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June 1, 1984
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Rogie Finally Reveals He’s High On Quinn
LOS ANGELES—One of these days the Kings will get around to the business of naming a new head coach. Pat Quinn remains the frontrunner for the position, but he hasn’t been signed, sealed and delivered just yet. “All I can say is that the negotiations are getting very close,” general manager Rogie Vachon said just two weeks before the June 9 entry draft. “I don’t see any major problems.” For the first time since the search for Roger Neilson’s successor began back in mid-April, Vachon admitted that Quinn “is among my top two candidates.” “We have never denied we were talking to Quinn,” he said. “It seems like almost everybody knew it. We just couldn’t announce it and we still can’t.” Vachon also said that he had received a telephone call from Gerry Petrie,…
SOME OTHER VIEWS
Hockey journalists have a right to feel both privileged and cursed. The privilege is that they are allowed certain freedoms such as seeing games in person and then having access to dressing rooms. The curse is that sometimes they miss portions of the games—particularly the latter stages—because they are committed to deadlines. This is where TV plays an important role. Say, for example, it is late in the game and a journalist is writing a story for the first edition. If a team scores a goal, chances are the journalist will miss the play because he’s writing a running story of the game. This is when he’s forced to rely on the TV for a replay. This is not to say that the journalist is cheating his reading audience by using TV to report…
Canucks Opt For Fresh Face Of LaForge
VANCOUVER—Harry Neale jumped off the recycling mill and hired a fresh face when he selected Bill LaForge to be the eighth coach of the Vancouver Canucks. But a very great deal rests on the success or failure of that fresh face, not the least of which is the future of Neale in the organization. It’s not that the general manager isn’t solid, but to bring a man, with just four years coaching experience in junior hockey, directly into the NHL to handle one of the supposedly more promising hockey clubs is a risky proposition. There were candidates such as Pat Quinn and Dave King hanging about, not to mention Bob Berry, Tom Watt and even Red Berenson—if he had been approached early enough. Clearly, Neale must feel the 32-year-old former Kam-loops Oilers…
Capitals Think Of Using A Taxi
LANDOVER—During the past season, the New York Islanders and Rangers carried taxi squads that contained as many as seven players, though they still had other talent down on the farm. The Washington Capitals may have a taxi squad next year, too, but their farm system is another story. Since Philadelphia replaced Washington in Hershey in April, Capital general manager David Poile has attempted—without success so far—to come to an alternative working agreement. The Capitals, who built up their team by trading draft choices in recent years, have little talent to bestow upon a minorleague club, which is why they were kicked out of Hershey in the first place. Now it seems that those few players who do not earn berths on the big club will stay in Washington anyway. “We don’t like it and…
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