“Wait, who?”
That’s precisely the reaction you’ll see from people who hear about a career minor-league hockey player making NHL headlines in the preseason. There are plenty of guys who spend their entire career in the minors, making fifty grand a year, maybe twice that if they’re more than a grinder.
What makes Scott Sabourin different from the overwhelming majority of these guys was the unique opportunity he was given by an NHL team, as well as the roller coaster ride he found himself on during the 2019-20 season.
The Ottawa native spent the entirety of his junior career with the OHL’s Oshawa Generals, the fourth year of which he played under head coach D.