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
 
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