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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:42 am If your son or daughter isn’t on the top two lines of a AAA team then you’re wasting your time and money . Put your ego aside and have them play AA hockey and have fun.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:00 pm GTHL announced it's Integrity Action Plan today.
Did you get all your financial statements from your team this season? Should be 3 in total which should account for every penny spent.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:47 am Do spots open up now for AAA for the kids that didn’t make it last year? My kid tried and went to every tryout and never heard anything back, ghosted or rejected. We are still trying to make a team even a bottom of the barrel team. Who’s looking?

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 11:49 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:47 am Do spots open up now for AAA for the kids that didn’t make it last year? My kid tried and went to every tryout and never heard anything back, ghosted or rejected. We are still trying to make a team even a bottom of the barrel team. Who’s looking?

By the time tryouts come around in April most teams have no spots left at all and the top 90% of kids have already chosen their teams. Only the bottom feeder teams will have open spots for the bubble kids that are still free agents.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:47 pm DD8 sleeper pick in the draft.

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:40 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 11:49 am

Guest wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:47 am Do spots open up now for AAA for the kids that didn’t make it last year? My kid tried and went to every tryout and never heard anything back, ghosted or rejected. We are still trying to make a team even a bottom of the barrel team. Who’s looking?

By the time tryouts come around in April most teams have no spots left at all and the top 90% of kids have already chosen their teams. Only the bottom feeder teams will have open spots for the bubble kids that are still free agents.

U18 is a little different. Until and including U16, next year's team is mostly this year's core with some of the other players replaced and usually with the same coaches. For most organizations, U18 is not the same kind of continuation from U16. It's usually a different coach that stays with the U18 team year after year as players come in and age out.

So it's easier to get a U18 spot in the sense that it's not just a continuation of an existing team that's had the same core for years, there's less or at least different politics, and there is more turnover due to both aging out and graduating to Junior. But it's also harder because there are fewer spots overall due to U18 including two age groups. Also contributing to making it harder next year is the NCAA CHL rule change that will result in fewer players graduating to Junior.

I'm not sure if it will be easier or harder for you overall, but it will definitely be different. Call the U18 coaches and just be realistic and smart about how you spend your money. Doesn't hurt to try. Go to skates and see how he measures up. Don't let idiots on this forum discourage you.