Re: hockey trivia

Roy A. Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Denis Savard played in Chicago for the majority of his career,
> with only a short stop in Montreal. He was another of Sam
> Pollock's mistakes.  Pollock could have drafted Denis Savard, but
> instead took Doug Wickenheiser. His rationale was that Savard was
> too small to be a star in the NHL. Sam Pollock took the Montreal
> Canadiens into a nose-dive that they've never been able to
> recover from.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the first time we have ever heard anybody seriously
question the smarts of the GM who is generally regarded as the best
in the game's history.  The "nosedive" the Habs took had a lot more
to do with Pollock's retirement than it did Doug Wickenheiser/Denis
Savard.  In any case, they finally traded for Savard and they got
ripped off then as well....

Ah well, we always hated the Habs when they were good but we find
ourselves cheering (just a bit) for them now.

cordially, as always,

rm