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Originally Posted by getbak
It's possible that Cliff thought they were drafting Kent at the time, but the rest of that story sounds like something someone made up along the way.
There was a Swedish player named Torbjorn Nilsson. He was also drafted by Winnipeg in the WHA draft that year: https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/....php?pid=47605
He played in the same league as Kent that season, but on a different team. His stats were nothing spectacular, but neither were anyone's who was getting picked in the 12th round in 1975. In fact, at that point in the draft, a lot of teams just didn't bother using their picks anymore. |
Thanks, I hadn't heard about the actual Torbjorn Nilsson. Likely the real story happened the way you suggest, and got embellished in the retelling.