When the Blue Jays won their first World Series they did so with an everyday lineup that is really no better than today\u0027s.
In total, the Jays bullpen pitched 37 playoff innings between the World Series and American League Championship Series against Oakland and had a combined earned run average of 1.45. More important than even that, only one relief appearance in those 12 post-season games could be considered a failure of any kind.
This is not a championship bullpen though. But this has the looks of a championship lineup. And at this time in history, when starters don’t go nine innings the way Morris went nine innings by accident, and bullpen depth is more required now than ever before, the Jays don’t have it.The Detroit Tigers have the worst-hitting team in Major League Baseball. They also have one of the best bullpens. The Blue Jays have one of the best hitting teams in baseball.
Group 2 has five very different players, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, Mark Messier, Joe Sakic and Bryan Trottier. All of them Stanley Cup champions and Hart Trophy winners.Article contentGroup 4: Eric Lindros, Ron Francis, Pat LaFontaine, Dale Hawerchuk and Peter Stastny.Group 6: Jean Ratelle, Sergei Fedorov, Darryl Sittler, Mats Sundin and Mike Modano.
This was almost 40, and still missing Hall of Famers such as Adam Oates, Bernie Federko, Henrik Sedin, and future Hall of Famer Joe Thornton.Hockey Canada needs new leadership. Hockey Canada needs a new board of directors. Sport Canada, at the same time, needs to be totally reinvented. Hockey Canada’s greatest successes have come at the international level, both financially and with championships. Its greatest weakness has been looking the other way and paying its way out of trouble rather than facing the difficulty of dealing with it.
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