Interesting discussion of 70's drafts and Canadiens dynasty

[thegreat66 19]

http://wwweyesontheprize.blogspot.com/2008...cky-pierre.html

I am a little too young to remember much of the Canadiens dynasty- I was a young child and saw the tail end in the late 70's. Anyway, you don't have to be a Canadien fan to find this discussion interesting on a lot of players who were drafted or not drafted by various teams in the 70's and what their perceived shortcomings or strengths were and how history would reflect on these evaluations.

[LeftWinger 4,951]

how come I have a feeling this is gonna turn into a Pens dyansty thread?

[thegreat66 19]

how come I have a feeling this is gonna turn into a Pens dyansty thread?

Not at all- what interested me in the article was seeing other guys who were highly touted in same draft class as Mike Bossy.

[mjlegend 155]

Cloutier has a horribly air-brushed card in 1983.

There are a lot of players from the 1970s-early 80s who wouldn't last more than a shift under modern coaching.

[thegreat66 19]

Cloutier has a horribly air-brushed card in 1983.

There are a lot of players from the 1970s-early 80s who wouldn't last more than a shift under modern coaching.

Interesting. Please explain what you mean.

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

Those 70's teams were the best in league history in my opinion, with the '77 team being the best ever.

[eva unit zero 271]

The Montreal dynasties of years gone by, including the 70s, are the result of the territorial rights system used by the NHL until the draft was put in place in 1963. This was basically "Any player who plays for a team within 50 miles of an NHL club, his rights belong to that club."

This was further extended by the NHL also including the "sponsor" system, in which junior and amateur clubs outside of any territory could be "sponsored" by NHL clubs and, until the NHL team either released or traded him, the rights of any player who played for one of those clubs would belong to that NHL team.

That is why Montreal, Toronto, and Detroit have the most dominant teams of the past; they are the teams with the best locations to acquire the rights of young and potentially great hockey players.