Frozen4sioux

Not sure I agree on the ND based AAA... I agree it should be allowed to happen, it's 'Merica you want to start a program and people want to pay to participate go ahead, freedom right! But I think the argument that then can "stay home" is false. They can stay home if it's in fargo.... for Fargo kids.... is what people mean when they say that. That doesn't help nor solve the ND High school vs AAA/Jr's issue. Nor does it work to run the all year long Team ND model and just get together from all across the state and play on the weekends without practices, training and structure. Unfortunately we are a victim of the reality of geography, participation, and preference of our athletes and administrators vs other sports. The only hope is to make some improvements at the NDHSAA level for the best interest of the kids. That's not going to happen.

It's a snowball effect.... a couple go and then everyone else has "keep up with the "Jones" so to say.

Think..... that decent buck you saw before season.... mangled on the side of the road by a convoy of cattle hauling semis. That's what's left of it. It's that damaged. You maybe can still find a scap or two of salvageable quality tenderloin, or a decent rack to saw off, but really, it's trash at this point.

Thanks for the update!!

East: Central, Red River flip a coin (Bingo machine for 3rd & 4th). West: Minot. Legacy, Mandan..... roll the dice on a 4 seed. Semi finals Central - RR - Minot - (Insert hot goalie team)

Havent heard anything but nothing really changes until he puts up the coaches poll and that doesn't post till first week of games or so.

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the beds are red.. the attitude chamber is a chartered room with wings thay brought them there thinking there's some poor soul with a sore orifice that would disagree

EBUD time? who's there and gots a sweater and some eligibility

Are they not traveling with red light beds?

They're going to have to pay me more than that.

You know why divorces cost so much... Cause they're worth it.

Another Bubba ball embarrassing example of a waste of athletic department budget.

Lots of interesting comings and going now that final cuts are being made across the Jr A and Tier2/3 landscape. Moreso some hard lessons that should be highlighted to others in the future. That grass aint always greener.

I see this as the way it will go Overall, from the perspective of "Will NCAA hockey be better in 10 years" I think the answer is an obvious, yes. And it will be 75+ teams of better IMO. But it will be a different product than what we have come to know over the past 30-40 years of watching it. The outlier here is not only will this create opportunity for college hockey to expand but also Junior Tier 1 hockey, That again will take a decade to expand and establish to create the opportunities for USA Hockey LTDM kids,

Its very interesting to see the points of view on this. The big question there is, are those leagues really all that open to those MN kids to make that choice? I think that's a question that looks doubtful but will have to see how this plays out. I just see this all as a very big loss for American kids looking to play D1 hockey for the next 5-7 years. There just won't be the roster spots available with the influx of Canadian kids aging out of the MJ until College hockey expands by about 10-12 teams. The way I see it. Going to be a tougher road for those kids who slog through the NAHL/JrA gauntlet, maybe make it up to the USHL and then are looking to the Bemidji's..Mankatos..of the college hockey world. I think there's some kids in that arena from ND now that will be very much disadvantaged by this, again.

Those schools may win and EVENTUALLY NCAA will expand but that is a long process. You are correct D3, and ACHA are probably big winners as well, and quickly I see that point of CanJrA, just considering the relationships of that with the MJ teams as continuing to protect development paths for Canadian kids, but who knows that that all plays out I guess.

I see this as a massive blow to USA Hockey overall. How I see it playing out.. There will be a huge influx of MJ age outs flooding the NCAA spots, and this will absolutely shut out opportunities for USHL and NAHL kids in the USA hockey system. Yes, eventually college hockey will expand but at a minimum It will take 7-10 years for college hockey to expand to accommodate the influx of players. Zero top talent kids will go the NCAA route immediately, they will absolutely go MJ with college being the age out option for further development. It will be easy for the MJ teams to attract and convince kids of this path, especially in the time it takes NCAA to React/FugUp that reaction/Adapt to the ne norm. NCAA Hockey will be the backup plan The other side of the shitsandwich is specifically WHO it hurts the most: 2005/2006/2007 kids (maybe even 2008s) because they will be the ones caught in the middle of the influx and expansion options, a group of kids already the most effected by the covid shutdowns, extra years, and everything they've had to go through.. In the end NCAA wont be competing with MJ for players it will be competing with the ECHL and Europe for players. Different world is coming. Losers: NCAA Hockey, USHL Massive Losers: NAHL, USA Hockey players Winners: Canadian Major Juniors, NHL teams, Canadian Junior A Massive Winners: AAA Hockey programs who can further push the need to pay for exposure and development,

Boring. Best way to describe it all.

"Ouch"... anyone else catch that commentary

No.

August 1st has come and gone so time to fire up a new High School thread. Is there anybody left in the state this year after Juniors and AAA and Canada ......and Warroad ..... has pilfered the boys and girls ranks? Is this the year for a west team contend? (Spoiler alert: No.) Does a Fargo team push the GF's? Tough to pick many more than the deeper teams this year as it seems to be a shallow pool throughout the state. Pre-start of school picks: East: Central. West: It doesn't matter... but Minot has the most depth to build from.

They always will they have to... the USHL NAHL drafts are a big glaring spotlight as to how much respect North Dakota High School hockey has in the eyes the hockey world. And NDHSAA has and is signaling as always.... We Don't Care. The message is clear GET OUT OF NORTH DAKOTA as soon as possible.

The real ramifications aside.... If that guy's day is ruined by this. I'm all for it.