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Post by hockeyfan on Jan 8, 2018 16:18:10 GMT -5
Not to sure if anyone beats Clinton this year. Where do all the player they have now come from? Do they have any local player on the team? Do they pay there players now in one way or another?
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Post by dunzy1969 on Jan 8, 2018 18:30:29 GMT -5
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Post by mike77 on Jan 8, 2018 22:18:53 GMT -5
For those talking about the OHA, the Radars are about 6 players and 100 grand short.
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Post by hockeyfan on Jan 10, 2018 16:23:04 GMT -5
Clinton has dominated the league for the last three years no different than what Durham, Saugeen and Elora have in the past. But player get older and have other interest as they age and stop playing. Sooner or latter Clinton will lose games and players and another team will step up. As far as moving up to a better league they will need lots of money. They will be paying players, playing more expenses of traveling. Allan cup I believe is in Saskatchewan this year that will likely cost at least $20,000 for expenses just to go to it. I can’t see Clinton moving up.
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Post by randy1976 on Jan 10, 2018 20:41:51 GMT -5
Totally agree hockeyfan. Money is the biggest obstacle but icing an elite team with that travel is just as big. If these guys are getting money right now as some have stated on here you can bet they will want a big upgrade to do the AAA travel, especially the top end guys. I’ve heard rumours for 4-5 years that Dundas, Brantford and Stoney creek are dishing out anywhere from 250-400$ per game for some of their high end guys.
Clinton does very well with their fan base and the way they run their game days but they aren’t even close to being able to have even the bottom line to survive in AAA, as Mike stated.
The last thing would be as hockeyfan touched on, guys on this team are getting older, especially the top end guys. No way some of 30+ year old guys are doing that travel to chase a Allan Cup dream when they can play 25-50 minutes away from home, make some money and be the cream of the crop.
I think still think someone is going to knock Clinton off in 7 games and it will put all of this talk to bed that they need more competition. ... my pick is Tillsonburg or Petrolia.
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Post by clipboard on Jan 11, 2018 10:22:38 GMT -5
Shockingly I am going to have to agree with Randy. I think the Thunder beat Clinton in the 2nd round in 7 games. Ripley - Tilly final with Ripley taking it home.
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Post by ricky on Jan 16, 2018 17:58:13 GMT -5
Clinton won't move to ACH hockey.Bottom line the team is a business. The radars will make a simular amount of money regardless of which league they play in. They already sell out their arena for most playoff games and I doubt switching leagues would bring more spectators to regular season games. It costs alot more money to belong to a Hockey CANADA sanctioned league than it does to belong to the woaa. Plus there is the added expenses of travel. I don't see the owners taking a serve pay cut just to be able to play in a slightly higher league. I'd be very surprise if they move.
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Post by jo on Jan 20, 2018 0:33:11 GMT -5
That’s what happens when you PAY your players to play hockey and stack your team
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Post by shlockey on Jan 20, 2018 3:38:51 GMT -5
Hockeyfan is 100% right, 3 years from now Clinton will be middle of pack. Elora used to have the best players avalible. The nport had 4 years where no one could,touch them. Look at those teams now... 7th and 13th
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Post by mrsouth on Jan 20, 2018 11:36:57 GMT -5
They probably had to play the next 3 best teams last year in the playoffs and each series went 6 games. It's not like they didn't have to really work for their championship last year.
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