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Ericsson Growing Into His Position
by Paul on 05/04/09 at 09:05 PM ET
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from Tim Wharnsby of the Globe and Mail (Tuesday edition),
“I didn’t even know I was drafted,” said Ericsson, whose Wings are tied 1-1 with the Ducks in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. “I wasn’t following it that day. I wasn’t even thinking about it.”
Ericsson was an instructor at a youth hockey camp in Sweden when a local reporter informed him of the news. Ericsson remarked that he didn’t contemplate the tall odds he had to overcome to play in the NHL, he was just excited to be taken by the same NHL club that housed Swedish heroes such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom.
“I was just thrilled to be drafted,” the 6-foot-4, 210-pound Ericsson said….
“He’s a lot like [Anaheim’s Chris] Pronger, only he doesn’t crosscheck and do that sort of stuff,” Babcock said.
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It is clear only a child-god such as Ericsson could arrange to be taken as the last in the draft. It is fortunate that he did not also choose to be drafted by the Lakers and Yankees in the same year.
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 05/04/09 at 09:48 PM ET
While I sometimes question Babcock’s coaching moves, you have to love quotes like that…
Came in to remark that this is yet another Babblecock gem
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 05/04/09 at 10:07 PM ET
“He’s a lot like [Anaheim’s Chris] Pronger, only he doesn’t crosscheck and do that sort of stuff,” Babcock said.
Shorter Babcock: “Big Rig’s not a dirty bitch like Pronger.”
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 05/05/09 at 08:39 AM ET
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While I sometimes question Babcock’s coaching moves, you have to love quotes like that…
Posted by Primis on 05/04/09 at 09:26 PM ET