It's not often or ever that you fall in love with a prospect at the dry as dust NHL draft, but Cherepanov was the execption. From the moment we saw him we wanted him in a Ranger's jersey. I know it was little more than an hour, but it was like a small miracle when he fell to our 17th pick and Sather had his blueshirt all ready with his name in white and red on back. Baby Jagr is how I thought of him with his fluffly hair in the back and in the dream scenario he was gonna come over and play with his idol #68. Well he did get to play with Jagr, just for Omsk and not the Rangers. I thought and hoped that Jagr would take this year grooming Cherepanov to be an NHL superstar as a parting gift to the Rangers, but that's not going to happen now that Cherepanov is dead at 19. We'll miss you Alexei, rest in peace.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
gone too soon
It's not often or ever that you fall in love with a prospect at the dry as dust NHL draft, but Cherepanov was the execption. From the moment we saw him we wanted him in a Ranger's jersey. I know it was little more than an hour, but it was like a small miracle when he fell to our 17th pick and Sather had his blueshirt all ready with his name in white and red on back. Baby Jagr is how I thought of him with his fluffly hair in the back and in the dream scenario he was gonna come over and play with his idol #68. Well he did get to play with Jagr, just for Omsk and not the Rangers. I thought and hoped that Jagr would take this year grooming Cherepanov to be an NHL superstar as a parting gift to the Rangers, but that's not going to happen now that Cherepanov is dead at 19. We'll miss you Alexei, rest in peace.
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