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Originally Posted by moon
They certainly should be in contention for the Memorial Cup but they haven't been that much better than Windsor or Drummondville all year long that they should be handed the Memorial Cup right now.
Realistically they haven't been any better than Kelowna since the Trade Deadline acquisitions and Kelowna really improved.
If they were losing to a poor team then I could see it being a big disappointment/choke but the fact is that Kelowna is as good, if not better, right now than the Hitmen are.
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Drummondville (and Rimouski), take a hit on the competitiveness scale because of the league they play in. The Q has always been the weak sister in the CHL, and frankly, the top teams in that league have to prove they can compete with the WHL and the OHL, they don't get the assumption.
Windsor is a damn good team, while yes, Kelowna is Calgary's equal at this point, the result of this series notwithstanding.
But, no matter what you think of the Rockets, they will never get the credit they deserve if they should win this series. The focus will be on the Hitmen's failure, and especially the no-show by the top line in the first three games.