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June 1, 1973
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Black Hawks Enter NHL Summer Draft With Good Balance
CHICAGO— So what’s to expect now from Les Black Hawks, who confounded the experts this season by doing so well without Bobby Hull? Well, balance was the word you heard from the organization all winter. That was the postHull formula for success, everyone was saying, and that’s what the Chicagoans will carry into the annual National Hockey League June meetings. They’re quite well fortified in goal and defense from the varsity through the top farm club at Dallas. They could use some reinforcements up front, but desperation is not the case. Trades are possible; quite likely, in fact, if you believe all the gossip. But extensive activity at the draft tables is improbable. “You really can’t expect to do that much,” said General Manager Tommy Ivan. “The most you can lose is one hockey player,…
Munro Staying But Ginnell May Move In WCHL Changes
FLINFLON— The likelihood of earthquakes occurring in Western Canada is about as common is snowstorms at the equator. But if you’re talking about the Western Canada Hockey League, then that’s a different matter. As is the case every spring, more tremors have registered on the WCHL’s Management Meter. In at least three centers, a shakeup appears to be on the way. The strongest indications come from Flin Flon, where coach and general manager Patty Ginnell’s name has been synonymous with success during the past decade. Ginnell is said to be moving on and his destination is the only question mark. Ginnell would not totally confirm reports that his days in the northern Manitoba mining town were over. After the Bombers lost their playoff semi-final to the Saskatoon Blades, he would say only, “There’s a…
Rangers Mar Pull ‘Third Line’ Trade
NEW YORK— With no top picks available to the New York Rangers in the amateur draft, it is not likely New York will get anything of real value in that lottery. For example Steve Vickers, the New Yorkers’ 30-goal rookie was a number four pick last season but the Rangers are well down the selection list this year. Realistically, those Blueshirts in danger would seem to be those forwards who worked on the third line last season. The Walter Tkaczuk, Billy Fairbairn, Vickers forward line is youthful and seems set for a long run. Although under some pressure for a season less successful than in 1971-72, the GAG Line of Jean Ratelie, Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield seemingly will remain intact for another crack at the Stanley Cup hardware which seems so…
NHL Teams Virtually ‘Safe’ With 18 Players Protected
MONTREAL— Unless an outbreak of pre-draft trading develops in the interim, the National Hockey League’s summer ’73 intra-league player picking session could conceivably become an uneventful affair. All signs point to a lean draft for only one reason. There’s hardly any worthwhile players available to the 16 NHL teams. This is the year the clubs are permitted to protect their best 18 skaters without fear of losing anyone of any consequence. Not only are first-year pros and college players still exempt from drafting but as an added bonus for what they’ll lose in the 1974 expansion draft all big league goalkeepers are in the deep freeze for this one. In other words there will be no drafting of netminders this year. It all adds up to a skimpy draft sitting for the current NHL…
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