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Originally Posted by Leafs67
Hey! This is amazingly awesome. Thanks so much for posting all this! Could I please see how the careers of Bill Cowley, Joe Sakic, and Teeder Kennedy (one of my all time favorite Leafs) panned out?
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Cowley was selected 3rd overall by the Rangers in the 1932 draft. He followed Turk Broda and Toe Blake in that draft class. In real life he played 508 games, all with Boston, and had 536 total points. He played 550 games for the Rangers in the sim but was not quite as productive, tallying just 394 career points. He did win a pair of Cups with the Rangers in 1939 and 1940.
Sakic was drafted second overall by the Whalers (behind Brendan Shanahan to Edmonton) and spent his entire career with that organization playing in 1526 career games. He finished 7th all-time in points, 8th in goals and 9th in assists. He was a teammate of Steve Yzerman for much of his career and the two helped the Whalers win a Cup in 1986. Sakic got a second Cup after Yzerman had left and the team moved to Carolina in 2004. He also won the Conn Smythe that year to add to the 4 Hart Trophy's and 4 scoring titles he won during his career.
After the Leafs took Allen Stanley with the first pick Teeder Kennedy was selected second overall by Chicago in 1944. However, he was dealt to Montreal before ever playing a game for the Black Hawks. Later in his career he would be moved to Detroit for 5 players including Floyd Smith. He won a pair of best defensive forward awards but was not the offensive threat he was in real life with the Leafs. Kennedy played more games in the sim than in real life (886 vs 696) but scored 75 less points. He won 4 Cups with the Canadiens including 3 straight in the early 1950s.