Atd#8 MINOR LEAGUE DRAFT

[pitseleh]

The Americans are proud to welcome the second piece to our two-way line, RW Anders Kallur.

Kallur was an important cog in the Isles' dynasty, playing as a defensive specialist on the right wing. Before coming across the pond, Kallur was a top scorer in the SEL, earning player of the year honours in his last year. He went on to score 36 goals in his second NHL season. But with the Isles depth on RW, he changed his game to become a strong defensive forward and a top-notch penalty killer (and SH threat).

PM Sent.

 

[Bourque]

Nice gesture, buddy. Some other GMs would be wise to do the same, rather than the "I don't know who to pick. I'm going to need the full time limit" statement we've seen a few times.

Agreed. Also, if they have a list, how can they not know? GBC, I may need your support there > http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=470842 .

 

[VanIslander]

The man to put red back into Redmen, to centre McGill's fourth line, and to be an alternate captain:

George "Red" Sullivan

Four seasons as captain of the New York Rangers from 1957 to 1961.
NHL All-Star Game (1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960)
346 points in 556 NHL games between 1949-61.

...the spirited centreman... his knack for setting up goals, showing leadership, providing tenacious forechecking and an ability to needle his opponents with a truculent flair... In the Big Apple, Sullivan picked up right where he left off in Chicago. He made a habit of stirring up trouble, especially against the Canadiens. He often took runs at goaltender Jacques Plante. Habs' defenseman Doug Harvey warned the abrasive Ranger centreman to lay off. When Sullivan failed to comply, Harvey speared him in the stomach with his stick and ruptured his spleen. A Catholic priest was called in to deliver Sullivan's last rights, but Sullivan survived and eventually resumed his duties as a Ranger.

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14482

 

[Spitfire11]

Got a pm from VanI saying I'm up

Windsor takes one of the all-time great shadows and defensive specialists, F Jan Erixon

 

[papershoes]

The Nelson Leafs select Stu Barnes.

Thanks for making the listpick.

A little more on Stu Barnes....
A versatile and defensively-minded winger, Barnes will be counted on to shut down the opposing teams top line every game. He is pesky, combative, and has exemplary work-ethic. Though not a sniper by any means, this Alberta minor hockey sensation has the ability to chip in on the scoresheet at times.

From "Legends of Hockey"

Stu Barnes was a minor-league hockey sensation in the province of Alberta. From the time he was ten years old, a celebrated pee-wee player scorching goalies from the mountains to the prairies, people talked about him being a star scorer in the NHL. In junior he continued to put up big numbers--386 points in three WHL seasons, capturing MVP honours in 1989.

When he made the transition to the big league, first with Winnipeg, the team that originaly drafted him back in 1989 and then with Florida, his duties were suddenly a checker, filling a role by stopping the other team's best players. After a trade to Pittsburgh in 1996, Barnes, with the retirement of Mario Lemieux who has since returned to the Penguins, was given a chance to return to his offensive game, playing on a line with Jaromir Jagr. The one-time defensive specialist responded with a thirty-goal season, reminding hockey fans in Alberta of the time when everybody was talking about the kid from Spruce Grove.

 

[God Bless Canada]

With their 13th round pick, the Moose Jaw Millers are pleased to round out their second line with a gritty playmaking LW. He topped 50 assists and 70 points three times, despite playing on some dreadful Minnesota and Detroit teams, and he played a tough, physical game. He's also a member of one of hockey's great families: LW Dennis Hextall.

Our 14th round selection is another rugged but talented individual who will be playing on our Momentum Line with Tony Granato. He topped 70 points twice, and had another season with 69 points. He was over 180 PIMs all three years. Tough, talented and very good defensively, he's another multi-purpose player who will make our team very tough to play against: C Laurie Boschman.

 

[ck26]

Dennis Hextall and Laurie Boschman

Two tough, western Canadian kids, especially Boschman. I'd like to see a Brandon Wheat Kings alumni squad in the all-time draft ... I just wouldn't want to play against them.

 

[pitseleh]

Two tough, western Canadian kids, especially Boschman. I'd like to see a Brandon Wheat Kings alumni squad in the all-time draft ... I just wouldn't want to play against them.

I'd probably be tough too if I had a name like Laurie.

 

[chaosrevolver]

I doubt my Co-GM will find cause I think he will like this pick and I dont want this guy taken. The Bulls are proud to select for their 3rd-Line center/PP/PK......Center - Orest Kindrachuk.

A solid playmaking centre who could play defence and kill penalties, Orest Kindrachuk played over 500 games for three different NHL teams. He topped the 30-assist mark five times in his career and was dangerous on the powerplay and while shorthanded.

Kindrachuk spent four years with WHL's Saskatoon Blades. Midway through his junior tenure he stepped away from hockey to attend the University of Saskatchewan. When he decided to resume his hockey career, Kindrachuk was able to return to the WHL as an overage player. He led league with 100 assists in 1970-71 then signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers. He spent almost all of his first two pro seasons in the minors, first with San Diego Gulls of WHL then the Richmond Robins of AHL.

As a rookie in 1973-74 he scored 41 points as the third centre behind Bobby Clarke and Rick MacLeish. The youngster was solid in the playoffs and helped the Flyers become the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup. In 1974-75 he missed 20 games due to an injury but was a solid checker in playoffs as Philly repeated as Stanley Cup champions.

By 1975-76, Kindrachuk assumed a more prominent role. In addition to checking and killing penalties, he provided offence and was used as a playmaker on the power play. He set career highs of 26 goals and 75 points then returned to more of a checking role in next two years. During this period he occupied one of the safest places in hockey as the pivot for tough wingers Don Saleski and Dave Schultz.

At the Amateur Draft in June 1978, Kindrachuk was traded to Pittsburgh with Ross Lonsberry and Tom Bladon for the first-round draft pick used to claim highly touted defenceman Behn Wilson. Kindrachuk scored 60 and 46 points the first two years with weaker Pens playing on a line with Lonsberry and Rick Kehoe. He played only 13 games in 1980-81 then signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals the following September. He was forced to retire four games into the 1981-82 schedule.

GM: 508 (5 Seasons with 70+ Games)
G: 118 (7 Straight Seasons with 10+ Goals)
A: 261 (5 Seasons with 30+ Assists)
P: 379 (5 Straight Seasons with 40+ Points)
PIM: 648 (3 Season with 100+ PIM)
+/-: +112 (9 Straight Seasons with + Rating)

Awards:
WCJHL First All-Star Team (1971)
Stanley Cup (1974, 1975)

 

[God Bless Canada]

Hope you'll be around for another hour, chaos, because Spit's four-hour limit expires then, and you'll be on the clock at 1:15 p.m. EST.

 

[Spitfire11]

Our 14th round selection is another rugged but talented individual who will be playing on our Momentum Line with Tony Granato. He topped 70 points twice, and had another season with 69 points. He was over 180 PIMs all three years. Tough, talented and very good defensively, he's another multi-purpose player who will make our team very tough to play against: C Laurie Boschman.

I knew I should have taken Boschman first....

 

[God Bless Canada]

I knew I should have taken Boschman first....

You can actually thank MXD for that. We would have gone Ezinicki (one of the biggest steals of the draft) and Hextall, leaving Boschman for you.

 

[chaosrevolver]

Hope you'll be around for another hour, chaos, because Spit's four-hour limit expires then, and you'll be on the clock at 1:15 p.m. EST.

Im on All-Day.

 

[Spitfire11]

An elite checker that can also score goals and put up points. Unknown because he played all but 2 of his 14 NHL seasons on the horrible Wings teams of the 70's, LW Nick Libett


It was without the puck where Libett was most respected, however. His work as a checker rated him among the best in the NHL.

Just ask Gilbert. "Every time I played against him, I cringed, because I knew I wouldn't have any room and I was going to have a tough time," Gilbert said.

"He had that determination and drive you'd like to see all the players on your team have," noted Dave Lewis, Libett's NHL opponent for seven seasons. "You'd slow him down and he'd keep coming. You'd hit him and he'd get back up. And he was relentless as a checker."

"Checking was different then," Libett said. "Today, checkers can have only four goals. I wasn't a prolific scorer, but I knew I could score 20 or 25 (a season)."

- 6 20 goal seasons
- Red Wings Captain
- NHL all-star game

 

[chaosrevolver]

An elite checker that can also score goals and put up points. Unknown because he played all but 2 of his 14 NHL seasons on the horrible Wings teams of the 70's, LW Nick Libett


It was without the puck where Libett was most respected, however. His work as a checker rated him among the best in the NHL.

Just ask Gilbert. "Every time I played against him, I cringed, because I knew I wouldn't have any room and I was going to have a tough time," Gilbert said.

"He had that determination and drive you'd like to see all the players on your team have," noted Dave Lewis, Libett's NHL opponent for seven seasons. "You'd slow him down and he'd keep coming. You'd hit him and he'd get back up. And he was relentless as a checker."

"Checking was different then," Libett said. "Today, checkers can have only four goals. I wasn't a prolific scorer, but I knew I could score 20 or 25 (a season)."

- 6 20 goal seasons
- Red Wings Captain
- NHL all-star game

I am so pissed off at you right now. Alright now I have to find a new guy.

 

[Spitfire11]

You can actually thank MXD for that. We would have gone Ezinicki (one of the biggest steals of the draft) and Hextall, leaving Boschman for you.

Ezinicki does sound like quite the pick-up. How'd pitseleh and Speaker miss him?

 

[VanIslander]

13th round reflections:

players stolen from the Redmen long list: Sundstrom, Larose
players who should've been on the list: Plager, Ezinicki
went pretty much as expected: Adams, Barnes, Hextall
players perhaps drafted a bit early: Casey, Renberg
interesting picks: Kallur, Kindrachuk

 

[chaosrevolver]

Time to get scary physical. The Bulls say Bring it On! as we select...
Defenseman...Murray "Muzz" Patrick.

In his youth, Muzz Patrick was one of Canada's most versatile athletes, excelling in track, basketball, football, cycling, boxing and hockey. In the ring, he was a Canadian amateur light heavyweight champion. But having Lester Patrick, the original coach and GM of the New York Rangers, for a father, lent a heavy bias towards pursuing hockey as a career.

Patrick turned pro with the New York Crescents in 1934 and then jumped to the Rovers the next year. There he played with future NHLers Alex Shibicky and the Colville brothers, Neil and Mac. After a two-year stint with the Philadelphia Ramblers of the AHL, Patrick finally settled in for full-time NHL action in 1938 with the Rangers. It was there that he used his large frame and boxing skills to keep opponents honest in the Rangers' zone. One night, Patrick's prowess came into full view when Hall of Famer Eddie Shore massaged the neck of the Rangers' Phil Watson while against the fence. Patrick intervened by dropping his gloves and, after a vigourous tilt, left Shore with a broken nose among other swollen souvenirs.

At the close of his second full season on Broadway in 1939-40, Patrick got his ultimate reward with a Stanley Cup victory?the last the Rangers would enjoy until 1994. With the outbreak of World War II, Patrick was one of the first NHLers to enlist in the U.S. Army just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

After the war, he returned to the Rangers for 24 games before heading to the minors where he ended his on-ice career with the Tacoma Rockets in 1949. Patrick then placed his full-time focus on coaching?a career he'd already started with Tacoma in 1947-48. After the Rockets disbanded, he moved over to the WHL's Seattle Bombers where served as the team's manager and coach.

In 1954, he made a return to New York where he coached the Rangers for a season before becoming the club's GM, a post he held until 1964.

This guy will kill any player in this league. Hehehehehe...

Oh by the way....6"2 215Lbs.

 

[chaosrevolver]

Ill PM the next GM.

 

[pitseleh]

The Americans are proud to select D Bert Marshall.

Bert Marshall was a rugged stay-at-home defenceman who could also provide crisp outlet passes to his forwards. He played nearly 900 games for four different teams in the 1960s and '70s when his consistency was a useful part of the team.

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13542

Born in Kamloops on November 22, 1943, Marshall was a defenseman’s defenseman, leaving the scoring limelight to his teammates while he concentrated on keeping the puck out of his team's goal.
...
Despite playing during an era when high-scoring defensemen were in demand, Bert Marshall fashioned a 14-year career out of mastering the finer points of the defensive game. Always considered one of the hardest working players in the league, there are also many who still consider him one of the best shot-blockers of all time.

http://www.bchhf.com/Inductees/marshall.htm

PM Sent.

 

[VanIslander]

Dysart listpicks defenseman Lou Fontinato

 

[VanIslander]

The captain of the McGill Redmen will be the top defensive defenseman of the Red Wings in the 1930s, the captain of Detroit's first two Stanley Cup championships

Doug "The Gleichen Cowboy" Young
captain of the 1936 and 1937 Stanley Cup Champions Detroit Red Wings

Big for his era at 5'10 and 190 lbs, the Cowboy was a "defensive talent". He was second to Goodfellow in Wings blueline scoring his first four seasons, probably because of his heavy minutes (on the top pairing in all likelihood). As an NHL rookie in 1932 he was fourth in the NHL in goals by a defenseman (one more than Eddie Shore); in 1936 fourth in the league in defensemen points (two more than King Clancy); in 1939 NHL all-star game. But, of course, he was known more for his "sound defensive hockey".

He captained the Red Wings in 1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, on crutches with a broken leg in 1937 at the bench during their successful second cup playoff run. On a team with stars like Marty Barry, Laurie Aurie, Ebbie Goodfellow, Herbie Lewis, Syd Howe, Hec Kilrea, Bucko McDonald, Normie Smith (all ATD drafted), it was actually defensive-skilled defenseman Doug Young who captained them to their two cups. (That is the kind of leader the McGill Redmen are looking for to captain a team of stars.)

His last NHL season he played for the Montreal Canadiens and was that team's highest scoring defenseman (1939-40).

Moreover, he was a winner before and after his 9-year NHL career. In 1926 he was a Memorial Cup champion, in 1930 an IHL First Team All-Star, and in his one post-NHL season of pro hockey he went out in style as a 1941 AHL first all-star team selection.

Oh, and by the way, in 1933 he substituted as the Red Wings goalie for 21 minutes, letting in one goal.

A nice picture of him here (but Hfboards the last few days won't let me upload a large image of it so click on):

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...ngs&start=20&ndsp=20&svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&sa=N

 

[VanIslander]

Nelson listpicks defenseman Dave Maloney


PM sent.

 

[papershoes]

Nelson listpicks defenseman Dave Maloney


PM sent.

Sorry, had to step out for a second...thanks for posting the pick!

A little more on Dave Maloney (D)

From "Legends of Hockey"

Dave Maloney was a fine playmaking defenceman who could also provide a physical dimension in his own zone. His mobility and hockey sense made him a useful member of both the power-play and penalty-killing units.

The solid rearguard played his position well during his first two years of full time duty. In 1978-79, Maloney succeeded Phil Esposito as the Blueshirts' captain and helped the team reach the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1972. That year, he also registered his first of four consecutive years with at least ten goals and got to play with his younger brother, Don.

By the early '80s, Maloney was a key quarterback on the Rangers' power play and a scrappy leader in the defensive zone. He also worked effectively with Barry Beck in five on five and extra man situations. When the Rangers declined in the mid-'80s, Maloney was sent to the Buffalo Sabres. He was a stabilizing influence during the last 52 games of the 1984-85 season and the first round of the playoffs before retiring.

 

[Spitfire11]

Oh, and by the way, in 1933 he substituted as the Red Wings goalie for 21 minutes, letting in one goal.

Pfff...beer league calibre at best


I left taking defensemen until later thinking there's still a ton of good ones left on my list then all of the sudden there goes 3 of my top 4 in Maloney, Marshall and Young...arg