From: simpson@bnr.ca (Scott Simpson)
Subject: Re: Steven Rice?
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:25:24 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.122522.17659@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
>In article <1992Nov23.053415.21358@splunge.uucp> bart@splunge.uucp (Barton Oleksy) writes:
>>Rice, Dan Currie and Shawn Van Allen are tearing up the minors, but so
>>far no call-up for any of them.  Currie and Van Allen are in their option
>>years, so they're hoping another team picks them up (both around 24-25 yrs
>>old).  There's a bright future for Rice, but it's hard to say when that
>>future will become reality!  Doesn't look good for this year unless there
>>are trades and/or injuries.
>
>One would think the Senators would offer the Oilers something for
>Currie and Van Allen, since they probably could be obtained for
>a reasonable price, because neither really fit into the Oilers's future.
>
>Gerald

Sigh...  You'd think that, wouldn't you?

I dunno, maybe Mel has been asking and Slats has been doing his usual hold-out
until he gets exactly what he wants bit.  But, the only moves Ferguson and
Mel have been talking about are:

  1.  Since non-recallable waivers have been eliminated in the last CBA, (Oh
      how the Sens know *that* rule), they are waiting for some of the underused
      players on other teams to be put on waivers to be sent down.  The Sens
      (of course) have first-pick of any player put on waivers.  Ferguson has
      been saying "it's just a matter of time" for weeks, since a *lot* of clubs
      are carrying 25-26 players, so 3 or 4 guys sit out each night.

  2.  Mel is currently in Moscow scouting Alexei Yashin and talking to the 
      powers that be to get him here for a few games in the New Year.  They've 
      even arranged for his parents to come to Ottawa this month so they can get 
      used to the place, and they're even trying to find Mr. Yashin a job.  Why 
      Mel is bothering to try to get Yashin to play for a few useless games 
      baffles me.

The one thing I find ironic about how the Sens have been burned with non-
recallable waivers is that both Lonnie Loach and Dominic Lavoie are playing (and 
assumably will play more) for the teams that picked them up, yet they weren't 
getting ice- time on an admittedly poor team.  Lavoie was only called up for two 
games since he had a very poor camp, and Loach just couldn't find the net with 
his shot.

Sigh...  Of course, I'm just bitter 'cuz we're losing.

Of course I'm not expecting them to win every night, but one win a month would 
likely appease my spoiled-by-rooting-for-the-Oilers-for-far-too-many-years 
syndrome.

Anyway, I agree that we're nuts if we're not investingating these two (among
dozens of others, I'm sure).


Later,
Scott
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