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Quote from: Bullfrog on August 21, 2017, 10:25:30 PMI had Jay Harrison on my list, but figured because he's had a somewhat decent career he didn't count. But "guys that turned out OK but were discarded by the Leafs" could be another list.Harrison can thank Paul Maurice for rescuing him from the AHL. Paul coached the Marlies and when he was head coach of CAR he acquired Harrison. I liked Harrison too.
I had Jay Harrison on my list, but figured because he's had a somewhat decent career he didn't count. But "guys that turned out OK but were discarded by the Leafs" could be another list.
Quote from: cabber24 on August 22, 2017, 09:25:12 AMQuote from: Bullfrog on August 21, 2017, 10:25:30 PMI had Jay Harrison on my list, but figured because he's had a somewhat decent career he didn't count. But "guys that turned out OK but were discarded by the Leafs" could be another list.Harrison can thank Paul Maurice for rescuing him from the AHL. Paul coached the Marlies and when he was head coach of CAR he acquired Harrison. I liked Harrison too.Slightly off-topic, but I remember watching Stralman on the Marlies and thinking "holy crap, this guy is going to be really good." He got the call-up and played two half seasons with the Leafs then they traded him.........for Wayne Primeau. The other guy they let get away (through waivers!) was Steve Sullivan. That really annoyed the hell out of me.I also really thought Alyn MacCauley was going to turn into a solid 2nd line centre, but that didn't pan out.
Wasn't a big Ashton fan he would try to fight and always ended up bleeding profusely. A very punch-able nose apparently.
Quote from: Bullfrog on August 22, 2017, 10:03:25 AMQuote from: cabber24 on August 22, 2017, 09:25:12 AMQuote from: Bullfrog on August 21, 2017, 10:25:30 PMI had Jay Harrison on my list, but figured because he's had a somewhat decent career he didn't count. But "guys that turned out OK but were discarded by the Leafs" could be another list.Harrison can thank Paul Maurice for rescuing him from the AHL. Paul coached the Marlies and when he was head coach of CAR he acquired Harrison. I liked Harrison too.Slightly off-topic, but I remember watching Stralman on the Marlies and thinking "holy crap, this guy is going to be really good." He got the call-up and played two half seasons with the Leafs then they traded him.........for Wayne Primeau. The other guy they let get away (through waivers!) was Steve Sullivan. That really annoyed the hell out of me.I also really thought Alyn MacCauley was going to turn into a solid 2nd line centre, but that didn't pan out.McCauley played 488 NHL games, so I'd say that's a pretty decent NHL career.
Quote from: cabber24 on August 22, 2017, 09:28:39 AMWasn't a big Ashton fan he would try to fight and always ended up bleeding profusely. A very punch-able nose apparently.I blame Carlyle for that. He got into fights more frequently when it was clear he was fighting for a 4th line spot on team coached by a guy who liked to dress fighters on that line.
I really don't know why this thread made me think of Kyle Wellwood because he did go on to have a somewhat successful NHL career, just not with the Leafs. Maybe because he was sort of our fools gold of what we thought we had coming down the pipe back then. Its sort of a reminder of how lucky we really are now to be in this current position.