Not nervous at all. We have no involvement with the Dogs. But the decision there and on the Gulls and Bears shapes the profile of AAA for next year. For example, with 5 teams would CAHA move to a CAHA weekend type of format for league play? Five teams would also make the regular season mean something other than play off seeding.
Personally, I think growing the game favors having an AAA presence in San Diego. But talent starts to leave the state at Bantam Major and it may be the wrong time to further dilute the talent base with an additional AAA team.
The Dogs are a tough decision. They didn’t combine their AA rosters last spring into an upper level team and lost several important players to the Ducks at tryouts. Since tryouts, they lost their best defenseman, their head coach, and three or four other players. They even pulled out of a tournament in Toronto at the last minute because of the turmoil. They will have a smaller presence at Select Camp than the Gulls. On the other hand, they have won two (lesser) tournaments, took the Kings to a shootout and have been a mid pack AAA team in the rankings. Decent results
For a first year AAA team, but I wonder if CAHA would feel better served if the Dogs made a run at an AA national championship instead?