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Originally Posted by blitzkriegs
answer this:
i didn't think Torres played very well under Lavy. however, considering the recent success of the BST kids, I am curious if Torres would have blossomed under Sterling. opinions???
of course, this is kind of brief lived, but i think Lavy's veteran-reliance never gave Torres a fair assessment of his potential contributions...(in comparison to what Sterling is doing now)
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You have to remember writting for HF for the prior three years I was following Torres in juniors and did his HF profile. I like following the former picks. Kind of lost interest in Malakov after he went awol on the Habs. But he was 25? when he was an Islander rookie?
Still, will never forget Jiggs (not the poster, even if he writes Malakhov as great as Jiggs said it on the telecast) after Turgeon's 50th at Msg.
" And startdust dripping from Malikov, this Russian is something special".......Was just lost after that season.
But to topic: To call him Torres for fourteen games and have him sit on the sidelines and somehow people like Hahn slapping a career third line tag on him was very short-sighted as was the way Milbury and his staff handled him. He had a good camp last season deserved a real opportunity but like Papineau now there is just not much of an chance because there are vets and kids in front of him.
What I find interesting about Torres is he did not step up much for Stirling in Bgpt last season after he was returned to the Tigers. His first year there seemed to be his best.
