from Jason Gregor of the Edmonton Journal,
Every year, there seems to be a new catchphrase that circulates around the hockey world, and often, many of them become overused.
Some I loath include ‘200-foot player’, ‘puck luck’ and ‘compete level’ (mainly because it is often grammatically incorrect when used).
People criticize players for using clichés, yet the aforementioned words and phrases are said or written just as regularly by fans, media and bloggers. Hockey clichés are a like a powerful virus which infects many, and a new strain has popped up in Edmonton recently: “Window to win.”
The basis of this preposterous saying suggests a team has only a certain time frame to claim a championship. Some go as far as suggesting you need to win when one of your star players is on their entry-level contract, because their production-per-dollar ratio is excellent. It is a good theory, but it hasn’t been a factor recently.
The previous six Stanley Cup winners had no such player. The last team to hoist the Cup with major producers on their entry-level deals was the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010, when Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews were in the final year of theirs.
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