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Ryan’s Hope
by Forechecker on 10/10/08 at 10:12 AM ET
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One of the pleasant surprises out of the Predators training camp has been the play of Ryan Jones, the collegiate star who was obtained in the trade with Minnesota for Marek Zidlicky. With just 4 games of professional (AHL) experience, there were doubts as to whether he’d be ready for NHL action. As this article from the CBC points out, however, Jones has made a habit of beating the odds:
But it wasn’t until high school, while serving detention, that Jones decided to make a serious push to follow the ice path blazed by his cousin John Tonelli, a four-time Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders who retired as a player in the early 1990s.
“I looked up, and on the wall was one of those posters they put up in every school that says only one in every 125,000 people become a professional athlete,” Jones, 24, told CBCSports.ca on the line from Nashville. “I remember thinking, ‘Way to try to smush everyone’s dreams … I’m going to do my best.’”
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Looks like we totally hosed Leipold and Minny in that trade.
Posted by PredNeck from Hicktown on 10/10/08 at 12:27 PM ET