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It's kind of tough to give an evaluation of each team based on exhibition games. Most teams have not even played their full roster yet while others have minus 1-4 cuts. For instance I know that LSL beat Triolet 5-2 on Saturday with 1/2 their roster and Triolet who had about 4 more cuts to make maybe had about 5 good chances to score the entire game. The following day they played again and LSL lost 7-3 and LSL were down 6-0 at one point apparently. One thing I know is that size definitely matters in peewee AAA as with size comes speed & strength. By the end of the year, usually the bigger teams are the ones that stand out from the rest. Teams get much better defensively and teams usually score by winning physical battles & by going to the net. It's very difficult to score goals at the end of the year. That being said, the teams that I think will be good & very difficult to beat come year end are (in no particular order); Laval LSL North & South Gatineau Select Du Nord Conquerants Seigneurs de Milles-Iles

In LSL, with the rumored players that transferred over it will be very interesting on how they divide the 2 teams this year. Talent up front you can go easily 6 deep on both teams and on D 3 deep on both teams. Goaltending will be the main issue but there are 2 very decent 2005's that probably deserve to play with the 2004's simply because they are better. That being said, their U13 team will be off the charts talented. Select du Nord will be very good as well, but after their top 3 players up front its very thin. They hired a non parental coach which will only help that team in my opinion as he will not accept MG behind the bench anymore. My sleeper pick will be the Conquerants. They have no superstar players like JS, but they will be deep at almost every position and their coach is really good at development. Laval will also be good. They have 1-2 good forwards, but their D's & goaltending will be very solid. My opinion is that they will have an extremely tough time scoring goals though much like last year. Remember that 2nd year peewee is the year that teams from the beginning of the year to the end change so much as many kids grow tremendously due to puberty. What happened in Atom 2nd year won't reflect what happens in peewee 2nd year. In the end, size, speed, & skills do matter big time by the end of the year. Bonne saison a tous!