The Panthers Dragged the Hurricanes Into the Alley and Left Them There
“If you can’t beat ’em in the alley, you can’t beat ’em on the ice.” Conn Smythe, the original majority owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and a builder of the NHL, made that statement — and it’s the basis of the title of his autobiography, published posthumously. Smythe’s mantra may appear politically incorrect in…