So I played with a lot of good players who got me pucks in front of the net. After practice, Andreychuk would stay late, deploying a stick with a blade shaved down almost in half, redirecting hundreds of pucks. “To be honest, we were hoping, when he went to Buffalo, we’d get a one-year contract.’’ A taste, that’s all. Basically, he put his nose to the grindstone.”It’s the father who reveals that Andreychuk played his entire career with braces on both knees after suffering ligament damage in his second year with Buffalo. So finally, in his ninth year of eligibility, Andreychuk rocks and rolls into the hall.

Source: thestar November 12, 2017 23:31 UTC