This team isn't yet a contender, and neither Burns or Keenan can change that. If team president Harry Sinden wanted to improve the team's chances of making the playoffs, signing Anson Carter would have been more beneficial than signing Keenan. Phoenix's Ossi Vaananen leads all rookies with 33 hits. They don't like change. That may explain why that a recent survey showed that Brett Hull , Ryan Smyth , Luke Richardson , Bates Battaglia , Mike Leclerc , Brad May and Bob Corkum were the only NHL players not wearing at least one piece of JOFA protective equipment.
Many players are married to the equipment for life.
They are all very picky about their equipment. He held them together with duct tape. When the Stars meet Buffalo Wednesday, it will make their first visit to HSBC Arena since Brett Hull netted the controversial goal in the final game of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. Then they thought he was never going to make it even as a player. Then the Chicago Blackhawks gave up on him.