On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Arthur Berman wrote:
> I've had the
> pleasure of following Poti in the NHL quite closely and Poti played his
> way on to the team in training camp and has been getting shifts on the
> power play and penalty kills. The Oilers are quite high on him. He would
> be a rookie of the year candidate if more people saw the Oilers, which in
> media centres, they don't.
I've seen at two publications (Hockey News, Boston Globe) report that Tom Poti is not only the front runner for the Calder Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year), but if the voting were held today, he would be a runaway winner.
George Downing
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