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in his right wrist, the club announced Tuesday. The 37-
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ice on July 17, the team says. He had surgery July 25 in
Los Angeles, likely keeping him out at least until
December. Sourays lengthy absence is a blow to the
defending Pacific Division champions, who also signed
former Edmonton defenceman Mark Fistric to a one-year
deal worth $900,000. Souray made a solid debut with the
Ducks last fall, getting seven goals and 10 assists with
a plus-19 rating. He is a key power-play contributor with
his booming slap shot, one of the NHLs best. The three-
time All-Star signed a three-year contract with Anaheim
last summer after a lengthy career with New Jersey,
Montreal, Edmonton and Dallas. Souray has returned from
numerous injuries during his 13-season career, missing a
full year with a wrist injury in 2002-03 and spending the
2010-11 season in the AHL during a dispute with the
Oilers. Fistric is a defence-mindeddefenceman who has
appeared in 282 career NHL games, scoring just three
goals. He had six assists in 25 games last season with
the Oilers after spending his first five NHL seasons with
the Dallas Stars. Toni Lydman is expected to retire after
spending the past three seasons with Anaheim, but the
Ducks still have young defencemen Cam Fowler and Luca
Sbisa alongside veterans Francois Beauchemin, Bryan Allen
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3 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday. The 22-year-old threw his
helmet to the ground and it bounced up and hit home plate
umpire Bill Miller on the right hip after Lawrie was
called out on strikes for the second out.Mike Hogan is
the play-by-play voice of the Toronto Argonauts on TSN
1050 Radio and contributes articles about the team for
TSN.ca. On draft day, he was granted the rare opportunity
to report on this years draft from inside the Argos war
room. "Youre only as good as your Canadian talent." Its a
well-worn cliche among those who follow the Canadian
Football League, but it happens to be true. The stakes
are high in the annual selection process, so the tension
at the Argonaut head office in downtown Toronto was
understandably high, particularly as it became closer to
the beginning of the draft. Argo general manager Jim
Barker sat down with TSN.ca at 4:30 pm et, two and a half
hours before the first round commenced, to discuss what
could and could not be included in this article. The only
restriction was that the names of any players not drafted
by Toronto, or names of players involved in trade
discussion would not be used. Anything else was fair
game. At that point, Barker explained that a trade with
Edmonton had been completed. The Boatmen had acquired the
third overall pick in the draft and intended to select
Anthony Coombs if he was available. Barker had acquired
the No. 3 and No. 21 picks in exchange for the No. 6 and
No. 15 picks, as well as veteran import offensive tackle
Tony Washington. The two teams also exchanged the rights
of one player each from their negotiation list. The trade
would not be announced until later, but was not
contingent upon Coombs being available. The Argonauts
love Coombs, a running back from the University of
Manitoba. One person inside the room confided that it was
a unanimous feeling about Coombs, and among a collection
of people within an organization leading up to a draft,
thats a rarity. The dye was cast. The Argos had done what
they had to do, move up in the draft and get the highest
pick they could without giving up too much. They had
accomplished that, but now came the toughest part of the
day; the waiting. The braintrust tried its best to kill
time. Coaches and members of the player personnel
department had already completed a mock draft and now had
little to do except wait. Coaches asked questions about
scheduling that they likely already knew the answer to.
Some in the office watched the St. Louis Rams news
conference announcing their draft picks to the media.
Small talk was the order of the afternoon, and at times
it seemed forced. Everybody involved was simply in the
mindset that Coombs was out there, and the lead-up to
finding out if he would be available with the third
overall pick was, at times, excruciating. The malaise
ended at 6:20pm et when a report from TSNs Farhan Lalji
surfaced, indicating that the Ottawa Redblacks had traded
the first overall pick in the draft to Calgary for
offensive lineman Jon Gott. That announcement would
ratchet up the tension in the office even higher. Would
Calgary select Coombs to complement Jon Cornish? It was a
possibility, and one that would do nothing to make the
following minutes move any faster. At 6:35pm et, Barker
and his staff met once more behind closed doors. After a
few minutes, the staff emerged, grabbed a last-minute
bite to eat and prepared to enter what has been dubbed
the war room. In this case, the war room was on any other
day an average-sized board room. By the time all had
assembled, there were 13 people sitting around a table,
another handful sat just behind. It was, to say the
least, somewhat crowded. A high-speed fan sat on a mini
fridge in the corner of the office. On the wall at that
end of the room was a television, tuned to SportsCentre
in anticipation of TSNs draft coverage. A collection of
photographs was on one of the side walls, featuring a
collection of the organizations greatest players who had
been honoured as "All Time Argos". They were staring
across the room at a wall featuring just the words
"Toronto Argonauts. Honouring Tradition". Along the wall
at the front of the room was a giant whiteboard. This
would be the centre of attention for the next three
hours. Along the left side of the board were the logos of
the nine CFL teams. Along the top, which ran the entire
length of the wall, were the numbers one to seven,
representing each round. A grid pattern was drawn up with
the overall number of the pick written in the top right
corner. If a pick had been traded, a magnetic logo of the
team that acquired that pick was placed in the lower
right-hand corner. To the left of the grid was the most
important aspect of the wall, the list of available
players, in the order that the Argos had ranked the
prospects. Each magnet has the name, school and stats of
the player, with a picture added for good measure. The
player atop the list was indeed Anthony Coombs. The man
with the most responsibility on this night is general
manager Jim Barker. Hes no stranger to the procedure, as
this is his fourth draft as the Argos GM. He was also
Calgarys GM, then Senior VP of Football Operations for
five years before his arrival in Toronto. Also in the
room with Barker was Chris Rossetti, the 23-year old who
took over the reins as the teams director of player
personnel this offseason, Vince Magri, the Argos Canadian
scouting coordinator, Demetri Betzios, the teams U.S.
scouting coordinator, as well as head coach Scott
Milanovich, the members of his coaching staff, three
other members of the football operations department and a
reporter from TSN.ca. A speaker phone sat in the middle
of the table. The teams were connected via conference
call, with the league running the show. A roll call was
taken as the tension continued to build. The nervousness
increased even more as Barker learned of a rumour that
Calgary was talking to BC about potentially moving the
first overall pick in a deal. All eyes turned to the TSN
broadcast and seeing Rod Black, Duane Forde, Paul
LaPolice and Chris Schultz seemed to emphasize that it
was time for football. The majority were glued to the
screen as the Ottawa/Calgary trade was dissected.
Opinions were exchanged, albeit in subdued tones, about
the ability of Gott and who came out ahead in the deal.
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abruptly ended when CFL commissioner Mark Cohon appeared
on screen and was asked about the ongoing CBA
negotiations. The room was as quiet as it had been all
night. Someone spoke up and asked if they should make an
offer to Calgary for the top pick. It underscored how
worried they were that their man may not last until the
third spot. Coombs was ranked No. 5 on Fordes list of the
top prospects, higher than most had him going in mock
drafts, although now it didnt matter. The speculation was
about to end. The CFL once again took a roll call to make
sure everyone was ready to go. The procedural rules were
explained and then the words that started the draft
echoed through the room. "Calgary, youre on the clock".
At 7:10pm et, the tension was at its highest level.
Calgary was on the speaker phone and ready to make its
pick. Each player had been assigned a number on a master
list of draft eligible players, Coombs was number 84 on
that list. The team would make its selection by giving
the players number, name, position and school. John
Hufnagels voice came booming through the speakers as some
of the assembled Argo staff stared at the phone while
others looked blankly into space. Hufnagel made the
announcement that had everyone in the room holding their
breath. "With the first pick of the 2014 CFL draft, the
Calgary Stampeders select player number 219..." The
Calgary GM didnt have to get to the name of Pierre
Lavertu, the first overall pick in the draft, before a
bizarre combination of excitement and relief was
exhibited by those in the room. Some physically rose from
their chairs, while others simply exhaled. One down, one
to go. Winnipeg was now on the clock. The tension had
crept back into the room. Eventually the CFL office gave
the Bombers a one-minute warning. Someone evoked the name
of the BC Lions again. Would they move ahead of Toronto?
It was assumed the Bombers would select an offensive
lineman, but if someone traded for that pick, all bets
were off. There was an immediate sense of relief when the
Bombers held onto the pick, and it was almost
anticlimactic when the Winnipegers welcomed Matthias
Goossen to the fold. There was no fist-pumping or high-
fiving in Toronto, just a massive sense of relief when
they realized they had their man. The trade with Edmonton
had not been filed to the league. Barker didnt want to
let others know he was high enough on one of the
prospects to move up. The GM told director of football
operations Ian Sanderson to contact the CFL to confirm
the trade. It was still surprisingly quiet in the room,
even though the Argos now knew they would be able to
draft the player who would make or break this draft. The
pick was confirmed when Chris Rossetti announced to the
league something he was hoping hed have the opportunity
to do. "With the third pick, the Toronto Argonauts are
pleased to select player number 84, Anthony Coombs,
running back, Manitoba." Smiles and laughter finally
filled the room. The prospect that the football
operations department firmly believed was the best pick
in the draft was now a member of the Argos. A phone call
was made to the newest member of the oldest pro football
team to welcome him aboard. Both Jim Barker and Scott
Milanovich spoke to Coombs, congratulating him and
reminding him to keep working hard. Almost as soon as the
pick was made, multiple teams contacted Barker to inquire
if Coombs was available. It seems they were playing the
same waiting game, but the Toronto GMs ability to
aggressively acquire the pick he thought he needed turned
out to be the difference. The discussion in the war room
turned to what other teams were doing, some of the trades
that were made, and what lay ahead. There was discussion
about trying to move up again. At the end of the first
round, there was a brief break, giving people time to
grab a quick bite to eat and reflect on what had been an
interesting, and very successful start to the draft. The
team didnt possess a second round pick so there was some
down time. Barker was inquiring to see if he could trade
up. As picks were made, it was apparent that the mood in
a pro draft room wasnt much different than a group of
friends holding a fantasy draft. Some of the selections
made by other teams were acknowledged as being very good,
while others were questioned or even mocked. Another
interesting aspect of the process was how good staff
members were at predicting who other teams would pick.
While a team would be on the clock, a staffer would
mention that one of their scouts was really high on a
prospect, and more often than not, that player would be
selected. There was some self-congratulation based on how
accurate Torontos mock draft had been. As the second
round progressed, there was great surprise at some of the
picks. All of a sudden, there were two names on the war
room board that occupied the ninth and 10th slots, and
there was now a chance that they would not be chosen
before the No. 21 pick. One of the two was selected, but
the other one was available when the Argos were once
again informed they were on the clock. Jaskaran Dhillon,
an aggressive offensive lineman from UBC, was one of
three players Barker mentioned in the pre-draft interview
as being someone the team would love to obtain. His name
was in the 10th spot on the teams prospect list. Because
they didnt have a second round pick, the Argos had to
wait an hour and 23 minutes to make their second
selection in the draft. They felt it was worth it. Six
more players would be chosen by the Argos, including Eric
Black, the younger brother of Matt Black, the teams
starting safety. At 9:52pm et, the Argos night was over,
and in their eyes, just as it likely was in eight other
war rooms across the league, the night was a success. The
room cleared out quickly, most had flights to catch the
next morning to spend two more weeks with their families
before returning to Toronto to prepare for training camp.
They will soon see what these eight newest Argos look
like when competing against pros.
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