ARTICLES


Category: Series

FT-Prongers

Anaheim Ducks,Hall of Fame,St Louis Blues,These Hallowed Halls / Nov-2015


Pronger vs. Pronger

He knew where everybody was on the ice and where they should be. He was able to see the game so well from everybody’s perspective. He played against the fastest players in the world.

FT-Eakins

Hall of Fame,Series,These Hallowed Halls,Winnipeg Jets / Nov-2015


A JET, A ROCKET SHIP AND ME.

Phil was an incredible defenceman, a guy who could easily play forward as well. An excellent skater with an unbelievable eye and reach. Phil could stop on a dime and the puck would come off his stick like a rocket ship.

FT-Draft

Draft,St Louis Blues,The Last of the Best / Jun-2015


115TH OVERALL

Mom wasn’t a hockey person so she didn’t know Gordie Howe from Joe Blow. “Some fella named Cliff Fletcher called and said something about you being drafted.”

FT-Henderson

Boston Bruins,Draft,The Last of the Best / Jun-2015


246TH OVERALL

I joke about it. People will ask “where did you go?” And I’ll say I was picked right before Vincent Lecavalier. “But didn’t he go first overall in 1998?” And I’ll say “yeah, that’s right”.

FT-Gani

Draft,Edmonton Oilers,The Last of the Best / Jun-2015


250TH OVERALL

The best decision I ever made in my life was not going to the draft; that is for sure. My agent called and said, “I am taking some guys down to Montreal for the draft. I want you to come along.”

FT-Draft

Draft,The Last of the Best / Jun-2015


THE LAST OF THE BEST

To simply be drafted, means you play the very difficult game of hockey better than almost every other person born in your birth year anywhere in the hockey-playing world.

FT-Knibbs

Draft,Montreal Canadiens,Series,The Last of the Best / Jun-2015


84TH OVERALL

Even all the way up, all I got was a letter from Montreal saying, you’ve been drafted by the Montreal Canadiens show up on September 8th to the Montreal Forum.