Oh hell yeah kids, everyone have a good weekend? Anyone attend a Tier III camp this weekend where half the players on the ice were goaltenders? How about attending a camp with 10 skaters or so? Maybe 7 skaters? Yep, there is nothing quite like the well planned and highly recruited Tier III camp eh kids? Ha Ha Ha
So hey, just taking a little straw pole around the country, and man some teams are seriously hurting for players. Some teams are hurting enough to even lie to their league officials and other league members about how many players they have.
Just a little clue here kids, when a team says they have 15 players, ya might want to follow up with asking how many of them are goaltenders. Yep, 9 skaters and 6 goalies does not make a team kids.
Anyway, look for two more teams to get buried in the next week or so, possibly are many as six. Some USA Hockey, some AAU. Yep, being a screw up comes with equal opportunity.
But lets get serious for a second here folks.
No one should feel bad for these teams. They have had since April to recruit 25 players. Either their organization didn’t work to find players and just hopped that people would find their tryout information on the team or league website, or their organization sucks anyway and they shouldn’t be around. Based on that criteria, any organization that didn’t work all summer to get players sucks, so they kind of go hand in hand.
You think someone might have noticed the two dozen new pay to play teams entering the player market this year. Yep, there has been plenty of news coverage and warning that it was coming. But hey, pay no attention to the competition knocking on your door.
There is good news though……
There are plenty of open roster spots for every bender in the world who shouldn’t be playing junior hockey to begin with. Yep, so anyone under 20 years old who wants to say you played junior, all you have to do is show up and write the check. You don’t have to be qualified, but you do have to have your own equipment.
Even better yet are the teams that don’t have enough players to make their budget telling the incoming players that they have to buy their own helmets, gloves and shells! That’s right, they aren’t even coming close to meeting standards required for junior hockey.
Its probably those same teams that will be dumb enough to try to make it through the year with 15 or so players. Hell, why not, teams did it last year so can you. Ha Ha Ha
Stupid is as stupid does I guess. Stay tuned for special reports kids, I got body bags a plenty! Ha Ha Ha And if ya see a team on life support, do a guy a favor and kick the plug will ya. A guy has to keep busy you know.
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.
