Sportsnet's Garrett tees off on WJHC...

[Synergy27]

My good friend Mark Morrison is just starting to play hockey and is enjoys it immensely. His team is divided into three sets of five players, and rated according to skill level. The top line on his team plays against the top line on the opposing team, and so on and so on. This format keeps the competition relatively even, and allows players to develop their own skills alongside those skating on the same learning curve.

This is exactly how to not get better at hockey. Relegating Norway and Austria to a D-pool would simply stamp their ticket for D-pools of the future. You learn by playing superior competition and getting your *** kicked, hoping that next time around you face them with a few more tricks under your sleeve and only lose by 5 instead of 9, and eventually legitimately competing. Terrible article.

 

[Natural Habs Fan]

I hate how people say "they are just kids". Poor babies

These guys are lucky to be where they are and deserve to be under pressure because that's the life they chose. Nobody asked them to play hockey.