Ask any professional athlete whose team gets off to a slow start and at some point somebody, somewhere will say:
"Y'all better get a move on, 'cause it gets late early."
It does. In both Puck & Hoop a slow start - hello Maple Leafs - or a disastrous start - you can't hide Edmonton Oilers - can derail a season. But if you can right the ship before "it gets late early" then that slow start becomes just a mere footnote.
And speaking of footnotes, the audio gremlins were at it again.
Took 'em down for the most part, but some of those suckers are hard to get at. Sorry for the audio distraction.