Before the first puck drops in anger, before the early bird, before league play starts: What are the prognostications for season rankings?

((A lot of players have switched teams, lots of growth, hard training, etc. The historical rankings may not be a good indicator for this year.))

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, ......

Ajax number one by a mile.

Off to a great start ... moderator burn this thread now ... nothing constructive coming of this.

Marlies
Rebels
YSE
EMC
London Gold

Oakville
Marlies
Elgin
Rebels
Kingston
YSE
Barrie
Halton
STA
JRC

what no brampton?

here we go with the BB Brampton sub-thread

Brampton will be in 15 to 20 range. Buffalo will be in top 15 as well

Buffalo?

the sabres have moved to 97aaa

Yup

Regals are now part of the SCTA and should compete from Novice right through to Minor Midget. COMPETE, not dominate.

Exactly won't be able to play 96's on the 97team

With all the kids they've brought in, Oakville must be #1, although their tending and coaching will disappoint.

Cambridge has many imports also and a big time goalie :p

Good luck with that

cambridge

lmfao

YSE
EMC
Marlies
Rebels
Oakville
London
Whitby
Kingston
JRC
Barrie
Halton

Halton in the top 10 really??? So what superdstars have they added to propel them to such lofty expectations, last I saw they have added a couple of decent players and have one good goalie. Now they are top 10, give your head a shake you whacko parents are unreal!!

Possibly the best goalie in the age group - team with the best goalie always has to be a fav. Past many years he's had no team around him. This year he not only has a team, but he has a whole lot of really good players around him. The kids back from the G and the boys in from Oakville easily vault this team into the top 10 discussion.
Facts are your friends - have a good day angry guy.

Marlies #1

Marlies are going to be in tough against Rebs in their own loop.

If this was a passing contest,Oakville has to be ranked first.lmao
Hopefully oakville team budget covers depends.
Go oakville go

Halton appears to be strong..they have solid coaching as well!

Go back to work KR. You have never been a head coach and now you think your a good coach. Dipsh*t!

Nobody game back because you were coaching. You used the system that Halton can use and forced kids back. Plus, you took imports who were cut from their team. This is why you will be a better team. Not a top team at all, just a better team. Halton will finish in the top 5 of their loop and between 25-30 in the rankings. May finish higher if you let MM play 90% of your games and run with a short bench.

The players back from the G are average, all were mid pack players on their g teams, so what makes them tops here. Cuts from other centres will not help either, coaches are moron's, parents are dilusional and no d. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Halton-hahahaha

Strong coaching-WTF

Our Team played Halton in a scrimmage game last year. They are shit! I don't care who they added, there is no way they are a top ten team. We were not a top tiered team, and we beat them by 5 goals! London also?????

Halton is a completely new hockey team. Added significant top end talent from the G and from Oakville. You are comparing Apples and Oranges. The last few years are irrelevant, this is a completely rebuilt hockey team with one of the three best goalies in the province. Just wait and see.

please list the top end talent, i must have missed them!!!

We will know how the teams are going to be ranked through the season following the Titan's. My guess is that Marlies are champions and ranked one, YSE will lose in semi and will be ranked two. Oakville will fail in quarters and will be ranked outside of top ten and then the chaos will begin.

I think Oakville will do better than that, despite issues at G and bench. Like it or not, they have bought in, oops I mean brought in a lot of talent.

Oakville has no more talent than the Marlies why is everyone so horny over them? Relax people, they are good but not that good and with all their issues they will crumble from the inside out..

Cambridge Hawka - we have a little secret in net

YSE from ETA
TM from G
Oakville SCTA
Sun County from Alliance
Soo from the North