The Christmas decorations have come down, songs and resolutions of the new year are still reverberating, and the future stars of international hockey have battled for the right to claim the best country for youth development in the world.
A new year begins, and with it the beginning of the stretch run in the culmination of another season of experience for future Anaheim Ducks talent. I - as always - will find it hard to give any form of negative feedback for these young up and comers, but I will do my best to assess them grades as to how they are doing at this midway point in the hopes of providing further insight into their progress.