As Paul noted, the Toronto Sun's Steve Simmons most certainly offered a slightly moribund slate of hockey notes on early Saturday evening, but he followed 'em up with a rather intriguing profile of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis:
By the age of 15, Dave Nonis knew exactly where he was headed. There was no place other than the National Hockey League for him. He was on the fast track, rated as the No. 1 defenceman in all of British Columbia. His world was small — but it was his. The No. 2-rated defenceman in the province was a kid named Doug Bodger.
“Doug kids me about it now, sometimes,” said Nonis. “I was No. 1, he was No. 2. He went on to play a thousand games in the NHL. I didn’t play any. I would gladly trade those rankings for the thousand games he played. Honest, I would have been happy to play just one game.”
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