Country: Canada. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. Most historical data provided by Dan Diamond and Associates. And youre going to be really criticized for taking him., Bill, were criticized no matter who we take, Smith said. Thats just the way the sport is.. Transaction information may be incomplete. The second one, defenseman Michal Barinka, didnt amount to much. A longtime team source says Pulford. Terrill Samuel - Athlete ''He`s going to make some of the other guys work harder for their jobs. Murray talked more about Lemieux than his own derring-do. Less than a week later, at prospect camp, Smith was thumbing through all the shirtless photos of all the players taken during their fitness tests as a way of evaluating body types and potential growth. But though the Penguins are dull on paper, they tend to be dynamic on the ice, thanks to rookie sensation Mario Lemieux. The wearing of the green (and purple) and get used to seeing Jonathan Quick, NHL suspends Sharks Dany Heatley for two games. All Rights Reserved. Its hockey, where it is what it is is more mantra than clich. During the Leafs glory-days in the sixties, Pulford earned four Stanley Cup rings. Bob Pulford`s wife, Roslyn, said her heart can`t take many more of these one-goal games. Join the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame for it's 4th Annual Wine and Cheese Night! : 881138911RR0001 | Design: Brent Bailey, Etobicoke Sports Hall Of Fame Facebook Feed. Bob Pulford. (Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images), Brent Seabrook, Dustin Byfuglien, Corey Crawford and Duncan Keith were Blackhawks in large part thanks to Mike Smith. Take him., Well, hes only 5-10, 165 pounds, Lesuk said. Bob Pulford finished with 281 regular season goals and 362 assists for 643 points in 1,079 games. Another conspicuous contributor was second-year man Ken Yaremchuk. But the Hawks aren`t in a playoff situation. But as he watched his guys Keith, Seabrook and Byfuglien lift the Cup in 2010, then again in 2013 and 2015 alongside his other guy, Crawford, Smith didnt feel angry. "He's got to find himself a wife that'll help him, actually almost dedicate her life to him being a success," he told ESPN. Bob Pulford had 643 points over his career. Thats the other part (of my relative anonymity), is Dale Tallon taking a lot of credit for these drafts, Smith says. Didnt feel much of anything, beyond a bit of pride for himself and his players. I dont get mentioned much because the Blackhawks make sure not to mention me, he says. There are people desperate to get back into hockey when theyre out. You can go back to when I first got there (in December of 1999), Smith says. In pre-draft discussions, Blackhawks director of player development Marshall Johnston and western scout Bruce Franklin were at odds over Big Buff. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Growing up in Weston he played a variety of sports football for Weston Collegiate, lacrosse and hockey, as part of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization. Data Provided By The Black Hawks continued to make up for lost time Thursday night to the dismay of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the delight of a crowd of 15,628 in the Stadium. Thats a significant stretch, as only Keith, Seabrook, Byfuglien and Adam Burish were Smith draft picks (Dave Bolland, Bryan Bickell, Jake Dowell and Troy Brouwer were all taken in 2004). Before that, he was the sports editor of the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana. They won just 30 games in 2002-03 and just 20 games in 2003-04, so a roster shakeup was clearly justified. After all, Smiths a farmer now. Bob Pulford was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a Player in 1991. But Lesuk and Smith were pretty sure Seabrook would be there at No. 'It was a living hell': Mike Smith looks back on his time with the Its a fair question in a city with a gaping, decade-wide hole in its hockey memory. ''Secord (out since early December with a groin injury) will be back this weekend. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fames Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics. ''He`s great,'' said Hawk defenseman Jack O`Callahan. Smith was the Blackhawks general manager from September 2001 through October 2003, and the manager of hockey operations for the 2000-01 season.