1963 Offseason News and Notes
Here are the skating leaders for last season
Here are the goalie leaders for last season
Here are the playoff leaders for last season
Jean Beliveau is the league’s MVP for the 5th time, one behind
Gordie Howe’s record. I still disagree that the MVP coming from a non playoff team. How valuable can he be if his team didn’t win much? I do admit,
Beliveau had a great year though! Here are the rest of the awards.
Maurice Richard has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Maurice will go down has one of the greatest players who ever played, and his induction was a foregone conclusion 20 years ago.
Maurice retired holding a lot of records, some which have been broken since, but his single season goal record, a well documented 51, still stands!!
Bernie Parent is a great first pick for the
New York Rangers in the NHL draft.
Johnny Bower is still a great goalie, but he isn’t getting any younger, and
Parent has the potential to be a star. He was the obvious top pick.
Really like
Detroit getting
Wayne Cashman at 5.
Cashman can play any position other then goalie, and is a do everything type of player. He will help any team he plays for win a lot of games. Steal for
Detroit. Here is a look at top pick,
Bernie Parent.
Didn’t the
Rangers do this a few years ago..
New York, for the 2nd time, trades for a mid 30’s, former Norris Trophy winning,
Montreal defenseman.
Tom Johnson joins former teammate
Bill Gadsby with the
Rangers.
Johnson is 35 now, and obviously past his prime.
Johnson was still named a 2nd team all-star this year.
Montreal picks up
Gilles Tremblay, a 24 year old emerging winger who has 100 points in 219 career games.
Tremblay is an excellent defensive forward, who’s starting to chip in on the offensive side. Smart deal by
Montreal. They get younger and pick up a good LW.
Tremblay joins the Canadiens
The
Habs make another very smart trade a day later.
I like
Red Kelly, I like him a lot. He was a great player for a long time. A very long time. He’s 36 years old though, and he isn’t the
Red Kelly who was scoring 70 plus points a season. He’s coming off a 46 point campaign, but forward depth isn’t an issue in
Toronto. The
Leafs give up promising 19 year old
Yvan Cournoyer.
Yvan has developed a little slowly, but he’s still a teenager. He’s got 80 points in 112 AHL games over the last 2 years. He’s got the talent to be a very good player.
Montreal continues to use players, in their prime, and deal them for young assets once that prime ends!!!
