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January 24, 2006
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Corvo’s ways turn for better
Something was going to happen. A defining event was on the horizon. In a bar, on the street, wherever. It might have been worse than what took place – a scary thought, that – or it might not have been as bad. Point is, there’s no knowing what outlet Joe Corvo’s downward spiral might have found. But it was coming. “Something would’ve happened,” Corvo repeats. “I just think, the road I was on, it was not the right road.” Which is why, of all the positive steps the 28-year-old Los Angeles Kings defenseman has taken in recent years, the gaudy figure currently beside his name in the plusminus column easily qualifies as the least significant. You know what makes Corvo smile these days? Not goals or assists or plus-minus, not really. His oneyear-old…
Duck call finds youth
With right winger Rob Niedermayer sidelined indefinitely with a concussion and winger Petr Sykora traded to the Rangers, Anaheim recalled top forward prospects Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf from Portland (AHL) Jan. 8. The duo had been on fire in the minors, with Perry ringing off a 17-game point streak and Getzlaf netting eight goals and 33 points in 25 games. “When you’re putting up points and playing a lot of minutes, it helps,” Perry told the Los Angeles Times. CENTRAL DIVISION CHICAGO Playing in just his fourth game since missing 25 with a back strain, left winger Tuomo Ruutu suffered a partially severed tendon in his right ankle against Nashville Jan. 8. He underwent surgery and will miss at least three months…Chicago ended a 10-game losing streak (the team’s longest since…
Islanders shuffle
Let the record show trading Janne Niinimaa to Dallas for John Erskine is the final act of utter foolishness Mike Milbury will inflict on the New York Islanders as the team’s GM. Or at least it should be, but you never quite know with the dysfunctional Islanders. Less than 24 hours after he fired coach Steve Stirling, replacing him on an interim basis with assistant Brad Shaw, Milbury “stepped down” as GM. The idea, as far-fetched as it seems, is for Milbury to hold the post – which he has since 1996-97 – until owner Charles Wang replaces him, perhaps not until the summer. Milbury would then become a senior v-p of Wang’s sports properties. “My goal is to have someone in place by the June draft and off-season signing period,” Wang…
Letters
POWER STRUGGLE OLD-SCHOOL SHOUT-OUTS I am sick and tired of hearing the name Wayne Gretzky. At 70, I have seen all the greats play in their prime: Maurice Richard, Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Hull, Doug Harvey, Jean Beliveau and the greatest of them all, Gordie Howe. Wayne Gretzky is the most overrated of all superstars and besides Gordie, Bobby Orr was a greater player. As for the People of Power, where is Stan Fischler, the dean of U.S. hockey sportswriters and Gordie Howe? He may be 77, but Howe is still a major name in hockey and as I said, the greatest player of all time. Ken Smith, Toronto WHERE’S LEMAIRE? I was aggravated to see Jacques Lemaire dropped from your 2005-06 People of Power list for a number of reasons, not the least of…
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