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by Paul on 09/10/09 at 01:01 PM ET
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from Mike G. Morreale of NHL.com,
NHL.com: Was there ever a time when you needed to switch gears because an unsuspected pick was made right before yours?
HA: “Sometimes we go by a list that we put together, but I still remember the year (2004) we drafted Johan Franzen. The name higher on our list at the time was Alexander Edler. But Vancouver made a trade when they realized we were likely going to take him since they didn’t have a third-round pick. We knew Vancouver was interested in Alex, but we felt pretty safe since they didn’t have a third-round pick. But then we heard the announcement that a trade was made and I said to Jim Nill, ‘This is it, Vancouver is trading for a pick just before us and they’re going to take Alex.’ So we waited and Vancouver did it. So Jim and I regrouped and said ‘Ok, what’s the next name.’ That was Johan Franzen, so we took him.”
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I love Håkan Andersson, unfortunately there is absolutely nothing in this article that I didn’t already know.
Plus, check this out- from the article:
The native of Stockholm, Sweden, began scouting for the Wings in 1990 after being recommended to the position by Christer Rockstrom, who was leaving the Wings organization to work for the New York Rangers
From Andersson’s Wikipedia page (a quick look at the page history indicates this paragraph is many months old at least):
Andersson began scouting for the Wings in 1990 after being recommended to the position by Christer Rockström, who was leaving the Red Wings organization to work for the New York Rangers.
You’d think the league’s own website could do better than this.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 09/10/09 at 08:29 PM ET
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If the Wings had ended up taking Edler instead of the Mule, the odds are pretty good Hossa would be a Red Wing right now and the Wings bottom defense pairing this year would be Edler and Ericsson. I love the Mule, but the “what if” scenario there is a pretty darn attractive one.
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