Thursday, October 11, 2007

Honesty is a virtue

Want to meet a down-to-earth hockey player who's refreshingly candid? Check out Florida's Stephen Weiss the next time the Panthers come to town.

After exchanging pleasantries, which focused primarily on the young center spending the summer in Toronto, our conversation turned to the Panthers' season.

I'm among the few who believe the team, given its talent level and mutual maturation process among the younger players, could start making some noise in the years ahead. Weiss agreed.

"Yeah, it would be nice to finally play in a playoff game," he said.

P.S.: Sorry, folks, but this scan, one of several I tried, doesn't do justice for Weiss' autograph. The silver paint really does pop, even on the gray background.

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