Cabotine .... or whatever your name is......
Not sure where you have interpreted that I put French Canadians down.... I'm part French Canadian #POC#....
Btw, the previous alumnus that are now in their 30's that now despise the game & don't want to let their kids play probably never made it to the big time so they are bitter to the game & probably never liked the game to begin with. How can you despise a game that you grew up playing and loving? If it's because of a bad coach then they probably were never playing at the right level because it was too competitive for them and they simply didn't have what it took to make it.
I said it in an earlier post, as you advance in competitive hockey it gets tougher & tougher and coaches/organizations look for reasons to cut players. I know in my past I've cut players for not skating into a huddle at the end of a practice.
Just as a question, from which area/hockey association are you from?