NHL ENTRY DRAFT

June 21, 1997

Wes Jarvis

No, New York flew me down and they were talking to me and, you know, I was pretty thrilled to be picked by them. It's a great organization to be picked from. I'm just really happy with it.

I think mostly Scott Stevens. I think he's the all-around defenseman. I try to pattern my play around him mostly. I look a at a lot of other players and I look at their strong points, and I just try to put that into my game.

I think my skating, my aggressiveness, my checking, good puck handler. I think I'm a team player first.

A little bit, you know -- you know, I thought I might have gone a bit higher. But I guess I'll make up for it by getting drafted by such a good team. I'm really pleased.

Yeah, I think so.

Thanks very much.