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From: bks2@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (bryan.k.strouse)
Subject: NHL INJURY REPORT FOR 11-16-92
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:03:40 GMT




NHL INJURY REPORT FOR 11-16-92


TEAM	PLAYER			INJURY				DATE BACK
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NYR	John Vanbiesbrouck	pulled groin muscle		D-to-D
NYR	John Patrick		sprained right shoulder		Nov. 22

PHL	Pelle Eklund		broken right foot		INDEF
PHL	Ric Nattress		lower back strain		INDEF
PHL	Tommy Soderstrom	abnormal heartbeat		INDEF
PHL	Viacheslav Butsayev	groin pull			D-to-D

PIT	Kevin Stevens		torn right knee cartilage	Dec. 05

WAS	Randy Burridge		right knee surgery		INDEF
WAS	Dimitri Khristich	broken right foot		INDEF
WAS	Rod Langway		shoulder and knee surgery 11/20	4-5 WEEKS
WAS	Michal Pivonka		pulled groin			D-to-D
WAS	Jason Woolley		broken left wrist		INDEF

BOS	Glen Featherstone	back pain			INDEF
BOS	Darin Kimble						RH in PROV
BOS	Cam Neely		left knee surgery		INDEF

BUF	Donald Audette		right knee surgery		INDEF
BUF	Grant Ledyard		frac. finger on right hand	INDEF
BUF	Ken Sutton		broken left foot		Nov. 17

MON	Sean Hill		abdominal strain		INDEF
MON	Brian Skrudland		torn ligament in right knee 	INDEF

OTT	Andrew McBain		groin strain			D-to-D
OTT	Mark Freer		charley horse left thigh	INDEF
OTT	Darin Madeley		sore shoulder			D-to-D

QUE	Valeri Kamensky		broken right ankle		INDEF
QUE	Scott Pearson		sprained left knee		INDEF

CHI	Keith Brown		left shoulder surgery		Jan. 01

STL	Kelly Chase		pulled groin			D-to-D
STL	Bret Hedican		sprained left knee		D-to-D
STL	Vitali Karamnov		pulled groin			INDEF
STL	Dave Lowry		sprained right knee		INDEF
STL	Brendon Shanahan	pulled groin			D-to-D
STL	Ron Sutter		pulled abdominal musc.		D-to-D

TBL	Shawn Chambers		left knee surgery		RH in ATL
TBL	Basil McRae		broken left leg			INDEF
TBL	Martin Simard		right knee sprain		Nov. 15
TBL	Wendell Young		dislocated right shoulder	Nov. 15

TOR	Grant Fuhr		damaged knee cartilage		Nov. 16
TOR	Rick Wamsley		left knee strain		D-to-D
TOR	Peter Zezel		right knee bruise		D-to-D

CAL	Chris Dahlquist		bruised ribs			2 MORE WEEKS
CAL	Al MacInnis		dislocated left hip		MIN 8-12 WEEKS
CAL	Michel Petit		separated right shoulder	INDEF
CAL	Trent Yawney		broken right clavicle		INDEF

EDM	Brian Glynn		tear in meniscus of left knee	D-to-D

LAK	Wayne Gretzky		herniated disc			INDEF
LAK	John McIntyre		back strain and hip contusion	D-to-D

SJS	Yvon Corriveau		back spasms			INDEF
SJS	Link Gaetz		impaired motor skills		INDEF
SJS	Jeff Hackett		groin pull			INDEF
SJS	Jeff Odgers		broken right hand		INDEF

VAN	Dave Babych		hernia				INDEF

WIN	John Druce		broken right wrist		Dec. 01
WIN	Randy Carlyle		groin pull			Nov. 20
WIN	Bryan Erickson		abdominal muscle surgery	INDEF


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From: mbeadle@ancho.gac.edu (Michael J Beadle)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Mario a role model for kids!
Keywords: only one who dserves a million?
Date: 17 Nov 92 16:28:01 GMT

In article <3871@mdavcr.mda.ca>  writes:
> Now, let's not forget Susan Dart and -Rob's allegation that Mario is a  
great
> role model for kids! I guess we now know why he is the only athlete in  
the
> world who deserves more than $1 Million a year. Oh Mario you're so  
good...

What is so wrong with thinking of Morio as a role model?  I'd love to mode
my play after his.  What makes him not a good role model?
look at all of the other por sports figures who have done things wrong
Rose,L.T.,Dexter Manly...  They have been looked upto for years and
now look drugs and gambling.

As for deserving a million a year...anly the people who him can decide  
that.

Mike at Gustavus
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: patrick@psych.toronto.edu (Patrick Keelan)
Subject: Re: Domi vs. Brown
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:02:47 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.153356@cobra.calgary.chevron.com> vstem@cobra.calgary.chevron.com (D. Stewart McLeod) writes:
>In article <1992Nov20.173328.9221@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes) writes:
>
>|> exchanged in the rematch, but it is clear that Dave Brown is, and always
>|> has been, the premier fighter in the NHL.
>
>		  ^===== I second this...the guy is an animal. 
>
>I saw Dave beat the stuffing out of Stu (make my face bleed) Grimson while
>Dave was with the Oilers and Stu with the Flames. Stu was called up from
>Salt Lake for the big game against Edmonton (Tim Hunter was injured).
>
>The inevitable happened and the two met. Brown broke Stu's jaw and Stu was
>promptly traded from the Flames.
>
Wasn't Brown also the guy who beat the *#@^%& out of Claude Lemieux
a few years back when Lemieux tried to practise that silly pre-game
ritual of shooting a puck into the opposition's net just as both
teams left the ice after the pre-game warmup?

-Pat K.
 U. of Toronto
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: etxonss@ufsa.ericsson.se (Staffan Axelsson)
Subject: Elitserien, Sweden: Results Nov. 17
Organization: Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:59:56 GMT


 AIK - Frolunda 0-3 (0-1,0-1,0-1)

 1st - VF  0-1 Peter Berndtsson 6      (L.Dahlstrom)
 2nd - VF  0-2 Stefan Larsson 5        (S.Boisvert,J.Heed)
 3rd - VF  0-3 Serge Boisvert 4        (D.Alfredsson,J.Heed)

              Shots on goal:           Penalties:          Attendance:
 AIK           4 12 10  -  26          6*2min              5,652
 Frolunda     13 10 10  -  33          7*2min

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 Standings:

 Team         GP   W  T  L   GF-GA  (+/-)  Pts
 =============================================
 MoDo         15   8  2  5   68-53   +15   18
 Vasteras     15   7  3  5   48-40    +8   17
 Farjestad    15   7  2  6   59-47   +12   16
 Brynas       15   7  2  6   55-49    +6   16
 Malmo        15   7  2  6   55-52    +3   16
 Djurgarden   15   7  2  6   33-32    +1   16
 HV 71        15   7  2  6   54-55    -1   16
 Leksand      15   7  1  7   57-52    +5   15
 Lulea        15   7  0  8   42-49    -7   14
 Rogle        15   5  3  7   46-47    -1   13
 ---------------------------------------------
 Frolunda     15   6  1  8   44-51    -7   13
 AIK          15   4  2  9   30-64   -34   10

 Thursday, Nov. 19: Djurgarden-AIK, MoDo-Rogle, Brynas-Lulea, HV-Vasteras
		    Malmo-Frolunda, Farjestad-Leksand
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 The Best Goal Scorers:

 #: Player:               Pos: Team:           G:
 -- -------               ---- -----           --
 19 Markus Naslund          F  MoDo            13
 21 Peter Forsberg          C  MoDo            11
 20 Kamil Kastak            F  HV 71           11
 10 Ove Thornberg           F  HV 71           11
 26 Lars Bystrom            F  MoDo            10
 25 Stefan Elvenes          F  Rogle           10
 16 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson    C  Farjestad        9
  9 Robert Svehla           D  Malmo            9
 28 Roger Akerstrom         D  Vasteras         8
 11 Tom Bisset              F  Brynas           8
 26 Anders Huss             F  Brynas           8
  5 Hakan Loob              F  Farjestad        8
 40 Mika Nieminen           C  Lulea            8
 24 Peter Ottosson          F  Farjestad        8
 17 Daniel Rydmark          C  Malmo            8

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: kshafer@.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Keith Shafer)
Subject: Sharks Tickets Wanted
Reply-To: kshafer@cheers.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Keith Shafer)
Organization: NCR Corporation, E&M - San Diego
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:13:00 GMT

My family will be in the bay area from 12/26 - 1/3/93 and we would like to
attend one of the following sharks games:
     Saturday, 12/26:  Los Angeles at San Jose
     Wednesday, 12/30: Philadelphia at San Jose
     Saturday, 1/2:    Vancouver at San Jose
We tried to order tickets over the phone and it seems that only single seats
are available.  I would like to get at least 5 seats to one of the games
above.  If you know of a place where I can get some seats (they don't have to
be all together, but at least two pairs and a single), please let me know.

- Keith
Keith.Shafer@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM      | ..!uunet!ncrcom!ncr-sd!cheers!kshafer
kshafer@cheers.sandiegoca.ncr.com    | ..!ucsd!ncr-sd!cheers!kshafer
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From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Subject: Pens weekend box scores
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:52:13 GMT

Here are the box scores for the Pens weekend home and home series against the
NJ Devils.  The Pens won both games by the scores of 4-1 and 2-0.  I'll post
reviews of both games sometime this afternoon.

Before I post the box scores, I have news on a minor roster move by the Pens.  
On Saturday the Pens waived forward Jamie Leach.  Leach was then picked up by
the Hartford Whalers.

BOX SCORE (11/20)
PITTSBURGH 2-1-1=4
NJ DEVILS  0-1-0=1

FIRST PERIOD: SCORING: 1, Pittsburgh, McEachern(Francis)10:03.  2, Pittsburgh,
Tocchet(M.Lemieux, Mullen)19:52.  PENALTIES: Fetisov, NJ(interference)1:02

SECOND PERIOD: SCORING: 3, New Jersey, Stevens(Stastny, C. Lemieux), 9:20pp.
4, McEachern(Tocchet, M. Lemieux)16:35.  PENALTIES: Jagr, Pittsburgh,(holding
the stick)9:00.  Semak, NJ(holding the stick)10:09.  U. Samuelsson, Pittsburgh
(slashing)13:16.  McKay, NJ (unsportsmanlike conduct)13:16.  C. Lemieux, NJ
(high sticking)14:32.

THIRD PERIOD: SCORING: 5, Tocchet 13(Mullen, M. Lemieux)1:36.  PENALTIES: Loney
Pittsburgh(holding)16:55.

SHOTS ON GOAL:
PITTSBURGH: 16-11-9=36
NJ DEVILS:  12-11-11=34

GOALIES:
Barrasso (34 shots, 33 saves.  12-2-2)
Billington(36 shots, 32 saves)

Ref: ?  Linesmen: ?

BOX SCORE (11/21)

PITTSBURGH: 1-1-0=2
NJ DEVILS:  0-0-0=0

FIRST PERIOD: 1, Jagr(Francis)18:06shg.  PENALTIES: Mallette, NJ(high sticking)
7:09.  Fetisov, NJ(hooking)10:18.  Stapleton, Pittsburgh(roughing)10:18. Straka
Pittsburgh (elbowing)13:33.  S.Stevens, NJ(roughing)14:44.  U. Samuelsson,
Pittsburgh(roughing)14:44.  Stastny, NJ(interference)15:09.  Barrasso, Pitts-
burgh(unsportsmanlike conduct)served by Jagr,15:23.  Stanton, Pittsburgh
(hooking)16:42.  McKay, NJ (interfering with the goaltender)18:46.

SECOND PERIOD: SCORING: 2, Pittsburgh, Francis(Tocchet, M. Lemieux)9:11pp.  
PENALTIES: Zelapukin, NJ(tripping)7:11.  MacLean, NJ(high sticking)8:05.

THIRD PERIOS: SCORING: No scoring.  PENALTIES: Murphy, Pittsburgh(high-
sticking)2:31.  Semak, NJ(holding)4:21.  C. Lemieux, NJ (roughing) 12:57.
U. Samuelsson, Pittsburgh (roughing) 19:43.

SHOTS ON GOAL:
Pittsburgh: 7-14-8=29
NJ Devils   13-8-8=29

GOALIES: 
Barrasso(29 shots, 29 saves, 13-2-2)
Terreri(20 shots, 27 saves)

Ref: Koharski  Linesmen: McCourt, Broseker

Lori
Contact for the Penguins
lli+@cs.cmu.edu




Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: gp2011@andy.bgsu.edu (George Pavlic)
Subject: What's wrong with Robbie?
Followup-To: rec.sport.hockey
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:23:26 GMT

I am an avid Penguins fan.  With players like Mario, Tocchet and Stevens,
how can one not like this team.  My one regret, though, is that the Pens
let Robbie Brown get away.  Brown was, and still is, my favorite hockey
player in the NHL.  I admit that he doesn't have the greatest skills, but
hey, he made it to the NHL and he sure can score goals.  Remember, Mario
Lemieux had his best season (199pts) when Brown played on his right wing. 
Robbie also had a good year with 49 goals and 115 points.  I ask anyone who
follows the Blackhawks to please let me know why he is not playing this
year.  I know he had a knee problem at the end of last year, but I thought
he was over that.  Please mail as soon as possible.  Thank you.

George    gp2011@andy.bgsu.edu
From: news@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Pocket Schedules: Ottawa Senators needed
Date: 21 Nov 92 15:11:40 GMT
Organization: McGill University

Hi,

I am in a real need of one or two Ottawa Senators pocket schedules.
Can anyone help me out?

Suzanne

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  McGill University
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Organization: H&SS Dean's Office, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:31:15 -0500 
From: Anna Matyas <am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Upcoming divorces...


>I believe Errey has a girlfriend or married. I remember an interview

Errey is married.

>There are two sides to every story and we haven't heard Mario's yet.
> 
>Word about pro players behavior in town spreads fast here. Its well
>known here that Coffey was a heartbreaker. Jagr has been sighted all over
>Pittsburgh with many different women. I know a few women who've met
>with Jaro. Bubby Brister [of the Steelers] is a nightclub regular
>(what else does he have to do now anyway?).

Just goes to show you that women don't always go out with guys because
of looks and brains.  Bubby Brister?  Someone...quick...bring me a barf
bag.  Didn't he go out with Edye Tarbox (of the ill-fated "Mike and Edye")?

"met with"???  I'm not sure what that means.  Robbie Brown "met with"
alot of women here too, so I've been told.  And I've heard countless tales
about Mario's indiscretions and Coffey's pig-like behavior.  I also heard
Tocchet was accused of rape twice in Philadelphia.  People love to talk.

Mom.
From: mattb@ctron.com (Matthew E. Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Bruins Goalie Mike Bales
Date: 23 Nov 92 17:16:23 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matthew E. Brown)
Distribution: na
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

chill@cbnews.cb.att.com (daniel.a.miller) writes:

>	During the start of this season, I thought rookie goalie (ex-Ohio State)
>was going to be the third goalie for the Bruins. I noticed he has been playing 
>in Providence of the AHL, and has seen action in at least eight games so
>far. As a former Ohio State hockey season ticket holder, and BIG fan of
>Mike Bales, can any Bruin or Providence fan tell me how Mike is doing? Does
>he have what it takes to be a starter in the NHL?? And how has he adjusted to
>playing in the pros?

According to Globe/Hockey News columnist Kevin Paul Dupont (quoting Milbury)
it looks like John Blue is the designated 3rd man, with Bales 4rth and Matt
Delguidice a somewaht distant 5th. (This from a Sat or Sunday Globe article
I don't have in front of me.) 

Blue, in contrast with Bales, had a pretty weak camp, but started to get it
together once in Providence. Bales hasn't looked quite as good, and Delguidice
hasn't shown much.

Now, here is where the head games start. Are they really positioning Blue
to join Boston if the wear and tear on Andy and Reggie gets to be too much,
or are they shopping Blue around, figuring that Bales is the future guy?
Blue is a little old and has knocked around a lot. Hard to figure what 
the brain(t)rust is really thinking.

The down side, however, is the fairly poor record Boston has in developing
goalkeeping talent. they have either burnt out or traded away most goalies
they draft (thinking mostly of Moffat, Ranford, Foster) or not brought along
the ones they kept (Daskalaskis & Delguidice). I'm not sure if this is a 
talent problem or a coaching/development problem. Somebody here previously
mentioned (or was it on tv?) that picking young goalies is kind of a crap
shoot. That certainly seems true with the Bruins.

I'll leave the details on Mike's performance to somebody who has seen him
in Prov (the game I saw on NESN had Blue in goal, and playing very well).

Matt
From: d1a@icf.hrb.com (Darren Almeida)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Stumpel & Sweeney STATS
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:48:43 EST
Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.


> Somebody asked for Josef Stumpel & Tim Sweeney's stats in Providence, so 
> here they are:
> 
> 
> 	  GP    G   A   Pts
> Stumpel   16   13   19   32
> Sweeney   16   11   16   27

	Not exactly the question of the century, but does anyone know
	if Tim Sweeney is related to Bob or Don?

	(I know Bob and Don aren't related.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Lindros again
From: jrmst8+@pitt.edu (Joseph R Mcdonald)
Date: 21 Nov 92 17:41:17 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Nov20.213020.7497@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902159@ariel.yorku.ca (DAVID A LISOGURSKI) writes:
>BTW, does anyone have Mario's stats for his first year?
>
>--Dave


Mario had 43 goals and 57 assists in 70-some games his first year on possibly
the worst team of the 1980s.

Dean

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: hunt7551@mach1.wlu.ca (len hunt 9208 U)
Subject: Worst NHL Teams
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:33:49 GMT



Recently, there has been suggestions that the Pittsburgh Penguins team of
1983-84 was the worst team ever, or at least of the 1980's.  Below is listed
the 10 worst seasons by an NHL team ever, and as can be seen the Pittspurgh
Penguins season does not make the list.  The list shows quite a few
expansion teams as having the worst seasons, not surprisingly.  It also
appears that the Ottawa Senators are heading for a place high upon this list.



Top ten worst NHL seasons by a club (by Winning Percentage)



Rank Year   Team                  Record            Win Pct.

1   1974-75 Washington Capitals  08 67 05           .1313  *
2   1930-31 Philadelphia Quakers 04 36 04           .1365  *
3   1929-30 Pittsburgh Pirates   05 36 03           .1477
4   1919-20 Quebec Bulldogs      04 20 00           .1667  *
5   1943-44 New York Rangers     06 39 05           .1700
6   1972-73 New York Islanders   12 60 06           .1923  *
7   ??????? Chicago Black Hawks  07 43 03           .1932 
8   1989-90 Quebec Nordiques     12 61 07           .1938
9   1975-76 Washington Capitals  11 59 10           .2000
9   1980-81 Winnipeg Jets        09 57 14           .2000  *

* - first year for franchise

Clearly, the worst seasons by NHL clubs does not include Pittsburgh's 
16 58 06 season of 1983-84 (Winning Percentage .2375).  In fact, two other
teams during the 1980's had a lower winning percentage then Pittsburgh,
i.e., Winninpeg (.2000), and Quebec (.1938).  It should also be remembered
that the Pittsbugh team of 1983-84 was in a tough race with New Jersey for
the number one pick overall, and consequently they probably could have had a
better record without this New Jersey pressure.  If anything the Penguin
season of 1983-84 shows testament of a need for an NBA draft lottery for the
NHL clubs missing the playoffs.

It is typical of Pittspurgh fans to think that the 1983-84 Pens team was the
worst ever, since they believe that the NHL is about 10 years old.  They
probably are unaware that the Pittsburgh Pirates played in the NHL long
before the Penguins came into existence.  


Go Islanders,,

Len Hunt..................................hunt7551@mach1.wlu.ca
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:54:46 EST
From: <RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: What's wrong with the Rangers?

Can anybody explain why the Rangers are in a slide right now?  They just
keep losing, and I can't find any explanation for it in the papers or anywhere.
Not that I'm complaining, it's just that when a great team like the Rangers
is pushing around .500, something must be wrong.  Of course, back to back game
against the Penguins may bring back their winning ways, but I'm hoping they
don't find theirselves before then!
** Rob **
From: ch218@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Erik A. Horn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Hockey Schedule.
Date: 23 Nov 1992 18:36:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I have a problem and was wondering if anyone could help.  I am
planning on going to Winnipeg in December and hopefully 
catching a hockey game there.  The problem is, I live in 
Nebraska, and considering most of the state does not even know
what hockey is(Except the Lancer fans), I can not find any 
NHL schedules.  So I was wandering if someone could take a 
little time and send me the home games for Winnipeg in Dec, and 
early Jan. to me, and who they play.  I would be most 
apreciative.  My email address is ch218@cleveland.freenet.edu.
Thanx again... 
-- 
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Slap Shot-
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From: leunggm@odin.control.utoronto.ca (Gary Leung)
Subject: Re: 1st draft pick of 1993?
Organization: University of Toronto, Systems Control Group
Distribution: na
Date: 21 Nov 92 06:18:18 GMT

In article <1ejjh1INNiki@gambier.rick.cs.ubc.ca> p7z092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Anthony Jang) writes:
>>
>A open question to all the people who supported Lindos's decision not to play
>for Quebec:
>What if he decided to snub your team?
>How would you feel about him then?
>

I think that only Eric Lindros and the Lindros family know
precisely the reasons why he didn't want to play in Quebec City.
I'm sure that money was a big part of he. He also cited that he
felt Quebec Management was not dedicated enough for winning. In
addition, he has publicly stated his dislike of Quebec GM Marcel
Aubut. I think all of these factors, plus maybe a few I haven't
mentioned, led to his decision.

Personally, I don't hold anything against Lindros for deciding
not to sign with the Nordiques. This is a free society after all
and as long as he was willing to accept the consequence (e.g.,
no paychecks for a full year or two), then he has every right to
sign or not sign with a team. I certainly wouldn't label him as
a cry baby or whatever just because he refused to sign. 

My main beef with this Lindros affair has to do with the way the
league, as a whole, reacted to the situation. More than once,
the league suggested that the Nords should try to trade Lindros
as quickly as they could, to put an end to L'affair Lindros.
The NHL did not take the position of backing the Nords. I think
that this sets a bad precedent. The league has to protect the
draft process. By allowing Lindros to choose not to play for the
Nords, they are sending a message to every 18 year old phenom that
it's okay to demand a trade (even before you've played a single
game in the NHL) if you don't want to play for the team that
drafts you. This underminds the entire process.

Just my 2 cents

Gary
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Domi vs. Probert
From: caldwell8102@mtroyal.ab.ca
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:15:51 MST
Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Nov23.103628.1@vaxr.sscl.uwo.ca>, 2351625ec400@vaxr.sscl.uwo.ca writes:
> 	In Saturday's Toronto Sun, Domi announced that the most important
> game of his season was on Dec. 2, when the Rangers meet Detroit. This was 
> because he could hardly wait to battle Probert for the 'belt', as it was 
> referred to. Incidentally, this is also the first time the Rangers are 
> scheduled to play on ESPN, and apparently the League is already considering
> what to do in the event of a fight, because, as Domi said, there is little
> doubt that there will be an instigator.
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And it will be Domi. Probert has better things to do than fight the little 
creep and then sit in the box for five minutes. If Domi brags all week about
the fight, and then goes out and starts one, does anybody besides me think 
that Domi should be suspended?

								Alan