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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
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Subject: Re: An All-Star complaint
Message-ID: <1793@dciem.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 11:08:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 11:08:53 1986
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Reply-To: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
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Summary: 

> > Most of them deserved it, but picking Lee
> > Fogolin and Kevin Lowe, while people like Al MacInnis, and Reed Larson
> > were ignored was ridiculous.
> 
> REED LARSON?????????  You've GOT to be kidding!  He's the WORST excuse for
> a defenseman I've EVER seen!  Take a look at the goals-allowed totals for
> the Red Wings during the "Larson dynasty" and you'll see what I mean.  Sure,
> he has a monster slapshot but for every goal he scores he gives up two because
> of his INEPT stick-handling.  Any trade the Wings could make to UNLOAD this
> parasite would make me happy.
> 
> 	Peter Gayde (a die-hard Detroit sports fan)

Mr. Gayde may be right about Larson, but I still think Sather could have done
better than Lowe and Fogolin.  In fact, Larson still may have been a better
pick for the all-star game.  He's strong offensively but weak defensively,
while Lowe and Fogolin are weak offensively and strong defensively, so
what's the difference?  None of them are complete enough players to be
called all-stars, so given the lack of complete defensemen, I'd try to
even out the team representation a little better, plus I'd be more
inclined to go with the offensive defenseman anyway because most people would
rather see offensive than defensive stars in the all-star game.  On the other
hand, an offensive show is more impressive when it has to overcome some amount
of defensive resistance, but I still think he picked too many Oilers.
-- 
Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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