With our final supplemental pick,
The Puck Was In!!! selects
Marc Savard!
From Wiki:
On June 26, 1999, Savard was traded to the
Calgary Flames, along with the Rangers' 1st round choice in
1999 (
Oleg Saprykin), in exchange for the rights to
Jan Hlavac and Calgary's 1st round pick (
Jamie Lundmark) and 3rd round pick (later traded back to Calgary; Calgary selected
Craig Anderson) in 1999. Savard continued to improve with the Flames and in
2000–01, he finished second in team scoring to
Jarome Iginla with 65 points.
Shortly after beginning his fourth season with the Flames, he was acquired by the
Atlanta Thrashers from Calgary in exchange for
Ruslan Zainullin on November 15, 2002.
From The Hockey News.com -
"Getting To Know Marc Savard"
Status: Boston Bruins center
HT: 5-foot-10
WT: 196 pounds
DOB: July 17, 1977
In: Ottawa, Ont.
Hockey Inspiration: "Wayne Gretzky."
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: "The basics - golfing, fishing."
Nickname: "Savvy."
Favorite Movie: "Probably
Wedding Crashers."
Favorite TV Show: "
American Idol."
Musical Tastes: "Everything."
Last Book Read: "
Who's Your Caddy? By Rick Reilly."
Early Hockey Memory: "In a major pee-wee tournament in Quebec, I got a penalty shot in triple overtime and I scored (age 12). And my first NHL game when I got called up (by New York) in '98, I got four assists at Maple Leaf Gardens. The first time I ever played there. Unbelievable. I couldn't sleep all night."
Favorite Meal: "Chicken Parmesan."
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: "Banana Nut Crunch."
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: "Rocky Road."
First Job: "Just hockey."
First Car: "1986 Dodge K car (red)."
Current Car: "2008 Range Rover super-charged."
Pre-Game Feeling: "Think of how I can help the team win."
Funny Hockey Memory: "Yeah, I remember (in Calgary) I put a sticker on Andy Sutton, in front of his helmet and he didn't realize until after practice. And we put 'Orr' on the front of his helmet and everybody was calling him Bobby Orr all practice. He had no idea why. And it was stuck on his helmet the whole practice."
Greatest Sports Moment: "I'd have to say playing with Wayne Gretzky (with New York Rangers), for sure."
Most Painful Moment: "That’s a tough one. I don't really have an answer for that one. It's been a lot."
Favorite Uniforms: "I like Detroit."
Favorite Arena: "Was Atlanta. Maybe now The (Maple Leaf) Gardens."
Closest NHL Friends: "Marco Sturm, P.J. Axelsson, Glen Murray and Phil Kessel."
Funniest Players Encountered: "Funny? I'm the funniest one (smiles). Kevin Stevens too, he was hilarious. Talks loud; he’s always talking. Gave guys nicknames."
Toughest Competitors: "Geez...I played against a lot of tough, tough competitors. Probably Chris Pronger. Adam Graves was another. He's the greatest guy off the ice, but on the ice, if something happened, he was meaner than hell."
Embarrassing Hockey Memory: "My pants fell down in a game in Calgary. I wear the pants with a belt and my belt buckle broke and my pants were down. So that was embarrassing."
Last Halloween Costume: "A jailbird."
Favorite Vacation Spot: "Hawaii."
Most Memorable Goal: "Overtime-winner against Montreal at home in the 2008 playoffs."
People Qualities Most Admired: "Just a good person. Funny. And get along with everybody."
Stats: 221GP 60G 94A 154Pts 158PIMs