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Hot r� Not, Who Says Buffalo Isn�t Hot This Time Of The Season By Shannon Goodefellow......May 6th, 2003 Where else can you say Buffalo, Minnesota and Pittsburgh are very hot at this point in the season? The CFHL and their play is what�s hot, not the weather. With a 4-0-1 record it was an impressive week for Pittsburgh with a win and a tie against Montreal. Buffalo and Minnesota were the teams to beat, but only St. Louis could beat the North Stars and the Isles were the only victors against the Sabers. Also posting great records last week were Boston, Chicago and Calgary, each with 4-2-0 records. Not boding quite as well last week were the Rangers and Washington. Each had tough 1-4-1 records. Their tie was against each other and their losses were against some of the best teams in the league other than Washington�s 1-0 loss against Atlanta but both teams will need better performances if Washington plans on getting out of the basement and the Rangers plan to stay above .500. They had decent weeks compared to the great Canadian north teams of Edmonton and the expansion Ottawa Senators. Ottawa had its lone win in its 1-6-0 record against its fellow ice cold team while the Oilers managed a tie against a hot Minnesota team in its disappointing 0-6-1 week. Its early but both these teams are out of a playoff spot in the Campbell Conference and will need to turn it around before long of they look to see hockey ice in the post season. Ottawa has publicly expressed its displeasure at its attempt to take an expansion and make it competitive and is possibly now more concerned about the future then this season. Time will tell if any of the cold teams can make a 180 and make up for lost opportunities. Look next Monday see if your favourite team was able to be one of the hot teams of the week or at least avoid being as cold as the ice they play on. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly every week on the Frozen Pond of the CFHL. |
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