Vähän samaan aihemaailmaan liittyen hyvä Mark Lazaruksen kirjoitus The AthleticissaLaitetaan tänne kiinnostuneille mielenkiintoinen juttu Wyatt Johnstoniin liittyen.
Hauska lukea, että McDonnell ei itse uskonut Johnstonin nappaavan vielä paikkaa viime kauden rosterista:
"Afterward, Nill asked McDonnell if he thought Johnston could play in the NHL in 2022-23.
“I go, ‘I don’t think so, Jim. He’s got to get a lot stronger. In my opinion, he’s probably got to go back,’” McDonnell said. “Then the rest is history.”"
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They hung their hopes on a rising prospect still playing in Finland named Roope Hintz, they caught a bit of good fortune in the draft lottery to move up from eighth to third, and they went out and had the draft of a lifetime.
Miro Heiskanen. Jake Oettinger. Jason Robertson.
“It saved the franchise,” Nill said. “It gave us new life.”
It was only the beginning.