Bob Tindall could tell what made a future NHLer — and tell some great hockey stories, too.
Tindall lobbied for many first round hits, such as 1,100-game veteran Glen Murray and Kevyn Adams at No. 25 in ’93, before he became general manager of the Buffalo Sabres.
Tindall was just as proud of fifth-rounder Andrew Raycroft, a Calder Trophy winning goalie, and career Bruin Don Sweeney, now their GM. A native of the Canadian border-town St. Stephen, N.B., Sweeney went to prep school at St. Paul’s in Concord, N.H. Despite his small size, Tindall advised his boss, Harry Sinden, to take Sweeney in the eighth round. The hunch was correct, Sweeney went on to play four years at Harvard and more than 1,200 combined NHL regular season and playoff games.
He also had a mischievous streak. When Leafs owner Harold Ballard bought the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats in the late ‘70s, he put the team’s logo on the ice and around the Gardens. Tindall, a fervent Argo fan, decided to retaliate. One night when the Bruins visited, Tindall, Sinden and coach Don Cherry arranged to have two Argo flags sewn together and displayed on the bench for
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