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From: micbrian@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (MAD MAX - THE ROAD WARRIOR)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Buffalo/New Jersey Trade Rumors
Summary: Andreychuk for Burke??
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:47:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <BtLBK8.Er0@wpi.WPI.EDU>, chrisq@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Quaranta) writes...
> 
>	Todays Boston Herald, (8-26), has a report on a trade rumor b/t Buffalo
>and New Jersey.  It says that the two teams are close to trading Dave 
>Andreychuk for Sean Burke.  Anyone have any comments, suggestions, or opinions?
>I'm leaning toward New Jersey getting the better end of the deal, but my 
>opinion usually doesn't mean much so let's hear it.....

As a Sabres fan, I hope that the Sabres DO NOT make this deal, as I see it
heavily weighing towards NJ as advertised.  I hope if such a deal is struck,
there is more to it.

Anyways, besides that, I'm not too excited about trading a perenial 40 goal
scorer for a goalie whose lifetime GAA is about 3.80.  I think that Dave
Andreychuk is worth a little more than that.  

The other thing that scares me about this trade is that the Sabres have 
no proven performer to replace Andreychuk at the moment.  They are close
to signing European Viktor Gordijuk, and feel he can contribute right
away, but I'd rather see what he can do before I move Andreychuk and hand
the job to the new guy.  Andreychuk is the only scoring threat the Sabres
have on the left side.

Lastly, I don't understand why the Sabres need another goaltender.  How
many do they have in their system now, seven perhaps?  They just traded
for Dominik Hasek, a player who wants to be #1.  Burke's beef in NJ was
that he wasn't #1 and wanted to be.  I don't see a healthy situation if
the Sabres put these two together.

In all, I hope this trade remains a rumor.

Brian
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Amonte
From: S900303@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:42:11 GMT
Organization: UM ST. LOUIS

 Hello,
        One quick question, I am  contemplating on whether to hold Tony Amonte
for this season in our fantasy league.  I picked him up in our mid-season draft
last year.  He had an excellent rookie year, but I am wondering if this will
continue???  Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated!
 
                                         Thanks,
                                         Murf
From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Sam Adams ->was: TEAMS TO WATCH (Sabres - better watch quickly)
Date: 29 Aug 92 23:29:09 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Distribution: na
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

> dtasman@dante.nmsu.edu (Dan Tasman) writes:
>> mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown) writes:
>> And what possible connection could beer have to hockey?

>"Hockey Night in Canada", sponsored by (Labatts) (O'Keefe) (Molson) 

Gee, in Boston, the games are sponsored by Kool-aid and Gummi Bears.


Matt
Just kidding, almost constantly
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: gerry@skatter.usask.ca
Subject: Re: HATS OFF AND STICKS DOWN
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:39:15 GMT

From article <allan.715040815@silver-vly>, by allan@cs.UAlberta.CA (Allan Sullivan):
> gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven) writes:
> 
>>In article 4929@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca, cs4cb3@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (CS4cb3) writes:
>>>Craig McTavish - Edmonton Oilers
>>>Rod Langway - Washington Capitals
>>>Randy Carlysle - Winnipeg Jets
>>>Doug Wilson - San Jose Sharks
>>>Brad Marsh - Detroit Red Wings
> 
>>Larry Robinson - LA Kings, who retired last year.
> 
> Are you sure about that? I have seen several pictures of him, and have seen
> him play once or twice, and he was wearing a helmet.
> 
> 

Just to try to clear this up quickly. Robinson didn't have to wear a helmet
(i.e. he was in the same catagory as the other 5 mentioned) and use to go
without one, however for the past oh about 3-5 years he has worn it.
--
Gerald Gryschuk            Saskatoon,Saskatchewan = a place with 9 months
gerry@sask.usask.ca           of hockey and 3 months of poor skating.
Go Habs!!!
From: zebr360@ut-emx.uucp (Jerry Heyman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Bill Torrey??
Date: 27 Aug 92 03:04:46 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

In article <BtJt5E.9A5@acsu.buffalo.edu> micbrian@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (MAD MAX - THE ROAD WARRIOR) writes:
>
>In all, these two players had the season they did because of who they were
>playing with.  It was often LaFontaine who sacrificed himself for his line-
>mates, not vice versa.

Whether Andreychuk and Mogilny had better seasons because of LaFontaine (or
the reverse) is questionable.  Having seen the end results of their seasons,
both playoff and regular season, it reminds me of the last few Islander years.
No wins, more losses, and choking under pressure - get used to it.

>
>>Thats probably true, but who on Buffalo is better?
>
>Mike Ramsey, maybe?  Yes, he's on the downside of his career, but there
>aren't too many who were better than him.

My comment is that if there aren't to many better than Mike Ramsey, then 
Buffalo is definitely NOT on the way up - try Denis Potvin next :-)

>Meehan has taken a bad team and made it mediocre.  However, he has taken the
>Sabres from being the worst team in the league to a franchise that finished
>2nd overall just two years ago.  With John Muckler joining the crew, there
>seems to be a vision now of where management wants the club to go.  I think
>that this year's draft reflected that.  The Sabres are still a team on the
>rise.

I fail to understand how you can take a team from worst (your words) to 2nd
overall (your words) and finish BEHIND the Islanders (points wise) last year
and consider it a team on the rise?  Do you read the standing upside down :-)
Didn't the Sabres finishe about 16th overall points wise during the regular
season?

>>Randy Wood is journeyman hockey player who will never get you a championship,
>>nor cause any problems on the bench.   Teams are full of players like that.
>
>Yes, they are full of them.  Contrary to what you say, players like these,
>plumbers as some of us call them, are indeed necessary to winning championships.
>You need players who will give honest efforts and come to play for you every
>night.  As an Islander fan, you should know this best, as the perfect example
>I can think of is how Butch Goring propelled the Islanders to a championship
>team.

If Butch Goring was a journeyman hockey player, then Gilbert Perrault was
an 'average' hockey player.  To put Randy Wood in the same category with Butch
Goring is like saying the Buffalo Sabres will ever beat the Boston Bruins in
a playoff series.

>Brian

Support Gerry Meehan for mediocrity and be a Buffalo fan :-)

jerry
-- 
Jerry Heyman                  by day: IBM AWD, AIX Development
zebr360@emx.utexas.edu        by nite: Adjunct Lecturer at St. Edward's Univ.

*All comments are my own and should not be construed to represent any one else
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From: arbogastw@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu (Warren Arbogast)
Subject: Re: ESPN-it's about time
Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:09:08 GMT


>>"A National television contract is not a priority of the National Hockey
>>League"
>>    - The incompetent John Ziegler, who has stated this in different forms on
>>      different occasions.

>Not meaning to be picky, but shouldn't that be

>        "A national television contract in the US is not a priority...."??

>That great big country north of PittsbugH (no, not NY State),
>has had a national TV contract for some time now.....

>Brian Down (bdown@vis.toronto.edu)

Not meaning to be obnoxious, *that* national tv contract couldn't pay the 
bills much less match the financial boon that *this* national tv contract 
offers.

Warren
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From: pyacm@trentu.ca (A Colin Morton)
Subject: Re: 2 New Rules ???
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:35:21 GMT

In article <1766@hsdndev.UUCP> nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder 432-4219) writes:
>Can't wait for NBA-like 2 1/2 minute TV timeouts to be introduced to
>NHL by ABC.

This already happens in televised games.  All it means is that teams get
a little extra time to make shift changes during the stoppage.

Colin.
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: What Edmonton needs to be thw big winner!!
Date: 4 Sep 92 11:50:08 GMT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Beat the Smythe in the playoffs and bang up the Norris all year round!!

Dave Shariff Yadallee (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca,
userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
Treaty of Maastricht, synonymous with the Key to Armageddon.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: rwanner@bcarh415.bnr.ca (Rick Wanner)
Subject: Re: NHL Salaries
Reply-To: rwanner@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:49:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.153302.1091@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr) writes:
>A substantial portion of that 3.5 million for Eric includes his signing bonus.
>I believe that the bonus was 2 million.
>
Lindros's contract is $3M a year with a 500,000 signing bonus for each year of the
contract (from TSN).

Richard Wanner    rwanner@BNR.CA     
(613)763-4159     BNR is not responsible for any opinions I have.
   "To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition." - Woody Allen
From: mckinney@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Patrick Mckinney)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: He shoots...
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:18:40 GMT
Reply-To: mckinney@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Patrick Mckinney)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.sport.hockey, rtiger@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>He shoots...

Puck rebounds back to him, he dekes to his backhand, he shoots and hits
the post, and puck is sitting on the goal line...
From: hoebel@cs.rochester.edu (Lou Hoebel)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: ESPN Followup
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:43:03 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester

In article <Bu19tt.Bwp@rice.edu> patrick@is.rice.edu (Patrick L. Humphrey) writes:
>In article <3SEP199211415616@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>, bimson@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (GREG) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep3.122302.27548@cs.rochester.edu>, hoebel@cs.rochester.edu (Lou Hoebel) writes...
>>>In article <Sep03.040044.58615@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> mmb@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Michael Burger) writes:
>>>>Some details:
>     +1 713 528-3626 at Rice. 776-1541 at home. 667-6554 at Palace Lanes. 
>
>                    I've fallen -- and I can't reach my beer!
its nice of you to follow up with all that history. Much appreciated.
Now, let me see if I can reach your beer for you....


-- 
->Louis Hoebel
  Computer Science Department 	hoebel@cs.rochester.edu
  University of Rochester       {ames|rutgers}!rochester!hoebel
  Rochester NY 14627            716 275 5414
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From: ab870@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Rickin)
Subject: A progresive NHL on the verge of stardom?
Reply-To: ab870@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Rickin)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 20:36:31 GMT


Do you think that this post-Ziegler period could be the re-birth of the
NHL?  

I mean, look at all these (IMO) very progressive and very neded rule
changes.  

And, hockey's (probably) back on American TV, even if it wasn't 3 times
a week like SCA (who had terrible announcers anyway).

Could the NHL be the NBA of the 90s?  By the end of the decade, will we
find a weekly game on American free-TV that the networks pay for?

And, will there be Competition for the TV contract?

My god, let's hope so!
-- 
Eric Rickin (ab870@cleveland.freenet.edu)
University of Michigan Class of 1996
East Quad - Cooley
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Bri Farenell)
Subject: Re: New Rules (A Sad Day for Hockey) 
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:01:35 GMT

schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:

>Mark Spiegel writes:

>Hey you forgot the "special" new rule!

>                 1a. The players will now have to wear skirts just
>                     like the ballplayers in "A League of Their Own".
>                        
>Gil Stein is determined to turn the NHL into a league for pussies.

I guess Stein has gotten heat on both sides of this issue. On one hand,
the WWF is supporting the move so that the clutch-and-grab crowd will now
be a wrestling monopoly. On the other hand, comedians are opposing the move
sighting the lack of material that will these new rule changes 
(and the January end of Dan Quayle's VP-ship) will cause.

It seems that this guy and some others would like hockey to go back to
"fencing on ice".

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From: zalewk@rpi.edu (Kenny Zalewski)
Subject: Re: USA HOCKEY address needed
Organization: Information Technology Services at Rensselaer, Troy, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 04:00:31 GMT

In article <farenebt.714966942@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Bri Farenell) writes:
>Does anyone out there have the address for USA Hockey? I am trying to
>obtain a t-shirt or jersey or hat and can't find them around here. I'm
>sick of looking at t-shirts with 1/2 a maple leaf and some foreign
>country's name on them.			

USA Hockey
2997 Broadmoor Valley Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 576-4990

-- 
Kenny Zalewski -- Information Technology Services at Rensselaer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 83 Albright Court, Troy, NY, 12180
zalewk@rpi.edu | Kenny_Zalewski@mts.rpi.edu | zalewk@RPITSMTS.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: jwh@sei.cmu.edu (John Huber)
Subject: Re: Sam Adams ->was: TEAMS TO WATCH (Sabres - better watch quickly)
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:23:22 GMT


In article <21199@optima.cs.arizona.edu>, gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:

|> 
|>  No - he's thinking of Sam Adams - it was brewed in Pitt. when it was
|> first released and for some number of years after. It is now brewed
|> in Boston. I have no idea if they brew from a single brewery or
|> not but I do know they openned their brewery in Boston a while
|> back.
|> 
|> > And what possible connection could beer have to hockey?
|> 
|> 
|> You are joking right? geeeez....
|> 
|> 
|> 			gln

Sorry Gary you are wrong again (as usual ?).  I just returned from another
trip to the Boston area and this trip included a "tour" of the Sam Adams
brewery.  After finding the brewery in the middle of a slum (well maybe this
is actually a better area considering it is Boston :-) ), I was amazed at the
diminutive size of the facility (my office is almost as large as the main
floor of the brewery).

During the tour, the guide stated that only about 5% of Sam Adams beer is
actually brewed in Boston.  Most Sam Adams beer is brewed in Pittsburgh (very
near CMU Gary), even some of the beer sold in the Boston area is brewed in
Pittsburgh.  Sam Adams is brewed in numerous breweries around the world, but
the largest is still the Pittsburgh Brewing Company.  The Boston brewery is
mainly used for seasonal beers.  Fun place to visit, but not worth traveling
to Boston for...

-Jay

ps Somewhat more hockey relate...has anyone seen the new commemorative beer
cans for the Pens back to back cup wins?!?


John W. Huber, Jr. - aka Jay   | Penguins - 1991,1992 Stanley Cup Champions
Software Engineering Institute | Pirates - 1990,1991 NL East Champions
SEI 3217        (412) 268-3550 | MasterCraft - The ONLY boat for skiing
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Re: Sean Burke to Buffalo for ?
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: Curious Goods (formerly Louis Vendredi Antiques)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:36:10 GMT

Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes:
>I heard Sean Burke has been traded to Buffalo for somebody.

According to WFAN-AM all-sports, it is only a rumour and for
Dave Andreychuk.  As a Devils fan, I hope this is a rumour.
(Burkie is worth a lot more.)

gld
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare				Elections 1992-93:
> gld@cunixB.cc.columbia.EDU		* Jean Chretien (Canada)
> gld@cunixc.BITNET			* Perot^H^H^H^H^H Elvis! (USA)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: carrie@wpi.WPI.EDU (Carrie A Ayers)
Subject: Re: He shoots...
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:21:18 GMT

In article <BtLnqu.HuA@wrs.com> gak@wrs.com writes:
>In article 24107@oasys.dt.navy.mil, mckinney@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Patrick Mckinney) writes:
>>In rec.sport.hockey, rtiger@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>>>He shoots...
>>
>>Puck rebounds back to him, he dekes to his backhand, he shoots and hits
>>the post, and puck is sitting on the goal line...
>
>Hackett covers...and time runs out!  No goal!
Alright Jeff, show the Islanders what a mistake they made letting you go!
>
>Sharks 3 Pens 0
>
>---
>gak			Der Herr Buergermeister gibt bekannt, dass ab
>gak@wrs.com		Donnerstag Bier gebraut wird und deshalb ab


Carrie :)
From: epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: New Rules (A Sad Day for Hockey)
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:24:25 -0700
Organization: Malaspina College

In article <4934@balrog.ctron.com>, mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown) writes:
> (Lorne Epp) writes:
>>> 
> No argument, Lorne.  I think the key words are "benefit of the doubt", which
> doesn't mean never, and "obviously", in which case any player should get
> called.  In fact, a "real" player oughta get bonus "stupidity points" if
> he is too obvious about it.  My point (not clear enough) with Fergie is
> that he often retaliated without a fight starting (ie., the original guilty
> party was often in no condition to fight after Fergie's check).
> 

Actually, I expect the refs to give all players the benefit of the doubt,
and call instigating only when it is really obvious, except Schick, who
will make his calls at random, as always.

>>Concerning the new penalty, I think that it might backfire because
>>having a player thrown out is not much of a loss if that player
>>is good for nothing but fighting, a la Steve Durbano. The old rule,
>>which was a minor penalty, resulted in a power play that could
>>cost you the game.
> 
> Two things:
> 1) It's not clear to me that an obvious instigator will get only the
> instigator penalty.  I'll bet refs will throw in an extra 2 lots of times.

Someone else posted that the penalty is 2 minutes plus the game.  I hadn't
heard this; if it is true the rule might work.  If the minor is not
mandatory, though, then any 2-minute penalty would have to be one of
those "roughing" penalties that refs occasionally call to dole out extra
punishment.  These are called pretty inconsistently at present; I don't
expect that to change.  So your goon player's thinking might be, "I'm
not going to score the winning goal, but that guy there might.  Let's
see if I can get him to fight."

> 
> 2) It will only "backfire" once a game (the "Durbano" clone [clown?] will
> be in the dressing room).  

Yes - it restricts a player to starting no more than one fight in a game.
It was fairly rare for a player to start more than one in a single game
under the old rule (just my impression; I admit I haven't kept track. I
can't remember seeing anybody get two instigator minors in one game, 
however).  The rule would make more sense to me if there were a minor
penalty attached to it, or a mandatory one-game suspension.

> Any team that carries 2 "Durbanos"
> will get their punishment in the standings, in a league where quality depth
> will become more important.
> 
I agree.  The days when Steve Durbano could help a team win had passed
long before Durbano retired, in my opinion.  He was an anachronism as well
as a goon.

A summary of my opinion on the new instigation rule:  It is a good
idea if it will work, but I don't think it will work.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Lorne Epp                                               epp@mala.bc.ca
From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: New Rules (A Sad Day for Hockey)
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:08:34 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

(Gary L Dare) writes:
>
>Canucks' Pat Quinn has been a leading spokesman in the press for this
>rule against premeditated fighting vs. spontaneous, but there are
>still questions for me by using John Ferguson and Bob Probert as my
>standards ...  Fergie could punish a guy with a few good checks for
>beating on Cournoyer, but is that instigation or not when it cycles
>through to fisticuffs?

Fergie took a regular shift, and pulled his weight on the team.  I would
be naive to try to say that when Fergie came out after Yvon had taken a
whack, that everybody in the rink was oblivious to what was forthcoming.
However, he was also a player, and he might wait and pick his spot rather
than hop the boards or assault a guy before a face-off.  Contrast this to
a 70's(?) goon like Steve Durbano, who was such a wild man, he was barred
from several leagues, if I recall correctly.  About the only time he came
on the ice and didn't get a fighting penalty, it was because he did some
thing more dastardly first.

Again, Probert at least is a player. Fights that are premeditated by goon
players will be obvious. Real players will be given the benefit of the doubt
by good referees (or is that a fictional beast like the Centaur?)

Matt
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Re: HATS OFF AND STICKS DOWN
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:08:46 GMT

In article 4929@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca, cs4cb3@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (CS4cb3) writes:
>Craig McTavish - Edmonton Oilers
>Rod Langway - Washington Capitals
>Randy Carlysle - Winnipeg Jets
>Doug Wilson - San Jose Sharks
>Brad Marsh - Detroit Red Wings

Larry Robinson - LA Kings, who retired last year.

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From: choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.)
Subject: Re: 2 New Rules ???
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:43:21 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.184250.16878@regina.cs.uregina.ca>, vipin@regina.cs.uregina.ca (vipin) writes:
|> In article <1766@hsdndev.UUCP> nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder 432-4219) writes:
|> >>2.  Helmets are now optional (No longer mandatory)...
|> >
|> >Yup. According to the Bruins Asst GM Mike 'I'm the Biggest Dope' Milbury
|> >who is being interviewed on SportsRadio 590 in Boston, the helmetless
|> >option and the fighting crackdown was...,dig this, the ADVERTISERS' idea.
|> >Interesting to see how the big TV(ABC-ESPN) execs and major national
|> >advertisers can influence the league. I guess money really talks..:-)
|> >
|> >-Mark
|> 
|> The no-helmet-required rule could be the advertisers idea, because it does
|> become hard for the occasional fan to recognize players without the helmets.\
|> 
|> Vip
|> 
|> 

It's a plot! I might suspect a communist plot, but it's just a
way to get people to come out and see some blood. Not too many
hockey players are contenders for the Lady Byng as it is.

Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca
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