tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post1699535053756774445..comments2023-06-01T21:15:57.354-11:00Comments on The H Does NOT Stand For Habs: Flashback to Draft PastJ.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-38775029316938622082011-02-18T10:17:46.179-11:002011-02-18T10:17:46.179-11:00@Terry: I was glad you were able to take the time ...@Terry: I was glad you were able to take the time to talk to me about your draft experience. Thanks! I'm still working on the junior hockey story...going to get in touch with you on that too!J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-67599238799182282852011-02-18T08:04:10.468-11:002011-02-18T08:04:10.468-11:00just to point out a common misconception, Terry wa...just to point out a common misconception, Terry was not the highest pick from Newfoundland. He was the highest NL trained drafted. in 1979, chicago drafted Keith Brown 7th overall. Keith was born in Corner Brook. A minor detail....but a detail none the lessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-1882579940842089912011-02-18T08:01:33.040-11:002011-02-18T08:01:33.040-11:00Thanks for the nice article JT. Like I said, grea...Thanks for the nice article JT. Like I said, great memories, and I look back fondly.Terry ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-53534653446461561652010-09-13T07:45:38.668-11:002010-09-13T07:45:38.668-11:00Good post. I can't wait to read the book.
Jus...Good post. I can't wait to read the book.<br /><br />Just one small quibble. I keep reading about how it was a guarantee he would be the highest Newfie drafted, because if the Habs didn't get him, someone else would.<br /><br />But John Slaney was drafted ninth overall in 1990. So the Habs didn't take Ryan, he wouldn't have been the highest Newfie drafted. It happened, but it was never a guarantee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-54254639335041081512010-06-28T15:07:48.923-11:002010-06-28T15:07:48.923-11:00Great read...
Thank you....I really enjoyed your ...Great read...<br /><br />Thank you....I really enjoyed your muse.<br /><br />~SkyKingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-63871353933723797652010-06-26T07:46:20.132-11:002010-06-26T07:46:20.132-11:00JT, I hope your collecting commission - another on...JT, I hope your collecting commission - another one sold!<br /><br />I remember Terry Ryan quite well as a Habs prospect. I had great hopes for him. If I remember correctly, his first fight came seconds into his first game.<br /><br />Hearing of his piece of mind is pleasing. I hope his book strikes a chord.Robert Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631806704699552307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-67927010378157361872010-06-25T16:36:10.938-11:002010-06-25T16:36:10.938-11:00My memory of Terry Ryan was a playoff game against...My memory of Terry Ryan was a playoff game against Buffalo. The puck squirted out into the slot and Hasek was down (but never out) and Terry Ryan just could not get to the puck to swipe it in. We were desperate to score on Hasek and it was painful to watch him try to reach it when almost any other forward on the roster would have gotten to it easily - the wheels just were not there. Maybe he would have been decent in the minors, but that lack of quickness was glaring in the big show.DKerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445386772250841397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-51174650697884826832010-06-25T11:46:43.130-11:002010-06-25T11:46:43.130-11:00JT:
-thank you for this...having heard Ryan on Te...JT:<br /><br />-thank you for this...having heard Ryan on Team 990 a few times I'm sure his book will be exceptional...do let us know when it is releasedpfhabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116906615296671918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-67022537174249500032010-06-25T05:56:00.562-11:002010-06-25T05:56:00.562-11:00Nice to hear from Terry Ryan. He seems to have a ...Nice to hear from Terry Ryan. He seems to have a great attitude towards his hockey career. <br /><br />And I remember well Mr. Warner and teh others from those early days of the internet.Mike Safnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-9617438401780542542010-06-25T01:00:25.678-11:002010-06-25T01:00:25.678-11:00The year of that draft, I had been closely followi...The year of that draft, I had been closely following Gerry Warner's posts on the Habs. Gerry had been bouncing two names around: Shane Doan and Terry Ryan. When Winnipeg picked Doan, I wondered if Montreal would take Warner's advice!<br /><br />This story is particularly interesting to me because I thought Terry Ryan had been cut from the team for his own benefit, due to several concussions. Be sure to let us know when the book comes out; I want to read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-69011975975914046202010-06-24T18:24:40.140-11:002010-06-24T18:24:40.140-11:00That is a really good article JT. Sounds like the ...That is a really good article JT. Sounds like the scouts of the team didn't know how to do their job back then if they didn't even interview the guy they were going to draft before drafting him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-44107352894764170142010-06-24T13:37:46.137-11:002010-06-24T13:37:46.137-11:00Excellent article.
It's always very interesti...Excellent article.<br /><br />It's always very interesting to get into the mindset of a player drafted in the first round. It's really too bad Ryan's career didn't go any further than it did, but the experience he gained throughout it all must have been life-altering. <br /><br />The sad part is that his story is, unfortunately, more common than those who do actually make it to the NHL. Ryan is right, the percentage is minuscule and players will drive themselves nuts over it.<br /><br />Great work here JT, keep it up.HabsBuzzhttp://www.habsbuzz.comnoreply@blogger.com