AC-DC wrote:94hatchie wrote:where was this when flames had a whole line and a half last year? or when the flyers had a 9 skaters?
AC-DC, you are too biased to small towns. you need to think bigger than what is just happening to what you support.
The issues with the Fargo teams are well documented in previous topics. What I'm talking about would actually help their situation because you wouldn't get the 20 to 9 player inbalance between the two teams. And, you would probably see two Grand Forks teams again. Maybe everyone needs to look at the big picture.
This is my thought on the whole thing. With respect, I agree to disagree with ACDC's assessment of the situation and the
big picture. First, regarding the Fargo and Grand Forks situations. The Fargo teams had a roster inbalance because they are 2 separate organizations and all the players wanted to play for one and not the other. A couple years prior, it is to the best of my knowledge that the Flyers were a new team and had 9 or 10 players only. There was no roster limit gripe at that time. Grand Forks will not see 2 teams again until there are at least 26-28 skaters interested in playing junior gold hockey. This has been stated over and over and doesnt look like it will change. Secondly, it looks like there was a possibility of having 4 teams drop out of the league this season (Langdon, Park River, Sidney, Watford City). By having these organizations combine or co-op, they made it so only 2 teams would drop out. To me, that seems like a winning situation, lose 2 teams instead of 4 teams. What you call the bigger picture, is the bigger picture in only your eyes according to the other bloggers here. It seems that if Crosby is short players, they should attempt to co-op with someone as well. (Maybe Williston has players who are not playing HS who are interested in junior gold.) These other organizations are doing so to give their interested players a chance to play and be competitive. The bigger picture is that these organizations did what they needed to do to make sure their players had a place to skate.