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February 24, 1984
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Oiler GM Glen Sather Predicts Lots Of Trading Action
Old Billy Playwright didn’t realize it at the time but he could have been writing Julius Caesar from an angle slanted toward hockey. Just ask the Edmonton Oilers—past and present—save Wayne Gretzky and a handful of other untouchables, which would seem to include defenseman Paul Coffey, left winger Mark Messier and right winger Jari Kurri. For most National Hockey League hired hands, the Mar. 6 trading deadline can be passed off as just another Tuesday at the practice rink. Not the Oilers. As the countdown toward the noon deadline approaches, certain members of the NHL’s skidding overall leaders will be as nervous as an urban cowboy in a backroads Montana saloon. And justifiably so, especially if the recent trend of non-winning—as this issue went to press, the Oilers, minus injured Wayne Gretzky,…
Engineers And Terriers Best In The East
BOSTON—They met away back in the beginning of the season, before the Thanksgiving turkey came out of the freezer, and Boston University beat RPI 3-2. They may have to wait until the playoffs to decide who’s the better club, but BU and RPI continued to win to give further credence to their claims of Best in East this season. Since the Terriers beat the Engineers back on Nov. 19, both teams have continued to dominate. RPI has been more impressive, with a 2-1 loss at New Hampshire the only league blemish since the BU game. The Terriers have hidden behind the pads and glove of goalie Cleon Daskalakis while their offensive strength has gradually emerged to become the match of any team in the league. Boston College and New Hampshire are still…
ON THE CONTRARY
The Falling Leafs HAVE THE MAPLE Leafs gotten so rotten that they’ve turned Toronto fans off hockey? That, of course, is unthinkable, so let’s think about it for. a moment. After all, Toronto is the pantheon of puckchasing. Maple Leaf Gardens is the mecca of stickhandling maniacs. It’s all there in the history books from Charlie Conacher and King Clancy to Syl Apps and Teeder Kennedy to Johnny Bower and Frank Mahovlich. (Punch Imlach, too.) Maple Leaf Gardens was the surest sellout for so long the Toronto club could have put Fink’s mules in the royal blue-and-white uniform, laced on skates and still filled the joint. But Frank Mahovlich has long since left the scene and Toronto’s last Stanley Cup (1967) is but a hazy recollection for all but Imlach, Bower and a few thousand memory…
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
BOSTON—Pete Peeters, G, back in lineup after virus infection. Mike Moffat, G, returned to Baltimore of AHL. Guy Lapointe, D, sidelined indefinitely with broken bone in his hand. CALGARY—Ed Beers, LW, and Mike Eaves, C, back in lineup from injury list. CHICAGO—Randy Boyd, D, sent to Springfield of AHL. Len Dawes, D, back from injury sustained in training camp, assigned to Springfield. Curt Fraser, LW, and Dave Feamster, D, back from injury list. EDMONTON—Dave Lumley, RW, and Wayne Gretzky, C, back from injury list. Tim Molle, D, signed to pro contract from Univ. Alaska-Anchorage, and assigned to Moncton of AHL. HARTFORD—Reid Bailey, D, Jeff Brownschidle, D, and Normand Dupont, LW, sent to Binghamton of AHL. Chris Kotsopoulos, D, Blaine Stoughton, RW, and Doug Sulliman, RW, back from injury list. LOS ANGELES—Bernie Nicholls, C, returned from…
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