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For all the PIM leagues out there: this is for those who cherish that dying breed. How often do these vital fantasy cogs get the headlines in articles? They often deserve it. Steve Ott certainly deserves it. He is the next of this ilk to rise, or should I say return, to fantasy-league prominence.  

 

For all the PIM leagues out there: this is for those who cherish that dying breed. How often do these vital fantasy cogs get the headlines in articles? They often deserve it. Steve Ott certainly deserves it. He is the next of this ilk to rise, or should I say return, to fantasy-league prominence.  

 

Hundreds of minor league goalies can spend their entire career in a tireless fight for the elusive opportunity to become the next diamond in the rough. Then there are others that finally reach their penultimate goal of starting an NHL game, but like a dream, it lasts just one night and dissolves in a rude awakening when they are quickly demoted back to a place they really don’t want to be.

Hundreds of minor league goalies can spend their entire career in a tireless fight for the elusive opportunity to become the next diamond in the rough. Then there are others that finally reach their penultimate goal of starting an NHL game, but like a dream, it lasts just one night and dissolves in a rude awakening when they are quickly demoted back to a place they really don’t want to be.

Hundreds of minor league goalies can spend their entire career in a tireless fight for the elusive opportunity to become the next diamond in the rough. Then there are others that finally reach their penultimate goal of starting an NHL game, but like a dream, it lasts just one night and dissolves in a rude awakening when they are quickly demoted back to a place they really don’t want to be.

Imagine an NFL running back on ice. You'd have the 17 year-old J.T. Brown, who plays for Rosemount High School in Minnesota. Beyond the fact that the 5'11, 165 lbs forward is a swift skater, a fierce competitor and a wicked finisher, you'd really actually have a running back on the ice- or rather, the spawn of one. The son of eight-year Minnesota Viking RB Ted Brown, J.T. has taken his career in an entirely different direction.

Imagine an NFL running back on ice. You'd have the 17 year-old J.T. Brown, who plays for Rosemount High School in Minnesota. Beyond the fact that the 5'11, 165 lbs forward is a swift skater, a fierce competitor and a wicked finisher, you'd really actually have a running back on the ice- or rather, the spawn of one. The son of eight-year Minnesota Viking RB Ted Brown, J.T. has taken his career in an entirely different direction.

Imagine an NFL running back on ice. You'd have the 17 year-old J.T. Brown, who plays for Rosemount High School in Minnesota. Beyond the fact that the 5'11, 165 lbs forward is a swift skater, a fierce competitor and a wicked finisher, you'd really actually have a running back on the ice- or rather, the spawn of one. The son of eight-year Minnesota Viking RB Ted Brown, J.T. has taken his career in an entirely different direction.

The title says it all - here's why columnist Jeff Angus likes 'the Juice' so much...

The title says it all - here's why columnist Jeff Angus likes 'the Juice' so much...