Good points about the development and timing.

Not sure what is meant by the politics issue with the 1996. From what I heard, it sounded very fair, same with the 95 and 94 (which both had turn over).

With only one AAA choice in town, I suspect the allure of a true Tier I ranking will draw almost all to try out at AAA, regardless. I will guess many from this team will make it, some will not and some new faces will emerge - both from in and out of town. Those who don't will play on what I suspect will be a strong AA team.

The biggest allure at this age is who and where your child can develope. If you can get the coaching and competition, if you are willing to travel, this can be at the AA or AAA level. Especially next year where the kids will be Pee Wee Minors. They can play all 96 Teams and get the development they need that will get the ready for the Pee Wee Major Level and that is when the tough decisions will have to be made.

Look at how many 97's are on the 96 team? What happened to the rule that they had to be in the top 3? They are good but not top 3. Then you have CCYHA Board kids that made it that are not better then kids on the AA CCYHA Team. The AA CCYHA team may be stronger than the AAA Team. They have better defensemen and their forwards have speeed.

I guess we will see if the AAA team will ever play the AA team. I would like to see that game.

Agreed about the development, the only problem is that I hear Tier I teams will only play Tier I teams, so that would hurt the group if they chose no to play AAA. I also understand that it is hard to get AA major teams to play the AA minor teams once at the Pee Wee level, so that may also hinder opportunities.

As to the second paragraph, that is the purpose of a try-out. The kids who have the better try-outs make the team, whether a parent/observer thinks they should or not. While parent/observers have their opinions, this is always a subjective process. In the case of AAA, again, the process seemed very fair as the teams are selected by a group of evaluators, all of which have played at the highest levels, NHL down to Juniors. Throw in non-parent coaches, etc. and I think it sounds like a pretty sound process. Better than what I have seen at Capitals for some of the older age groups over the last couple of years at least.

Throw in non-parent coaches, etc. and I think it sounds like a pretty sound process.

Andrew Cassells in a non parent coach?

Can you provide to us who the last CBJ current player/coach, ex player/coach, Front Office personel, or maintenance crew members kid has been cut from the Ohio AAA CBJ, that would be interesting...........

96 - non parent head coach
94 - non parent head coach
93 - non parent head coach
U16 - non parent head coach
U18 - non parent head coach
95 - non parent assistant coach...Oh yea...questioning a 1,000 game NHL veteran at the helm??? You have to be kidding...back in the day of pre-picked 'travel' teams coached by the likes of parents,ECHL vets and Bobby B Columbus would have salivated at the prospect of an NHL vet coaching their kids.

Go to aaabluejackets.com to see current rosters and compare them to prior years rosters. Go to a tryout and see who the evaluators are.

not questioning 1,000 game nhl vets....

you stated non-parent coaches and that's not exactly true...

yes, back in the day of pre-picked 'travel' teams we had the likes of nhl veterans Doug Maclean and Gord Murphy coaching and yes everyone salivated....but this Bobby B. character you mention appears to have won some times

not sure who participates as evaluators, I,m sure they are qualified, but it sure is fun seeing you get upset over a couple simple questions and not answering the one I was really looking for

Not to worry, not upset at all,just trying to provide guidance in your quest for answers. Good points on DM and GM

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Originally posted by Caps14:
Who knows? We are just truly going to enjoy this year and start to worry about the 2008-09 season about February.

Everything will have to be right for this group to make the jump to the AAA team, after observing the politics of the AAA 96 team. At this point the parents and kids get along and Coach Ehrie does a great job with the kids. Thus, it will kind of be up to the AAA Blue Jackets if they want the boys or not.

But, as I said, there is a great deal of hockey and developement that will be taking place prior to next April so we are going to let the chips fall where they may and make the best decision for the kids in the spring.

So, now with the season over, Coach Ehrie out of the picture for the head coach spot for the top 97 team in Columbus and the tryouts scheduled, will the team stay together or go to the AAA Blue Jackets?