royalcat wrote:Wish the Cats the best of luck at the Allan Cup.Maybe they won win but at least give them the credit for going there with the team that they have.Yes it is not the best players on the island,but it is the team they had all year.Shore they can combine two teams as last years champs did but i guess they wanted to go with the Cats team.Win or lose best they are still repersenting NL.So for those of you who dont think much of this team just think did you guys do it the first time?Know you had to take half of another team.The cats may have players that cant or wont beable to keep up with the other teamsbut give them credit for going there to represent NL.Good luck Cats.This is a big chance for some of these guys who have heard about the Allan Cup over the years so just getting there is a great achivement.Enjoy the experience guys.
Dont take it so personal bye....its just an opinion. And I did wish the Cats all the best! And I know all about giving credit where credit is due. Remember, only for the Caribous, the Cats or no other team from NL would be going to the Allan Cup. When ther Caribous got back into Sr hockey in 2006, they started asking about the AC at the HNL and league meetings. Everybody and I mean everybody told them that they were nutzzzz! You cant go to the Allan Cup everyone said! Its too expensive and you could never win. Nobody has gone in 25 years!! Well the Caribous didnt listen and went anyway. The first time they lost every game and everyone was saying....see, we told ya! The Caribous then decided to go again and a lot of people thought they were out of their minds! Anyway, we all know what happened second time around. If the Caribous had listened to all the nay-sayers, they never would have went to the first AC and most certainly not the second one. Lionsden said as much in a post just a few days ago. Its the Caribous that revived the interest in the AC.
The Caribous took all their players the first year the went....even guys that they knew would never dress! They also took a goalie, a d-man and three forwards from the wings. Similar to what the Cats are doing this year. The second time around, the Caribous took 9-10 players from the CeeBees, mostly because their own players couldnt go for various reasons. Just making the point that the Caribous have.....been there-done that....and know what the Cats are experiencing. As I said before......I wish the Cats the best of luck!
BTW......they might win it all!!
