Well, what I heard about Tom Poti was that he has pretty bad allergy problems and I guess uses an inhaler quite a lot. Maybe the scouts thought that he wouldn't be able to stand up to the rigors of an 80+ game schedule. Plus I think it is probably much more difficult to breathe in the warmer NHL buildings as compared to the colder high school rinks. John Carlson UNH Wildcats HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.