Wow, its June right? I mean, usually I don’t start getting tips on teams being in trouble until July, but it looks like silly season comes just a bit earlier every year!
Thank you Tier III owners! I don’t know what I would do without all of you. Approve more expansion so you can collect the fee please, then wonder why your short sighted plan leaves you fighting for players with the expansion teams! What a great country we live in!
So yeah, reports are already coming in. Teams with four players, six players, eight players signed. Ummmm, news flash boys and girls, if you’re a returning team and you got less than ten, your probably screwed. If your an expansion team and you don’t have ten by now, you are probably screwed.
Why is ten the magic number? Well its less than half a Tier III roster, but its an important indicator on the health of a team at this point of the year. See, recruiting season has been in full swing for close to two months already, and oh yeah, there is only about two months left to go.
Lets not forget we got a little holiday in the US on the 4th of July, where nothing happens for pretty much a week. We also have Canada Day in July 1st, where you are lucky to find anyone doing anything that doesn’t involved Labatt Blue and being out in the bush for a week.
Yep, only a two maybe three big showcase events left to sign kids too. Hmmmmm, maybe, just maybe the heavens will open up and players and checkbooks, will fall from the sky! Or, maybe, teams should sign five goalies. Oh, never mind, some teams already do that.
I wonder if having more than 300 pay to play junior teams in North America is a good idea? Probably not enough though.
But hey, on the bright side, all you players being recruited should be able to negotiate yourself some great illegal financial scholarships and discounts on tuition! Don’t worry, no one will catch you, the NCAA certainly isn’t aware of what’s going on, they cant even read the news like this.
My best bet is that in two weeks or so, we may see our next round of casualties begin. Well, that’s for the smart owners who don’t want to screw their league partners on the way out by making them do the schedule over right before the season starts. You wonder why leagues don’t force teams to meet certain numbers by certain dates to be on a schedule to begin with? Oh shit, sorry, that goes back to collecting the expansion franchise fees.
David Wagner – The Angel Of Death – For Those Who Live Stupidly I salute You
*The Death Pool is a mix of comedy, and satire in connection with recent events. It is not an official report of current events although it may look as though the news is so accurate that it could one day happen or may be happening
