Yes, 05's. And you could be right. But you are not. They designated the teams Black and White, for the divisions that they told the parents they will be playing in... not for the colors of their jerseys !

whoever the fed picks parity doesn't matter in some special cases

And there it is....Parity summed up in one sentence! Spot on!

If you had made this statement last year I would have completely agreed. But this year it looks like they actually put some thought into it by using MHR to create brackets. At least the schedules will be a little more equal rather than one team playing 4 teams from the black division while others play 4 from the bottom of the white.

EHF has schedules posted. 3 brackets??? Top team from ea bracket gets in, then tie breaker to form a 10 team black division.

It appears complete but don't see -05 Eagles. They wouldn't have auto lock for Black as 3rd place finisher. Maybe more games coming?

Eagles were second due to fed rules on unbalanced schedules...goes by win percentage and they were tied at end of reg season in pts

BJE actually finished 2nd in regular season behind NorthStars, ahead of MMF by a single point. Standings for auto bids for next season are based on regular season and I think the EHF website incorporates playoffs games to total points so that's why it appears they are 3rd in standings.

fed always finds a hidden rule or formula or other nonsense to bend the rules or don't enforce the rules

Correct. So explain how the MMF get an auto bid? Nstars were 1st, BJE were 2nd, Nstars won championship. In no way does the MMF get an auto bid, according to parity rules on EHF site. The old man must've called the EHF and told them what to do, again!

this is the bullsh t the fed pulls

I wonder if the Fed ever gets tired of being the MMF's b*tch??

So which teams in the 06 will be much different than last year? Seems to be quite a bit of turnover south of Boston. Breakers loosing a few to Elite teams. Terriers white seems to have lost a lot. Will Huskies and Bandits continue to have different kids at games each week? And how about the Bandits? New management. Old coaches gone. Doing a lot to recruit. Could this be the start of a new era for them?

I think in 06 probably Caps have most different makeup. Not sure it's going to matter down where they were last year but new Coach, new goalie, 9 new players. Couple solid players from Outlaws implosion. Only returning 5 players from last year.

Rumor has it lots of kids at Bandits tryouts.
The teams that could go either way are teams like Terriers Red, King and Friars that were in 06 black and turned it on towards the end to either beat or play tough against some of the higher ranked black teams. A few good players could push them up but if they lose a few could be problematic for them. For example, a team like terrier elite (substitute Breakers here too) could mean bringing some of the stronger tier 1 up if they couldn't replace from tryouts. Both of those elite teams seem to be faced with loses so it could happen

A few things starting to become clear in 06 Black parity-

BJE have upgraded a couple of pieces and grab an at large bid coming out of their bracket at 3-1. Had a pretty easy draw but they can hang it seems.

MMF are going to White and may not win a game in Black parity. May struggle at White parity as well.

Jr Friars to White likely end up silver

SSK have improved but they will be where they were last year


The rest is turning out pretty much Denny Green - they are who we thought they were.

BJE may end up 2-2
Friars will no fine in white. Won't be silver
Terriers red most improved (noted at end of season) and looks like only added one dobthry have continuity on their side
Terriers white declined from last year and year before
Kings definitely added a couple so slightly improved from last year