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Yet no Stanley Cups have been added
It Is What It Is to his resume, and that’s a measurable Basketball Champs
that many count as an imperative.
To a lesser extent Auston Matthews Moving Up
By Peter Collins
and Leon Draisaitl fall victim to the
same qualification requirements. For
some people, no matter how many By Christine Ouellet their dream of playing Basketball,
goals they score or what their point they have move up and join the
n today’s sporting world we love totals are, no championships mean oung athletes must move up to Brockville Blazers U17 basketball
team.
Ito compile lists of all kinds. It has that they are not considered for MVP. Ynext levels as they grow up and
become a pastime to rank the top five Nathan McKinnon, Cale Makar, Nikita follow their peers; it is unavoidable Last year, Lewis, Sloane, and
or top ten of all time in all the major Kucherov are given higher status in any discipline if you want to Fortin did very well with the Cornwall
league sports. Usually, some kind of because they have a least one Cup win continue playing. Unfortunately, Lions U16 Division, they were the
quantifiable offensive numbers like on their resumes. Is that fair because Cornwall doesn’t offer the option favourite, and they won Gold Medal
most goals, most points, most homers, Nikita had teammates like Hedman, of a U17 program to 2023-2024 Division 1 Championship, and later
etc. We also often include the impossible Stamkos, Point, and Vasilevskiy to U16’s Cornwall Lions cohort, they in June 2024, they were chosen to
to quantify “they’re good in the locker enhance their Cup chances. Likewise, only offer a U19 program, and this participate in the Boys National
room” obligatory statement. Then we MacKinnon and Makar had Landeskog, represents a big gap for them. Capital All-Star Classic held at U of
consider championships won or how Rantanen, and Toews, among others,
on their 2021-22 roster. Throughout This is happening to Matt Lewis, Ottawa. This year, they are hoping to
valuable the player is to their team.
the history of the NHL players careers Ronan Sloane, and Dane Fortin from compete at the provincial level in the
In today’s NHL Connor McDavid is have been heightened because of their the U16 Cornwall Lions. To pursue U17 level.
widely regarded as the world’s best Stanley Cup success. Gretzky, Messier,
player, but is he the true MVP of the and Crosby, followed Howe, Beliveau,
NHL? In his nine NHL seasons he has Orr, and others whose Cup wins added
dominated the league, winning three to their MVP legacies. So, we wait for
MVP awards, five top scorer awards, Connor to raise the Cup to crown him
and many more impressive accolades. a true MVP!
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