The Man Who Never Was TSN feature on Taro Tsujimoto

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

 

 

Great idea. We've retired worse candidates. Not really — cheap shot. I think I suggested a while back that the Sabres even hire a Japanese actor (or one of the Tsujimotos in the Buffalo area) to come onto the ice, make a few comments etc.

 

Why not a Taro's Sushi Station in the club section?

[Hoss]

With the 40 year anniversary of the pick, the Sabres should really consider retiring his number (74) and putting a banner up at the arena. It's a great story from the teams history and should be honored as such.

 

His number was actually number 13.

[Stoner]

Why not a Taro's Sushi Station in the club section?

 

Sushimoto's?

[deluca67]

Great idea. We've retired worse candidates. Not really — cheap shot. I think I suggested a while back that the Sabres even hire a Japanese actor (or one of the Tsujimotos in the Buffalo area) to come onto the ice, make a few comments etc.

They can bring in his line mate from the Tokyo Katanas, Hysushi Skors ;)

[Doohicksie]

I don't like this kid Wieland, that's all. He's got his girl using that newfangled mimeograph machine all day. I don't like it! No sir!

 

You ever smell those fresh mimeographed sheets though? Heaven on Earth!

 

I was watching a TV feature on the Taro Tsujimoto deal that Imlach and Co. cooked up and yes it's part of Sabre lore and it was a cute and clever way to pull the wool over the NHL's eyes on a cumbersome draft process. But there was a footnote to this light-hearted attempt at hockey humor that enraged me...I never knew that two Stanley Cup winners (Dave Lumley - 2 with Edmonton and Stefan Persson, 4 with the Islanders) were drafted after Tsujimoto, a fictional character, was taken by the Sabres.

 

So the Sabres squandered a draft pick for a joke...The club has an unfortunate history of soft-headed stupidity that I hope comes to an end with Tim Murray, who I feel is the hard-headed antidote to all that ails us as an organization.

 

http://en.wikipedia..../Taro_Tsujimoto

 

But did those teams win because of those players? Or because there were otherwise good teams? That deep into the draft, you're not talking cream of the crop.

[Stoner]

They can bring in his line mate from the Tokyo Katanas, Hysushi Skors ;)

 

That's pretty good. Pretty, pretty good.