Quote:Toronto will "beat out" Tampa Bay for the worst team in the league

Umm, duh? Just looking at the most basic of indicators here. Toronto is 5 points behind Tampa Bay, and have 9 points in the standings in 35 games. If they maintain a similar pace in their remaining games, it would take them 55 games just to catch Tampa Bay's current position. Additionally, Toronto have 60 goals scored to Tampa's 62, and 197 goals allowed to Tampa's 130. In other words, Toronto's goal differential is -137 vs "just" -68 for Tampa Bay, indicating that the North Stars are, say, 50 goals worse than Tampa over the same number of games. If anything I expect that Tampa Bay will actually continue to distance themselves from Toronto. Also, the North Stars have been tainted by defenseman Jack Kanoff's presence, who is sucking the life force out of their SHL roster to fuel his unnaturally productive season in the SMJHL. I demand that HO investigate this abuse by Kanoff and dole out the appropriate punishment for cheating.