Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past six seasons, three of Torrey's kids-Potvin, Trottier and Bossy -paid off with N.H.L. Rookie of the Year awards. Under Coach Al Arbour's system, the whole team plays tight positional hockey, emphasizing pinpoint passing rather than rink-long rushes. Says Arbour: "We draft players we think will conform. When we get down to the final list we'll take a guy who fits-even if he's got less talent...
...Hodge (336 points). The Islanders hope their big three will provide enough muscle to pry the Stanley Cup away from the Canadiens. With a goaltender's fine appreciation of the scorer's art, the Islanders' Glenn Resch sums up his teammates: "You couldn't draft a bigger, stronger left wing than Gillies. Trottier always slips through like Earl Campbell. Bossy can put the puck in the net on every good chance. He and Trottier have that psychic thing between them that a great line has to have. The ingredients are here...
WASHINGTON--A draft of President Carter's proposed health plan provides health care for individuals not now covered by private benefit plans, sources said yesterday...
...present draft health plan appears to be the consensus of the Carter administration. "This is the only option now before the president," sources said yesterday. However, the plan is not scheduled to begin until...
...plan would benefit the poor, unemployed and elderly not now eligible for publicly funded health care and unable to pay the premiums of private plans. HealthCare would give them free care and the cost of their coverage would be paid by the government, the draft proposes...