Joel Otto

You had the Hatcher brothers on defense.

You had Adam Dedmars, Joel Otto, you know, Johnny LeClair.

So you had some, you know, muscle and something that, you know, might have been lacking over the years for USA.

And we had put...

Yes.

Joel Otto.

Joel Otto.

You wouldn't get that, but Donnie and I would get it.

Joel Otto, boy, he was fun to watch.

There's not a

thought going on in your head right now.

Do you remember Joel Otto? Yes.

I thought someone might guess that.

Joel Otto.

I thought about Otto.

And Gary Roberts.

Calgary entered the playoffs as the President Trophy winner, but nearly suffered a stunning first-round upset against Vancouver.

The Flames needed overtime in Game 7 to eliminate the Canucks, with Joel Otto scoring the series-winning goal.

Calgary went on to defeat LA and Chicago to advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

The Montreal Canadiens emerged from the Wales Conference, setting up a rematch in the 1986 Stanley Cup Final.

And again, that's kind of areas where we can get into trouble, you know, from coaching.

I remember Dave King talking to you about what it was like to have Theo Fleury and Gary Roberts, and they just wanted to go out and out-compete, whereas Joel Otto and Joel Neuendijk would love some analytical breakdown and some talk.

So that's the same for me as it is for you.

Well said.

turn.

This is 84-85.

Kerry Wilson, Dartmouth, Eddie Beers, Denver, Colin Patterson, not your Colin Patterson, Colin Patterson Clarkson, Mike Eves, Wisconsin, Jamie McCown, Ohio State, Steve Bozek, who you know, Northern Michigan, Gino Cavallini, Bowling Green, Joel Otto, Bemidji State, Neil Sheehy, Harvard.

Perry Barazan, North Dakota, your school, Gary Suter, Wisconsin, Joey Mullen, Boston College, Brett Hull, Minnesota, Duluth, two Canadian university guys, Charlie Bourgeois from Moncton, Terry Johnson from the University of Calgary.

Mm-hmm.

And Jo- and Joel Otto scores a amazing goal.

Oh, yeah.

Go watch what he does to Kirk McLean in the crease.

National Hockey League.

And maybe that's not sexy to a lot of people, but you need a third line center who's a fixture moving forward, and like a Joel Otto type.

So I, I, I just think that, I hope people were paying attention.

I hope people really embraced that, celebrated, had a smile on their face when he made his rookie lap, w- when he took the too many men penalty.