Asunto: U18 Canada National Team

black metal won the election.
He is free to, and has an obligation to run the national team as he sees fit.
After all that's what I did.!
But, when I see strategies that are different from my own, I believe I am still free to ask how those different strategies are effective.
A convincing argument, might encourage me to adopt them as my own.

le black metal a gagné les élections.
Il est libre et a l’obligation de diriger l’équipe nationale comme il l’entend.
Après tout, c'est ce que j'ai fait !
Mais, quand je vois des stratégies différentes des miennes, je crois que je suis toujours libre de me demander comment ces différentes stratégies sont efficaces.
Un argument convaincant pourrait m'encourager à les adopter comme les miens.

How the top ten U18 teams are gaining chemistry/ experience for their young players.
It seems that the best teams are training their youth early.
These numbers are taken from the most recent U18 friendly game rosters.

RANK COUNTRY AGE 18 AGE 17 AGE 16 AGE 15

1 FRANCE 17 11 O 0
2 SLOVAKIA 12 16 O 0
3 BELARUS 22 6 0 0
4 FINLAND 20 8 0 0
5 LATVIA 27 1 0 0
6 GERMANY 23 5 0 0
7 CANADA 24 4 0 0
8 SERBIA 22 5 0 0
9 CZECH REP 27 0 0 1
10 SWITZERLAND 28 0 0 0

CANADA 0 17 11 0
(last season)
Players aged 18 had already gained chemistry of at least 75% from their previous 2 years of experience in friendly games.
Top line chemistry would be 90+%.
This was achieved with NO LOSS in tournament energy for the season.
By the end of round #1, the entire tournament team would have chemistry of at least 90% (top line @ 100%).

"The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things,
Of sailing ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings,
And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings."
Good luck to all the national teams in the upcoming World Championships.!!

« Le temps est venu, dit le morse, de parler de plein de choses,
Des voiliers et de la cire à cacheter, des choux et des rois,
Et pourquoi la mer est bouillante, et si les cochons ont des ailes.
Bonne chance à toutes les équipes nationales pour les prochains Championnats du Monde.!!

It is apparent that we will be using new techniques and strategies in this season's U18 World Cup.
I sincerely hope that they will be effective for us.
If they are, I most certainly will have learned something.
I offer my best wishes for the very best results.
Good luck to all our national teams.!!

Il est évident que nous utiliserons de nouvelles techniques et stratégies lors de la Coupe du Monde des moins de 18 ans de cette saison.
J'espère sincèrement qu'elles seront efficaces.
Si c'est le cas, j'aurai certainement appris quelque chose.
Je vous souhaite les meilleurs résultats.
Bonne chance à toutes nos équipes nationales !

The "watching jinx" will keep me on the sidelines until the game is over.!!

The top ten hockey programmes in the world belong to these countries:
In order, they are:

Les dix meilleurs programmes de hockey au monde appartiennent à ces pays :
Dans l'ordre, ils sont :

France .. France
Slovakia .. Slovaquie
Czech Republic .. République tchèque
Latvia .. Lettonie
Russia .. Russie
Belarus .. Biélorussie
Germany .. Allemagne
Serbia .. Serbie
Switzerland .. Suisse
Sweden .. Suède

All of them have team representation in the top level for each of the three age categories.

Ils ont tous une représentation d’équipe au plus haut niveau pour chacune des trois catégories d’âge.

If our U20 team can move up to the top level this season, we will join the group.

Si notre équipe des moins de 20 ans parvient à atteindre le plus haut niveau cette saison, on se joindra au groupe.

I'll do what I can! I'm in a fortunate position where I can rest the best U20 players. We've already clinched a playoff spot!

I have scouted this many players from your team for consideration for next season's U18 national team.

J'ai repéré plusieurs joueurs de votre équipe pour les considérer pour l'équipe nationale des moins de 18 ans de la saison prochaine.

16  Silence Stealers
12  Microbrasseurs
12  White Wolf
11  Le Power de Laval
11  Royal City Redshift
10  Montreal Sasquatch
10  Surrey Lions
9  Montréal Harvesters
9  Rousey Mousey
8  Dunnville Mudcats
8  Le Spatial
8  SwissHabs
7  black metal
7  Edmonton Wellcappers
7  Sharkbait
7  Too Legit To Quit
6  banana
6  Black Sheep
6  Ghost Squad
6  Headless Chickens
6  The Mandalorians
5  Headless T Gunners
5  Reflex de Montréal
4  Hamilton Jets
4  Rocky Mountain Wolverines
4  Sangsues
3  Maroons
1  Indica Ice
1  Ketchup Noodles
1  Pinnacle Renewable Energy
1  Remparts
1  T-town Titans
32 offshore (other countries)
outre-mer (autres pays)
244 total

Congratulations to mat601 for keeping the team in the top flight in his first season in charge of a national squad. That is a remarkable accomplishment in its own right!

paulroedb.
Congratulations should not sound so much like a "participation award".!
I am certain that mat601's objective was much loftier than not being relegated.
He is to be commended for his efforts, and I am sure, like me, he has learned from the experience.

Félicitations ne devrait pas ressembler à une simple récompense de participation !
Je suis certain que l'objectif de mat601 était bien plus ambitieux que de ne pas être relégué.
Il mérite d'être félicité pour ses efforts et je suis sûr que, comme moi, il a tiré les leçons de cette expérience.

I wasn't talking to you.

It was great to see mat601 step up and take over the U18 team! I hope other GM's take the cue and also throw their names into the hat and take over the international teams as well. There is an old boy's club at work and that is always a really shitty thing. "Drain the swamp" and take out the rubbish. Rejuvenate the Canadian game!

Same tired old unappreciative message.!!

Could have said the same message without the old rhetoric.

I don't think he's capable of doing that tbh