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Originally Posted by Brian Boyle
Yep, that was it. There were a ton of Blackhawk players on that Ranger championship squad, mainly due to Keenan's adoration of the team. Matteau, Gilbert, Olcyzk, Noonan, Larmer, and Hudson. People always like to mention all the Oiler players due to the fact that they were "bigger" names, obviously, but that team was stacked with Blackhawk players.
I would agree with you on the SCWG being Noonan's, too. Never saw Messier touch the puck.
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Never thought of it like that. Interesting.
Hudson was both an ex Oiler and an ex Hawk before coming to the Rangers.
Drafted by Rangers: Richter, Leetch, Kovalev, Nemchinov, Zubov (5)
Drafted by another NHL team but first played for the Rangers in NHL: Karpovtsev (1)
Ex Oilers: Lowe, Beukeboom, Graves, Tikkanen, Messier, MacTavish, Anderson, Hudson (8)
Ex Hawks: Matteau, Larmer, Gilbert, Noonan, Olczyk, Hudson (6)
Ex Canuck: Lidster
Ex Wing: Kocur
Wells & Hartman both played for the Sabres at one point before 94'
Kypreos was a Whaler before 94'
Healy was an ex Islander/King before 94'