The Americans on the first 2 lines still believe they will get a college look and rest of the team wouldn't make their High School Varsity team.

Talking with a Pic dad and he said the families of the U18s were not told their would not be a team until 1 week into the season and the 16s were never told they would not be in top division. I don’t know why all those families stayed? 6-9k per year to play level of hockey is not smart.

You assume they all had a place to go...

They could have found a good split season option and played for their high schools then moved on next year