I think I seen that Alexander will be with the Waterloo Wolves
This is correct.
There were 3? I heard about Macleod and Alexander, who's the 3rd? And yes, players leaving like Rizzo, Alexander, MacLeod, Depelsmaeker, and lost another player to teenage pregnancy
Elgin also lost Micallef to London.
Depelsmaeker to my understanding was affected by the change in the border for Elgin/Chatham and tried out (and made) Chatham.
the player lost to teenage pregnancy tried out in London and did not make the team, Elgin didn't sign him and to my understanding isn't playing AAA this year.
Seraglio and bowers are definitely atop my list. As for the mid-later rounds, I could see Chantler, Lewis, Studnicka (London), and with all the Chiefs players moving to new teams, it's hard to tell
Bowers is definitely a prospect for the Chiefs, Babenko has played well when I've seen them, but it'll be a new look team and a great opportunity for players in Elgin to establish themselves as OHL prospects.
We will see how the Alliance rosters shake out but it's disappointing the EMC would leave their home centre to join teams who were inferior Bantam teams.
Looks like the loophole to move from centre to centre is being taken advantage of already.
It wasn't a loophole that was taken advantage of. Essentially what happened was all Elgin area players who would have otherwise had to be cut from EMC before going to other areas were given their F1's if they wanted it. Which is why you saw the top two defensemen that live within the EMC boundaries go to Waterloo and Lambton.
Also, there seems to be some misconceptions I've heard since April about the new open borders in the Alliance. So I'll give a perfect example of how it's not a loophole, just teams/families utilizing the new rule:
There is a defenseman from London, who played in Elgin last year. He tried out for his home centre (London) and was cut and given his F1. Instead of proceeding to Elgin, he now has the choice to report to any one of the 11 team in the Alliance. That player decided he wanted to play for Lambton. This opportunity is available to every player once the midnight deadline comes to offer a player a spot on the roster. Once you're released from your home centre you can join any team, instead of reporting to the next closest.
The open borders rule will probably hurt Elgin more than help them most seasons, but their coaching staff didn't receive any favours when some players were given release before even trying out. But when you look at it from the kid's perspective they're not restricting them if they want to play somewhere else. It's a thin line of wanting to put together your best possible team, and being fair to a kid and their family allowing him to pursue their hockey goals elsewhere if they wish to.
Also which inferior program did Elgin player leave their home centre to play? Unless I'm mistaken the only players who left the Elgin centre to go elsewhere went to Vaughan Kings, Waterloo Wolves and Lambton Jr. Sting.