The Belleville Bulls host the Kingston Frontenacs Wednesday night and will try to snap a six-game losing streak including five straight losses at home.
The big ice is supposed to be an automatic advantage for Bulls who have lost 11 one-goal decisions on the Olympic-sized pond.
Not.
Barring some kind of miracle, Bulls will miss the playoffs for only the third time in franchise history and the first under the stewardship of GM-coach George Burnett.
Still, things should be better next season with several decent youngsters entering their sophomore campaigns and Bulls picking in the top 4 of the 2010 OHL draft where I'll fall off my chair if they don't go for a bona fide scoring forward. (Remember the time-honoured adage, you can teach a scorer to play defence but you can't teach scoring.)
As mentioned in this space earlier, it will be a mighty interesting off-season in Bulls land. For one thing, Burnett must figure out who will play with the incredibly talented Richard Panik next season. He sorely needs the right linemates to shine. Watch for Burnett to make a deal -- or 3.
Those of us who cheer, support or cover the Bulls should take solace in the fact, with the impending early spring, that we have enjoyed 3 straight trips to the conference finals.
We are, after all, spoiled.
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