Frontenacs' best players' best efforts falling short of expectations

After his team’s 5-2 loss in Peterborough on Thursday night, Kingston Frontenacs coach Troy Mann was not particularly guarded about his disappointment in his team’s performance or, more to the point, his team’s under-performance. Article content

“Our best players have to be our best players,” Mann said. “Tonight, they weren’t.” Article content Article content

Mann’s syllogism might sound flawed or silly the way he laid it out — whoever are your best players on a given night are your best players. What he was in fact suggesting was that those who are at the top of the organization’s depth chart weren’t playing up to expectations. Not his expectations. Not the team’s expectations. Not their own.

Mann didn’t name them because they know who they are and so does anyone who follows the te