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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
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Subject: Re: College hockey (actually Calder Trophy)
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:46:17 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 11:46:17 1984
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Note: I am posting this for carlo as he has problems posting articles
at oscvax.
		\tom
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>        		The opinions herein are not those of my employers,
>			of the University of Waterloo, and probably not of
>			anybody else either.

Wanna bet?!  I'm a somebody (although I haven't been to Speedy Muffler 
King lately) and I agree with:
	a) the meaninglessness of college hockey up here.
	b) the importance of Junior A
	c) discussions about the NHL
	d) Carey Wilson and Chris Chelios as some of the top rookies
	e) Mario Lemieux as OK but not near the other two
	
And now for my opinions ...

I think that Pat Lafontaine also should be ranked up there.  I'm not sure 
if he's still a rookie, though.  If I remember correctly, he's fourth 	
in the Islanders' scoring race, behind Bossy, Sutter, and Tonelli.
Also, how about Warren Young (Pittsburgh)?  Is he a rookie?  He seemed
to come up out of nowhere.

About Chelios, when I saw him last year in the playoffs, I could see
that he had a very good chance of being the player that the Canadiens
needed to stabilize their defense.  He had a type of poise that you 
usually don't see in kids his age.  I think that he has the potential
to be another Rod Langway (except with more points).  
  
A person with no chance of winning the Calder but with a chance of 
developing into an excellent player is (surprise, surprise) Al 
Iafrate of the Leafs.  Earlier in the season, he looked positively
awful, making all kinds of rookie mistakes.  He's steadily improved
game-by-game (as opposed to the Leafs :-().  I think that the Leafs
could now afford to trade Salming without being badly hurt on 
defense.  Jim Benning has blossomed into a very good backliner, although
he tends to get caught at times.  Their first round pick last year
(whose name strangely escapes me now) is tough, even though he still
needs work.  They've got other guys who can play too (Stewart, Gingras
(if they ever bring him up from the minors), Farrish (ditto), etc.).
I don't consider Bob McGill a good defenseman.
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Carlo Sgro
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
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