Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The Maple Leafs: Not as good as Norwich Jr. C team?

You have to love hockey stats.

One look at my Leafs’ numbers and you’ll see - right away, it’s so obvious - that the team has a long, long uphill climb to get into a playoff spot.

See how many teams they have to jump over? It’s a lot.

Of course, the season is young, we’re not halfway yet, so I still hold out hope that Kessel and Phaneuf and the other boys in blue will turn things around before it’s too late.


["So many teams to jump over!": photos GH]

Sure, stats show that since their last Stanley Cu
p win in 1967 they haven’t come very close but, bear in mind, things can turn around at any time.

Why, in 1967 my hometown, Norwich, didn’t even have a team in Junior C. Schoolmates who were the cream of the crop played Jr. C in Woodstock with the Navy Vets.

Now we have a team, at the top of the pile, and Woodstock is way down in the standings.


Stats are great.

Lesson learned: Anything can happen - and it usually does!!

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