tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post8990177303504351663..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: Fronts: Every team is entitled to a bad decadesagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-84992508367288986532008-07-14T21:33:00.000-04:002008-07-14T21:33:00.000-04:00Hey, I noted that the Soo is eighth on the list, e...Hey, I noted that the Soo is eighth on the list, even though it's the league's northern and western outpost. Kingston can't use location as an excuse.sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-21473880339146877082008-07-14T21:29:00.000-04:002008-07-14T21:29:00.000-04:00"Kingston isn't centrally located to Ontario's den..."Kingston isn't centrally located to Ontario's densely populated Golden Horseshoe, which produces so many good players".<BR/><BR/>Think of the Soo Greyhounds - kids from the 'golden horse shoe' don't even report there because it is so far up north of that farup north place called Barrie. Closest home game is Sudbury - 3.5 hour car drive one way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-17943286261483805632008-07-14T13:21:00.000-04:002008-07-14T13:21:00.000-04:00Well, Jimmy Hulton (remember him? Couldn't work fo...Well, Jimmy Hulton (remember him? Couldn't work for Mavety, but could work with Pete DeBoer?) had a decent season with them in '05-06, and they had an 84-point year in 1999-2000 when they had Andrew Raycroft and Sean Avery.<BR/><BR/>Plus Oshawa and Sudbury have bottomed out a couple times, 'Sausa/Niagara had those first 4 years, and North Bay/Saginaw had a rough go before that franchise got the Colbert Bump.<BR/><BR/>How 'bout those Bellevillians being 7th? Considering there were some lean years around '03, '04, that's pretty good.sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-46059234291138447462008-07-14T10:22:00.000-04:002008-07-14T10:22:00.000-04:00I'm surprised Kingston is that high......I'm surprised Kingston is that high......Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.com