Comments on: Items of note on a special day

By: Josh Thomson

Josh Thomson — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:56:51 +0000

Go NYR…I can answer that.

John Thompson is about 6-foot-10, and the former men’s basketball coach at Georgetown. He’s now a commentator for the NBA on TNT.

Thompson’s son, John Thompson III, is the coach there now.

Hopefully, that clears things up.

By: Koffy

Koffy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:37 +0000

Leetch was great but I wished he came back after the lockout … If he REALLY loved the Rangers he could have come back and helped on the power play … we still need a quarterback … My guess is he did not come back because of Sather …

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:54:07 +0000

I loved Leetch as a player but we probably should have traded him well before and we would have gotten a lot bigger bounty. The trade that Sather made (like his other trades that year) was not that great in terms of players received. Saur and Korpikoski could still pan out but probably would have gotten a better deal if we dealt with a team that wasn’t from Canada.

It is admirable though that Leetch wanted to stay in NY despite the team’s struggles, because I have heard Richter say that he would have loved to have gone to a contending team (imagine what we could have got from the Blues or Flyers back then) and he may have still been playing even today

By: Go NYR

Go NYR — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:43:23 +0000

Sam- Who is this John Thompson fellow?

By: Staal Wart

Staal Wart — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:40:06 +0000

I wish I could go tonight, just so damn expensive.
Leetch was my all time favorite Ranger

By: Staal Wart

Staal Wart — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:36:54 +0000

repost Salty,
Sather traded away Leetch for, get this Maxim Kondratiev and Jarkko Immonen, a 1st rounder in 04 and a 2nd rounder in 05. Neither Kondratiev or Immonen did much as far a I know.
In 04 we drafted Al Montoya and Lauri Korpikoski though Iâ€™m not sure which was the 1st rounder from the Leafs.
And in 05 the Rangers drafted in the 2nd round Michael Sauer.
I guess we have yet to see if the trade was actually worth it.
In my mind, Leetch is one of the best offensive defensemen I have ever seen, and certainly is a Rangerâ€™s Great.

By: Salty

Salty — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:28:48 +0000

What did we get for him? It was late in the season right? He was also not playing very well?

By: Staal Wart

Staal Wart — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:27:46 +0000

I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time, and reading that stuff about Leetch just made me more pumped for tonight!

Good stuff by Jagr. Lets hope he keeps up his good play.
Sure I’ve ripped him but look what happened he played great the other night LOL ;)

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:24:25 +0000

Sather traded him without even asking Leetch if he wanted to go. I think for all he had done for the franchise he deserved to at least be kept in the loop. He wanted to remain a Ranger for the rest of his career. He’s gone on record as recently as yesterday stating that he still holds ill feelings towards Sather for trading him.

By: Salty

Salty — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:19:22 +0000

Anyone care to give an accurate Cliffs Notes on the Leetch trade? I was away at school when that all went down and missed the bulk of the story…I didn’t know if he wanted to go, etc..