Posted in Ex-Bruins June 1st, 2007
Thanks for twisting that knife just a littttttle bit more
With ex-Bruins alum Sami Pahlsson and the Anaheim Ducks on fire, the Toronto Globe and Mail has run a nice piece on Sami.
Now that Iron Mike Keenan has been hired as a senior adviser to the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, he may want to alter his moniker to Ironic Mike.
After all, when Keenan took over as the Boston Bruins’ coach eight games into the 2000-01 National Hockey League season, he persuaded general manager Mike O’Connell to deal rookie Sami Pahlsson because he felt the Swedish forward was too soft and was having difficulty adapting to the North American game.
So the hottest player on the planet right now, thanks to his work for the Anaheim Ducks in the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring, was shipped west to the Ducks in exchange for defenceman Patrick Traverse and forward Andrei Nazarov.
Well, the Bruins may have only gotten 8 points out of Traverse before quickly (three months later) trading him to the Canadiens for Eric Weinrich who then added another 6 points before leaving for the Flyers as a free agent the next year. But at least they got 364 PIM in 110 games out of Nazarov. That’s got to count for something, right? Right? Is this thing on?
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Posted by Russ June 1st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Feh. He couldn’t even keep up with AHL play during his time in Boston. Then the Ducks sent him down to the AHL and he bolted back to Europe. He’s become a good player, I don’t knock him at all, but he showed absolutely NOTHING in Boston, and he didn’t show anything in Anaheim for a few seasons either.
As far Andrei Nazarov… good riddance. I can’t remember when the B’s had a cement head more prone to picking a fight at precisely the wrong time.
Posted by ladynada June 18th, 2007 at 2:17 am
if you add a page for ex-bruin brian leetch, I will send you some jpgs I took of him season before last
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