Shitty Leafs from the Past: Cory Cross

I’m a big Leafs fan. I write this blog. I got physically assaulted by classmates in grade 4 for wearing a Leafs jersey to Oiler Appreciation day at school.

That said, I clearly have a passion for my team but wholeheartedly can admit and aim to showcase, some of our most shitty players from over the years.

Today’s focus: Cory Cross

At first I thought, its a bit mean to label him as a shitty player. I mean, its been a while since I had a strong hatred for him so perhaps I’m being a bit harsh. Then I started to look for images of him. Basically there are none. Now I’m upset at him again. Totally his fault obviously.

Fine. I’ll see if I can find a video of him giving the puck away, causing a goal, being beaten in a foot race, or just being shitty. Wrong again. Basically there are 2 videos of Cory Cross on youtube. One, he’s on the Red Wings wailing away on Steve Ott’s skull. No good. And the other video, is of course his OT goal against Ottawa in 2001, a pretty sweet shot off the post and in.

So for this, I apologize if I’m being mean. Maybe he wasn’t that bad. I just remember cringing every time he got the puck and seeing him on the ice when the leafs goalie is sadly scooping the puck out of the net. Not strengthening my argument, I learned that in his 3 seasons with the leafs he was +7, +13, and +11. Hmmm. Well, after being shopped from team to team at the end of his career for “refusing to adapt to the new NHL,” his last statistics show that he played for the Hamburg Freezers in Germany. That has to count for something.

So here, I will post Cory’s only decent youtube clip. I’m not happy about it. This has actually turned into a rather shitty example of a shitty leaf. Whatever. I DID however discover something that made me LOL. Maybe even ROFL.

DWIGHT K SCHRUTE was the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the time of Cory’s big goal. OMG. Who knew!?

Look at this picture:

And now look at 1:15:

Stunning.