but seriously they have had so many changes I have to write a chapter on them and frankly with all the work Bill has done on the CCHL he and his team deserve it.

Ok lets continue with a closer look at the league. Next up is the men of music from Ohio. Talk about a turnover, these guys may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater... Things were basically completely ripped down and renovations promptly begun. In a word "WOW" who would have thunk it about Bill ? Geez Louise the list of new young players is frankly too long to list, let alone to write a review on. For starters looking at the forwards the team's leaders are Neal, Grabovski and Voracek with support from Leino, Giroux, Bailey and Simmonds. Lean pickings there, potential certainly but with the exception of Neal and perhaps Voracek I haven't seen any of their talent translate to the NHL. Dripping potential yes certainly and only time will tell how things work out for the musicmen down the road. Knowing Bill it won't be long before his team is ready for a new run to the finals, this year however probably the team will be lucky to make the playoffs. The blueline on the other hand holds alot more promise from my perspective. Mitchell and Gonchar anchor a very talented blueline, along with White, Schenn, Alzner and Letang rounding out an all star cast with Jack Johnson and Klesla on the bench things look very strong for the team going forward as far as the blueline in concerned. Netminding is well taken care of with MAF hitting his prime. The real challenge for this club is how they are going to take care of the forward position, and to get a better idea we have to take a look at the prospect situation. The cupboards are overrun with kids taken over the years by the team and there are in fact some very nice looking prospects in the form of Schenn and Josefson at center, Filatov on the wing as well as a few very nice defensemen. So in the end I see this as a 1 step backwards two steps forward kind of situation. The half full glass approach would note the fantastic talent on the blueline, while the half empty glass would point to what I feel is a lack of top line talent at forward. The team will have no problem backfilling open roster spots, but how will the forwards pan out ? this will be the deciding factor for Bill's team. He will be content to sit back and increase his bank account and look to outbid for some key free agents in the future (which will solve the high end forward talent problem)