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A hockey nut since his Toronto childhood, Devellano actually launched his bird-dogging career as an unpaid scout in 1967 when the Blues entered the NHL in its first expansion. Now, Jimmy was hoping Torrey would offer him a paying job to find talent for the team that soon would call it home on Hempstead Turnpike. Devellano: We chatted for a long time that afternoon, right there on the street. I wound up with a firm promise to meet with Torrey and Chadwick in Toronto the following month. I had my foot in the door. Nobody could know it at the time but apart from Torrey Devellano would emerge as, The Other Architect, a man responsible for finding and drafting more top players than anyone for the four-Cup dynasty. ....
Maven s Memories: Mike Bossy s Road to the Islanders Stan Fischler recounts Mike Bossy s journey through the Quebec junior ranks to getting drafted by the Islanders by Stan Fischler @StanFischler / NewYorkIslanders.com Looking backward, there are two things about Mike Bossy s childhood that suggested that long range he might have a future in the professional ranks. 1. His father, Borden, loved the ice game so much that he planted a hockey stick in Michael s baby crib before the lad even could walk. 2. His mother, Dorothy, loved hockey so much she unfailingly would send the immortal right wing Gordie Howe, a birthday card every year. ....