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August 19, 1988
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Salming Will Likely Swallow Leaf Lettuce
TORONTO—Look for Borje Salming to be back on the Toronto Maple Leaf blueline when the club opens camp Sept. 9 in Newmarket, Ont. The 37-year-old defenseman. who became a free agent without compensation on July 1. was shopping for a job that would provide him with a substantial raise above the $350,000 (Cdn.) he was paid by the Leafs last season. He also wanted a two-year contract. That’s like looking for caviar at your fecal 24-hour variety store. The Rances of Salming’s cart being empty at the checkout counter were great and he faced the prospect of going back to aisle one and settling for some Maple Leaf lettuce. The Leafs, for whom Salming has played since 1973-74, offered him a chance to finish his career in Toronto. General manager Gord Stellick wants to…
July Couldn’t Keep Up Pace After A Promising Beginning
HARD TO BELIEVE we were able to make it through July with our nervous systems intact, eh? You didn’t have to go anywhere near a tavern to find some pretty intoxicating stuff. Like when Americans got to watch the Democratic Party pretend its members actually like each other, and Canadians got to watch the Americans watch the Democrats. And almost everybody on both sides of the border got to sweat a lot. Pretty powerful memories, huh? So much like that happened that we almost didn’t notice hockey, as is its wont, hibernated through Sure, there was an early peak when the free-agent lists—that annual compilation of the overpaid and underachieving, along with the infirm and the inept—was announced, but for excitement, the month traditionally falls short of, say, an exhibition game between Toronto and Vancouver. Not that…
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It hasn't been so long since the Edmonton Oilers put away the Boston Bruins in four games to win their fourth Stanley Cup in five years. Hockey off-seasons are shorter these years, and the 1988-89 NHL season is almost upon us. Teams have been scrambling to assemble the right personnel for the year's opening faceoff. In the next issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, our correspondents will keep you in touch with their teams' summer movements, including a look at who's new in the league, who's changed uniforms, and who's been released by the 21 member clubs. We'll also keep you up to date on off-season happenings in the International League, American League and the three major junior leagues. You'll also get the wit, wisdom and insight of our regular roster of columnists,…
Klima Rejects Rehab Offer, Says He’ll Only Drink Pop
DETROIT—Red Wing left winger Petr Klima said it’s been nearly three months since he’s had a drink. “No more beer for Petr,” Klima said. “Just pop.” Klima, along with right winger Bob Probert, remained two of the most talked-about athletes in Detroit, even though the hockey season was in limbo. The talk came while both Red Wing general manager Jim Devellano and coach Jacques Demers were on Florida vacations, and centered around what the Wings were going to do with the two players. They were publicly condemned by Demers for their curfew-breaking drinking binge with four other players the night before the fifth and final game of the Campbell Conference final in Edmonton. Demers confirmed that Red Wing owner Mike Hitch doubled the $ 16,000 playoff pay checks for all players on the team,…
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