and in his second year playing varsity at Hill Murray Nash Roed is a 2009 and is playing his first year varsity at White Bear Lake I am not casting judgment and don't pretend to know the correct answer here. I guess everyone takes their own path...is it better to dominate the age level or to be effective vs the best competition your birth year? I don't know. I do know that if you are good enough, they find you.

I think Moorhead has a line and a pairing of 2010s that can play with anybody. Depth would be the issue vs the blue blood AAAs- I'd think same of all the top Association teams

They are an excellent bantam team not taking anything away from them, but they also have 2009s on that team. The Shattuck team they play is all 2010s

Seams reasonable. Yeah I'm not thinking the AAA in name only. Thinking Mission, Caesars, Honeybaked, Shattuck, Mount, BK and the like

Not asking rhetorically, but how do you think they'd do against the big dogs in national bound AAA, factoring in birth year, so 2009 players would have graduated bantam and be playing 15O or higher.

Top 6 or Top 4 in the CHL, USHL, or NTDP you should bounce...agree. Gotta compare against birth year nationally and internationally too, not the 2 year mid-year school year MN-DAK bands. Younger ages, I think that you should play at a level where you are 1.5-2 points per game...enough to be dominant, but not be ridiculous. If you can rack up 3+ points per game vs your age group or your league you should play up or switch leagues. I think you should do that vs your birth year ideally and in your town ideally.

I feel like playing what if today, so what if and what would you do? Super high end talent, do you stay local? do you go to better league? better team? play up? It's the million dollar question plaguing youth hockey right now. There's no correct answer, but its always interesting discussion.

I hope he has that opportunity and any opportunity he wishes for. I feel that way about all the kids.

At the University of Michigan? I am being a smart ass...the program is now out of Plymouth MI

had 1 goal according to Elite Prospects

This would be Marto U17 season coming up...you are suggesting he'd go to NTDP as a second year replacement?

If we're talking bantams, I am curious how that MN Blue Ox team will fare at Tier 1 Nationals. They beat SSM and they are essentially the 2010 Blades minus the couple guys from the cities (Stevens, Godbout, etc) and a couple guys that either went prep or left the State (Meier, Skelton, Thompson). They are a really good team. Historically Minnesota (other than SSM) and Team ND have not had a ton of success at the Nationals level. To GFs point its hard to compete at that level with homegrown kids when other teams are able to recruit and put together super teams- and then practice and play together all year. Blue Ox is a super team from NW Minny.

assuming Pelosi is a sophomore based on birthday, this would be an unofficial visit then too

I would guess that we wanted him but figured it was a super long shot.

Obviously a local kid with deep family ties. Nobody has ever doubted he has talent.