Ouch

Wonder what Dale Hunter is thinking tonight?

His decision to sit Trevor Cann in favour of unproven Daryl Borden may have cost his team the series. Poor Borden, thrown into a tough situation at such a critical time and failing. I wanted him to pull it out. What a story it would've made!!!

Now back to reality.

Borden didn't do what Hunter had hoped. The kid's a Junior B wizard, but to provide his kind of magic on a stage like the OHL West Final and against a seething group of OHL superstars was a long shot at best. Hunter will be second guessed over the move and he should be. He's the head coach. With praise comes criticism. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves that. Its all part of the gig. Both gigs. That said, Borden should've stopped that puck. He knows it, and had he the outcome may have been different. He didn't though, leaving some of us to wonder if Trevor Cann would have? Monday's miss is a perfect example of just how tough it can be to coach under pressure. There's so much at stake, so little room for error. Over the years, Hunter and his various coaching staffs have had to make many difficult decisions and this one ranks among them. Not many have gone bust, this one did. Hey, they made the wrong call. It happens. Time to move on.

And there's always another way to look at it.

Just boil it down to a couple of bad breaks for the reason we're going to game 5 with the Spits in position to clinch. Its a scenario that's disheartened the Knights not broken them. There may not be much, but there's still time to turn it around.

I'll bet any money Cann is the guy who'll be making the saves for the Knights Wednesday night in Windsor. I wouldn't be all that surprised if he pulls it off too.