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Anon
Jan 4, 2021 - 8:56AM
Re: PLPG

A few things on this thread I find funny. 1. the statement that the same players that were good long ago are still the ones good now? LOL! ok buddy. The roster of my son's AAA team at 9 was almost completely different at 15. The "superstar" at 9 on the roster is now out of hockey altogether. I hear that statement a lot these days and its typically said, not by the superstar parents, but the hangers-on, buddies and pay for pub websites. The reason NZ and NEHJ use the kids names is laziness and the appearance of credibility (if they talk about the kid that everyone else is talking about, they must know their stuff). The problem is that hockey parents dont know what they are looking at. They see hits and goals, rarely notice skating, edges, vision, playmaking, or what players do when they dont have the puck. I have seen lots of guys score tons of goals hanging out at the blue line waiting on a pass or skating through weak competition and scoring a goal. Looks amazing but strangely enough, they never scored during games against strong competition. The people that matter dont care if your kid scores a goal which is why there are so many angry parents after a team is picked saying, "he scores the only goal and the cut him????" NZ and NEHJ will tell most what they want to hear, and if they dont, you will share my opinion of them until they mention your kid LOL, then they must know something right?
2. COVID dudes, COVID. None of what is going on right now matters at all. Its a lot of desperate parents, risking their families health convinced their kid NEEDS more hockey games as they are so close to someone finally noticing them. There is a reason for all these leagues, tournaments, showcases etc. $$$$$ they all recognize that there is money to be made off parents that cant accept the dream is over. Where we are from there are 6 Junior hockey leagues operating. 6!
Save your money, stay healthy and be patient. If your kid is only motivated when they can play the game, they are already telling you what you need to know. If they hit the gym and do what they can there is still hope. Talk with Mr. St.Louis about his path to the NHL, not exactly the guy NZ or NEHJ would have been touting.

a
anon
Jan 4, 2021 - 9:52AM
Re: PLPG

Anon
A few things on this thread I find funny. 1. the statement that the same players that were good long ago are still the ones good now? LOL! ok buddy. The roster of my son's AAA team at 9 was almost completely different at 15. The "superstar" at 9 on the roster is now out of hockey altogether. I hear that statement a lot these days and its typically said, not by the superstar parents, but the hangers-on, buddies and pay for pub websites. The reason NZ and NEHJ use the kids names is laziness and the appearance of credibility (if they talk about the kid that everyone else is talking about, they must know their stuff). The problem is that hockey parents dont know what they are looking at. They see hits and goals, rarely notice skating, edges, vision, playmaking, or what players do when they dont have the puck. I have seen lots of guys score tons of goals hanging out at the blue line waiting on a pass or skating through weak competition and scoring a goal. Looks amazing but strangely enough, they never scored during games against strong competition. The people that matter dont care if your kid scores a goal which is why there are so many angry parents after a team is picked saying, "he scores the only goal and the cut him????" NZ and NEHJ will tell most what they want to hear, and if they dont, you will share my opinion of them until they mention your kid LOL, then they must know something right?
2. COVID dudes, COVID. None of what is going on right now matters at all. Its a lot of desperate parents, risking their families health convinced their kid NEEDS more hockey games as they are so close to someone finally noticing them. There is a reason for all these leagues, tournaments, showcases etc. $$$$$ they all recognize that there is money to be made off parents that cant accept the dream is over. Where we are from there are 6 Junior hockey leagues operating. 6!
Save your money, stay healthy and be patient. If your kid is only motivated when they can play the game, they are already telling you what you need to know. If they hit the gym and do what they can there is still hope. Talk with Mr. St.Louis about his path to the NHL, not exactly the guy NZ or NEHJ would have been touting.
What are we doing here?

a
ANON
Jan 4, 2021 - 10:19AM
Re: PLPG

Anon
A few things on this thread I find funny. 1. the statement that the same players that were good long ago are still the ones good now? LOL! ok buddy. The roster of my son's AAA team at 9 was almost completely different at 15. The "superstar" at 9 on the roster is now out of hockey altogether. I hear that statement a lot these days and its typically said, not by the superstar parents, but the hangers-on, buddies and pay for pub websites. The reason NZ and NEHJ use the kids names is laziness and the appearance of credibility (if they talk about the kid that everyone else is talking about, they must know their stuff). The problem is that hockey parents dont know what they are looking at. They see hits and goals, rarely notice skating, edges, vision, playmaking, or what players do when they dont have the puck. I have seen lots of guys score tons of goals hanging out at the blue line waiting on a pass or skating through weak competition and scoring a goal. Looks amazing but strangely enough, they never scored during games against strong competition. The people that matter dont care if your kid scores a goal which is why there are so many angry parents after a team is picked saying, "he scores the only goal and the cut him????" NZ and NEHJ will tell most what they want to hear, and if they dont, you will share my opinion of them until they mention your kid LOL, then they must know something right?
2. COVID dudes, COVID. None of what is going on right now matters at all. Its a lot of desperate parents, risking their families health convinced their kid NEEDS more hockey games as they are so close to someone finally noticing them. There is a reason for all these leagues, tournaments, showcases etc. $$$$$ they all recognize that there is money to be made off parents that cant accept the dream is over. Where we are from there are 6 Junior hockey leagues operating. 6!
Save your money, stay healthy and be patient. If your kid is only motivated when they can play the game, they are already telling you what you need to know. If they hit the gym and do what they can there is still hope. Talk with Mr. St.Louis about his path to the NHL, not exactly the guy NZ or NEHJ would have been touting.
THE GUY IS KINDA RIGHT

a
anon
Jan 4, 2021 - 10:30AM
Re: PLPG

ANON
Anon
A few things on this thread I find funny. 1. the statement that the same players that were good long ago are still the ones good now? LOL! ok buddy. The roster of my son's AAA team at 9 was almost completely different at 15. The "superstar" at 9 on the roster is now out of hockey altogether. I hear that statement a lot these days and its typically said, not by the superstar parents, but the hangers-on, buddies and pay for pub websites. The reason NZ and NEHJ use the kids names is laziness and the appearance of credibility (if they talk about the kid that everyone else is talking about, they must know their stuff). The problem is that hockey parents dont know what they are looking at. They see hits and goals, rarely notice skating, edges, vision, playmaking, or what players do when they dont have the puck. I have seen lots of guys score tons of goals hanging out at the blue line waiting on a pass or skating through weak competition and scoring a goal. Looks amazing but strangely enough, they never scored during games against strong competition. The people that matter dont care if your kid scores a goal which is why there are so many angry parents after a team is picked saying, "he scores the only goal and the cut him????" NZ and NEHJ will tell most what they want to hear, and if they dont, you will share my opinion of them until they mention your kid LOL, then they must know something right?
2. COVID dudes, COVID. None of what is going on right now matters at all. Its a lot of desperate parents, risking their families health convinced their kid NEEDS more hockey games as they are so close to someone finally noticing them. There is a reason for all these leagues, tournaments, showcases etc. $$$$$ they all recognize that there is money to be made off parents that cant accept the dream is over. Where we are from there are 6 Junior hockey leagues operating. 6!
Save your money, stay healthy and be patient. If your kid is only motivated when they can play the game, they are already telling you what you need to know. If they hit the gym and do what they can there is still hope. Talk with Mr. St.Louis about his path to the NHL, not exactly the guy NZ or NEHJ would have been touting.
THE GUY IS KINDA RIGHT
Look at this past years USHL Phase 1 results

2 kids from Mass. were drafted 4th Overall (Penn ST.) and 6th (Harvard)

2 Kids from Mass. were drafted in the 2nd round (both to Northeastern)

Year before no kids were drafted in the first two rounds.

I would assume they are locks for next year USHL but there will be 10 more or so getting serious offers to go

a
anon
Jan 4, 2021 - 1:37PM
Re: PLPG

really, I mean go back to work

a
Anon
Jan 4, 2021 - 4:00PM
Re: PLPG

This was a decent thread, finally got our hands on the rosters and the guy who named off the top 5 of each team is right on. I like some of the newer 02/03 kids mentioned, I hope to see them some prep hockey soon.

a
Anon
Jan 6, 2021 - 10:57AM
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Where can you go and see the rosters?

Or is this a special secret place that only the people that know how to get there can see?

a
Anon
Jan 6, 2021 - 11:29AM
Re: PLPG

This camp was 2+ weeks ago...

I am sure you could email the guy that ran it, if you really need it.

a
Anon
Jan 6, 2021 - 2:02PM
Re: PLPG

Back to work guys. Stay off the phone, D1 schools might be calling for your boy. Apparently they got lots of busy signals on 1/1/2021 so there is hope.

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 10:34AM
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^^Mostly 03 players who will not even play in college

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 11:38AM
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Anon
^^Mostly 03 players who will not even play in college
Says the NHL scout

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 1:27PM
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Anon
Anon
^^Mostly 03 players who will not even play in college
Says the NHL scout
Close..Bottom line is that the kids there are unknown, no PR machine getting there names out. There are good kids everywhere but the ones that make it start the PR rolling at 12 or younger. Watched a kid that I haven't seen in years just as good if not better than most of the kids there and hes never going to get a look, you know why? No PR for the kid. Yes he is at prep now and will put up good numbers but its to late, nobody knows who he is. There was 1 D1 commit there, nice kid, good family, wasn't even the best player on his team never mind the other 3 teams but got the PR machine rolling at 12, got in touch with the right people and look where he is now. Very sad, but very true in todays game!! Now, with schools offering an additional year to seniors, the kids at this event would need to wait until they are 22 to have a shot and that is very unlikely.

a
Anon
Jan 8, 2021 - 10:11AM
Re: PLPG

Anon
Anon
Anon
^^Mostly 03 players who will not even play in college
Says the NHL scout
Close..Bottom line is that the kids there are unknown, no PR machine getting there names out. There are good kids everywhere but the ones that make it start the PR rolling at 12 or younger. Watched a kid that I haven't seen in years just as good if not better than most of the kids there and hes never going to get a look, you know why? No PR for the kid. Yes he is at prep now and will put up good numbers but its to late, nobody knows who he is. There was 1 D1 commit there, nice kid, good family, wasn't even the best player on his team never mind the other 3 teams but got the PR machine rolling at 12, got in touch with the right people and look where he is now. Very sad, but very true in todays game!! Now, with schools offering an additional year to seniors, the kids at this event would need to wait until they are 22 to have a shot and that is very unlikely.
This post is accurate to some extent. Agree on the PR machine and how much promotion goes into these kids. Don't necessarily agree that these kids will not get college looks. Yes, there was a D1 commit there, blended in like most of the 03 D1 commits from what I could tell watching on the computer. Very few,especially at the 03 level would have jumped out if they were thrown in on one of these 4 teams. At this point, you have to hope that your 02,03 is a late bloomer and is on the way up and not staying flat or even worse, going the wrong way. These are the kids that coaches will want to watch and project out their potential. Lots of the early puberty kids became household names in the rinks and some people bought into how good they were from the PR machine. My money is on a kid that continues to improve and is determined to reach his goals and busts his butt to reach whatever the goal is, even if it is at 22.

a
Anon
Jan 8, 2021 - 3:31PM
Re: PLPG

Anon
Anon
Anon
Anon
^^Mostly 03 players who will not even play in college
Says the NHL scout
Close..Bottom line is that the kids there are unknown, no PR machine getting there names out. There are good kids everywhere but the ones that make it start the PR rolling at 12 or younger. Watched a kid that I haven't seen in years just as good if not better than most of the kids there and hes never going to get a look, you know why? No PR for the kid. Yes he is at prep now and will put up good numbers but its to late, nobody knows who he is. There was 1 D1 commit there, nice kid, good family, wasn't even the best player on his team never mind the other 3 teams but got the PR machine rolling at 12, got in touch with the right people and look where he is now. Very sad, but very true in todays game!! Now, with schools offering an additional year to seniors, the kids at this event would need to wait until they are 22 to have a shot and that is very unlikely.
This post is accurate to some extent. Agree on the PR machine and how much promotion goes into these kids. Don't necessarily agree that these kids will not get college looks. Yes, there was a D1 commit there, blended in like most of the 03 D1 commits from what I could tell watching on the computer. Very few,especially at the 03 level would have jumped out if they were thrown in on one of these 4 teams. At this point, you have to hope that your 02,03 is a late bloomer and is on the way up and not staying flat or even worse, going the wrong way. These are the kids that coaches will want to watch and project out their potential. Lots of the early puberty kids became household names in the rinks and some people bought into how good they were from the PR machine. My money is on a kid that continues to improve and is determined to reach his goals and busts his butt to reach whatever the goal is, even if it is at 22.
Pretty interesting post, could only find partial rosters, but regardless, I imagine the D1 commit dominated the play and didn't "fit in" as he is also on NHL Central Scouting list. Not USHL or NCAA, we are talking the National Hockey Leagues scouting list. If there were better kids there than I lose all respect for all of these "scouting" agencies and it is clear that the better PR will always pay off. Again, we are talking the NHL, the top league in the entire world.

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 11:44AM
Re: PLPG

Anon
Anonymous.
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According to NEHJ there was some good DIII talent there. Cool that he can watch kids play 2 games and know they have no shot at D1. He’s great
I can watch a kid do 15 minutes of skills and tell you they have no chance at D1.
Well your an idiot
NZ and IM commented on every kid at the MCDC. My impression of his article is that he sees opportunity and potential in every kid! We're talking about 05s to 02s not 99s.
Yes everyone there could possibly play D1.

My kid went and said it was a great chance for him to skate with some strong players. I thought it was short money to be on the ice with quality kids and terrific coaches.

I'll let you know how he does, 4 years from now!
Did the coaches actually coach? If they did then its worth it, from what I understand they just refed some scrimmages.
My kid enjoyed it. Asked him about coaches and he told me there was a practice on Monday for 75 minutes with a NESCAC coach ( unmarked of course) and Cunniff ran the other group on the other sheet simultaneously. Short money for two good competitive days. Anxious to have him attend the next one

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 1:29PM
Re: PLPG

Anon
Anon
Anonymous.
Anon
Anon
Anon
According to NEHJ there was some good DIII talent there. Cool that he can watch kids play 2 games and know they have no shot at D1. He’s great
I can watch a kid do 15 minutes of skills and tell you they have no chance at D1.
Well your an idiot
NZ and IM commented on every kid at the MCDC. My impression of his article is that he sees opportunity and potential in every kid! We're talking about 05s to 02s not 99s.
Yes everyone there could possibly play D1.

My kid went and said it was a great chance for him to skate with some strong players. I thought it was short money to be on the ice with quality kids and terrific coaches.

I'll let you know how he does, 4 years from now!
Did the coaches actually coach? If they did then its worth it, from what I understand they just refed some scrimmages.
My kid enjoyed it. Asked him about coaches and he told me there was a practice on Monday for 75 minutes with a NESCAC coach ( unmarked of course) and Cunniff ran the other group on the other sheet simultaneously. Short money for two good competitive days. Anxious to have him attend the next one
What does "unmarked of course" mean?

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 1:48PM
Re: PLPG

I find it amazing that people are still talking about a skate that took place 3 weeks ago.

Do you really dislike the guy that much that you can't let it go? What is left to discuss? The guy sucks, the coaches sucked, the kids sucked, the D1 commit sucked, the 03's sucked, the 04's sucked, the ice sucked, the Zamboni sucked, the PR sucked, the parking lot sucked...

a
Anon
Jan 7, 2021 - 2:01PM
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Anon
I find it amazing that people are still talking about a skate that took place 3 weeks ago.

Do you really dislike the guy that much that you can't let it go? What is left to discuss? The guy sucks, the coaches sucked, the kids sucked, the D1 commit sucked, the 03's sucked, the 04's sucked, the ice sucked, the Zamboni sucked, the PR sucked, the parking lot sucked...
This post sucks

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