yzerman19

my prediction was right, not that I am happy about it. The structure of this tourney is historically wonderful, but the sections are not comparable

no, he left his soaker on...or a teammate pranked him

I will be shocked if Gentry is able to hang in this game

pretty much every kid that got an invite is going to get a lot of college offers

There's a potential generational talent goalie at St Thomas Academy right now: Owen Ryan. He's a 2011. I know goalies have a different development path, but this kid is the real deal.

He was playing in Madison before the high school season too.

I went back through the last couple years on myhockeyrankings...looks like Lake Conference and Moorhead were the teams that gave them games in Bantam AA the last 2 years with wins and losses both ways and different 1 year vs the other

not sure. Did they beat up on Tonka and Edina?

I love GF too, but that was one game. The lake conference for example is a different animal than anywhere else. They sent 2 teams to State and had 5 teams in the top 13 in the rankings.

lotta minny boys

Is Marto really only 5'8?

I wish Minny would have a 16 team tourney. Some of these sections are not nearly as competitive as others. I guess you gotta win when it counts.

In fact, I bet 3/4 of the 49 man invite list plays 15O AAA

There will be players playing 15O AAA that get invited to NTDP

Probably accurate. Its a 3 team race in my opinion and you got them all in the top 3.

15O is a specific USA designation that has its own national tournament, I would not say the kids playing 15O AAA out of Shattuck or BK or Caesars or Honeybaked are playing AA...

all the insta and internet hype is just that...hype...scouts don't watch hype or highlights, they watch games. who is better to a scout, the guy with a couple highlight reel goals and big celly's or the guy who got one and took great routes with perfect details and won...

So, Joey Cullen is universally a top 5 player in the birthyear, will he stay and do before and after with the force or will he go to the program? I mean Moorhead is stacked for years...I think Matt Cullen should get the key to the city for what he did to build that crew and the community hockey wise. They are lined up for a decade thanks to Matt. Its almost unfair...they will own Section 8 probably forever now...at least they played an elite schedule with the metro blue bloods.

Roeder is elite...he is quietly one of the absolute best players in minny high school. He plays a good physical game, clean but hard, and he reads the ice, handles contact and dishes it. I put him among the absolute best projections in Minny

too bad its hard to find...you can definitely get to the parking lot...lol...said with love and humor

Other topic, I get going to USHL or CHL out of high school...to AAA? Only if you are 16 playing prep AAA or better at an elite program. One example of a late blooming player isn't the norm. If you are leaving and then going to the NAHL...good luck to you.

lets go RIDAS!!!! no CHippahs, but they RIDAS!

And, do you think it made a difference for him? That's my point.

If you leave your local to go to a tier 1 program you had better be elite...and I don't mean in the eyes of your mom. I'm talking certifiable top 2 rounds of CHL or USHL draft. You also better have a darn good reason for not staying that has to do with your own development and you better be going to a top tier program with top tier coaching and development and competition or else you are simply throwing money away.

I gotta think that guys having success playing older competition (that's what the NTDP does after all) will be seen as "better" so that's the 2010's playing high school or prep or 16U or 18U. I'd also think they'd pay attention to the league. So Minnesota's power conferences in hs hockey are not apples to apples with some dude playing high school in California. Massachusetts prep school circuit same.