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October 15, 1982
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Nine Players Shifted In NHL’s Waiver Draft
MONTREAL—A total of nine players changed hands in the National Hockey League’s 1982 waiver draft with the New Jersey Devils leading the way by grabbing three defensemen—Carol Vadnais, Dave Hutchison and Murray Brumwell. The Devils were easily the most active of the 21 teams, 15 of which did not even bother to participate in the drafting. All together, seven players were drafted and two others were claimed by teams who lost players. The emphasis was on defensemen in the waiver draft with no less than eight either drafted or dropped off protected lists to make way for new players. The draft, conducted by telephone hookup with the teams from the NHL’s Montreal office, lasted slightly more than one hour. Here’s how the draft proceeded. First round—New Jersey claimed Brumwell from Minnesota. The Devils left center…
BLUELINES
If the football strike lingers on, CBS is expected to show a few NHL games on its network to fill vacant air time. The NHL has no illusions about cashing in, long-term, on the gridders absence from the tube…“The (U.S.) networks are not what we’re counting on,” says the league’s TV guru, Joel Nixon. “Let’s face it, we’re not popular in the Sun Belt.”…Flyers prexy Bob Butera boasts that there are no longer any cigar or cigarette-smokers on his club…A wire service hockey man pooh-poohs Philly claims that there was sorrow at The Spectrum over the Ken Linseman deal. “Ed Snider (Flyers governor) wanted Linseman as far from Philadelphia as possible,” says the scribe, “and Hartford wasn’t far enough.” He adds that the Flyers knew in advance that Linseman would…
Diet Of Hard Work Paying Off For Blues
ST. LOUIS—They were only exhibition games, but it seemed as if they were Stanley Cup playoff games all over again as the St. Louis Blues got ready for the 1982-83 National Hockey League season. First of all, with the boss behind the bench, there was little room for taking it easy, especially when Emile Francis, the Blues’ president, general manager and coach, personally conducted all four daily workouts at the Blues’ training camp in Regina, Sask. Officials at the Agridome in Regina set aside a small room as an office for the Blues’ front office personnel during training camp and Francis seldome left the office, except to go onto the ice to run another practice session. “They’ve got a crock pot in the office and every morning 1 make a pot of soup,”…
Three Divisions Runaways; Adams Seen As Dogfight
TORONTO—If parity has engulfed the National Hockey League, someone forgot to inform the experts. According to a special pre-season poll conducted by THE HOCKEY NEWS among 20 NHL hockey writers, three of the four league division races should culminate in an easy romp for the likes of the New York Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers and the Minnesota North Stars. The Islanders, three-time Stanley Cup champions, are heavily favored by the hockey beat men to do it again just as convincingly as last spring when they skimmed over the opposition to win 15 of 19 postseason playoff games for their third straight cup. Almost the same fate awaits the Norris and Smythe divisions with Minnesota and Edmonton respectively leaving the field behind at the final wire next April. But the Adams Division race is something…
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