"Power Forward" Cameron Abney
It's occasionally fun to read articles out of training camp, especially articles where it's pretty clear that the writer is going to great lengths to talk up the subject. Today's example comes to us courtesy of the Edmonton Sun's normally excellent Derek Van Diest, who gives us a really interesting pair of back-to-back paragraphs in his column on prospect Cameron Abney:
A member of the Everett Silvertips, Abney had a quiet year offensively last season, collecting a goal and three assists in 48 games. He's expecting to put up bigger offensive totals this year.
At six-foot-four, 192 pounds, Abney has all the tools to be an effective power forward.
A power forward, according to Wikipedia (font of all knowledge...) is "a forward who possesses above average offensive skills and plays a tough, physical game". I think that's a reasonable definition, and I think it's equally reasonable to say that Cameron Abney can lay claim to exactly half of that equation.
It does everyone a disservice to pretend otherwise.
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See, I’d have gone with “hockey player” Cameron Abney or even “prospect” Cameron Abney, myself.
by Benjamin Massey on Sep 12, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shooting high, eh?
“Guy” Cameron Abney.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
by Derek Zona on Sep 12, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Random dude” Cameron Abney
Writer for The Copper & Blue
by Bruce McCurdy on Sep 12, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salt for the wound...
How about “Third-round pick” Cameron Abney
A posse ad esse.
Writer for The Copper & Blue and OilersNation.
by Jonathan Willis on Sep 12, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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