TSN: The Man Who Never Was

[jfb392]

TSN is doing a series of draft-related features leading up to this weekend and they led off with a feature on Taro Tsujimoto.

http://www.tsn.ca/VideoHub/?collection=72&show=386033

Most of the story is well known, but it's interesting to know that his last name was not just picked out of a phone book, but a name that had stuck in Paul Wieland's mind.

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[Jacob582]

I see what they are doing here. Propaganda against the Sabres rebuild: This video and the Penguins tanking video coming out right before the GM meeting this week

 

[OhreallyOrielly]

I keep my Taro Tsujimoto hockey card on my desk at work.

 

[DazedandConfused]

I saw this last night on SC. This was the first time I'd ever seen/heard about it.

That one screen name now makes sense

 

[Jacob582]

At least Sabres participated in the draft.

I didn't know until this week the Blues refused to attend a draft in the early 80s.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

THE LEGEND OF TARO TSUJIMOTO

You may not have heard of him… Then again, who has?

He was drafted in 1974, 183rd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres, but never made it to the NHL.

Then again, he never had a chance.

Because it wasn’t his talent that prevented Taro Tsujimoto from breaking into the League – it was simply the fact that he never existed.

Courtesy of George ‘Punch’ Imlach, the first player selected from the Japanese Ice Hockey League lives on as one of the most peculiar storylines to ever emerge from the NHL draft:

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

My brother got me a copy of "Then Perreault Said to Rico" for christmas a few years back. Not a great book but there's some great classic Sabres moments in it. Worth a look through if you dig the Sabres. Of course the Taro moment has a prominent place.