Asunto: U18 Canada National Team

From TMO:
18 year old Pranav Comeau should be LW
17 year old Bennett Carson should be a C
17 year old Kyle Paulger has an outside shot at G

I also have an 18 year old 288-144-144 5/6 G

Maybe 1 third line player, and 1 (if we are desperate)
Mario Driver - RW - 782 - 13,69,224,150,67,148,111
Shaun Jackson - LD - 724 - 22, 249, 42, 78, 125, 83, 125

where do you guys find all these studs?

i ask myself the same question everyday

I only have two players over 750 @ 18, both 5/6
One LD and one RD.

LD: Laurent Derby
RD: Bryce Christo

Congratulations to the winners.

Thanks. We will write something tomorrow I hope

Isn't it to showcase the best players in the age group and win championships? Look at the Russians. They have developed their players for the international stage at a young age and have won 3 of the last 4 WHC

Damn.. responding to a first page post...

Congrats fronga

"Our only objective for this first year is to find the future of the Canadian National Senior Team."
i don't like this.. do we not have a pride?
i want us to play to win, not play to prepare. not to mention, most of the players meant to be the future of the canadian national senior team won't ever make the senior team anyways. the training bonus that these players will get won't be much to make a difference whether they'll make the senior team, and if that is the difference maker, then that should raise a question whether if he should've made the u20 team in the first place
my suggestion is to reserve a very few spots for the players who're slam dunk to make the senior team, and the rest of the spots should go to the best players available
thoughts? comments?

Hey,

Scott contacted all the candidate once to see if they wanted to publish a text before elections. I didn't work but here is my speech:

"Hi Folks,

I’m glad to have one more opportunity to talk to you. I’m still debating with myself about the plan I want to apply if I’m elected. I think the best would be to select around [40-50]% of the players base on their current strength and [30-40]% base on their future potential for the senior team. In the first category I would like to include best players for their age even if they have less/no chance to join the senior team. They will be the bones of the team, give strength to the lines so the young players can perform well. In the second hat I would like to include the young players with an enormous potential to join the senior team. These players will be probably weaker in term of OR but we need to give them chemistry and experience as soon as possible so they can be ready for the big team. I want to keep 10% of the seats available for prospects.
We will of course play all game in four lines.
For the goalie I would like to apply the same strategy: play the best one and put the player with the best potential (even if he is 15 years old) in the second spot.
For the selection of the most promising player, the career longevity and the facilities of his team will be the most important parameters.
I don’t think that giving a chance to a new manager every week will help the team for the first season but I would like to work with more than one person. I think I will look for two “non-official” assistants, especially for the selection of the players. Maybe they will run the teams for few friendly games for the first weeks. I would like to give [4-6] friendly games to set up the lines. After the sixth game, the line will be set (few arrangements still possible) and the chemistry will be build more efficiently. I would like to refer to only one assistant (Scott) for the world cup though.
Hopefully I will able to exchange thoughts with the manager of the U20 and senior team to build strong teams for the future."

Of course it's a theoretical text. The percent can be adjust. I don't know all the players yet.
I hope you found some answers.

I'M not a dictator. I'm here to listen to all the suggestions and comments.
Thanks for asking

We already had this debate and Canada massively voted for player development over a competitive team. It is a justifiable and respectable course of action. Of course this means Fronga's tenure will be judged based on how well he developed Canada's youth and not on how many wins he managed to rack up.

Speaking of nice prospects here is the paltry offering from the Ice Monkeys. Damien Forsyth effective quality of 90 and perfect longevity at 16. If I include training camps and assume no injuries, his OR should increase by 170-175 for the season.

Don't forget about this guy Steve Cochran . I think he's pretty good.