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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Don't think that is an OMHA thing... I believe they are leaving it up to the organization to set limits.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:59 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Don't think that is an OMHA thing... I believe they are leaving it up to the organization to set limits.

They must be a bottom feeder! Desperate for a winning record.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:09 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:59 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Don't think that is an OMHA thing... I believe they are leaving it up to the organization to set limits.

They must be a bottom feeder! Desperate for a winning record.

if that were true, why would players want to go to an org struggling to develop kids already?

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:18 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Heard Aurora, South Simcoe and Stouffville are taking this approach.

OMHA is not going to set limits, but the YSMHL is trying to keep the peace in their loops. It will all fall apart when a team like Barrie or Newmarket hires an unpopular coach and there is a mass exodus at 1 age level (as an example, I don't know that they would or have). Free market is free market. I would expect most loops to fold from 12 AA teams, to 7 or 8 as they won't be competitive.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:55 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:18 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Heard Aurora, South Simcoe and Stouffville are taking this approach.

OMHA is not going to set limits, but the YSMHL is trying to keep the peace in their loops. It will all fall apart when a team like Barrie or Newmarket hires an unpopular coach and there is a mass exodus at 1 age level (as an example, I don't know that they would or have). Free market is free market. I would expect most loops to fold from 12 AA teams, to 7 or 8 as they won't be competitive.

Then where are all these kids going to play hockey?
If players start going to super teams at AA, where are all the players that were displaced go? The "perceived" weaker AA teams?!
There is still the same number of players registered to play minor hockey in the province, therefore all the teams will stay in existence and won't fold.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:02 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:55 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:18 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:45 am What is OMhA planning to set the limit to?

Our AA OMHA organization has told us we can take as many kids as we want from outside our area as we want. No limit.

Heard Aurora, South Simcoe and Stouffville are taking this approach.

OMHA is not going to set limits, but the YSMHL is trying to keep the peace in their loops. It will all fall apart when a team like Barrie or Newmarket hires an unpopular coach and there is a mass exodus at 1 age level (as an example, I don't know that they would or have). Free market is free market. I would expect most loops to fold from 12 AA teams, to 7 or 8 as they won't be competitive.

Then where are all these kids going to play hockey?
If players start going to super teams at AA, where are all the players that were displaced go? The "perceived" weaker AA teams?!
There is still the same number of players registered to play minor hockey in the province, therefore all the teams will stay in existence and won't fold.

They will go to A, and push weaker kids down to BB and select. It’s a perfect free market at to address competition and make every level more fun with parity.


I don’t think they will be “super” teams, but it will more accurately allocate talent to the appropriate levels.