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February 7, 1992
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Talking about Tocchet
The Detroit Red Wings put a full-court press on the Philadelphia Flyers in hopes of adding the final piece of the puzzle for a serious run at the Stanley Cup this spring. So how close were they to acquiring right winger Rick Tocchet? At least a foot. Tocchet, the tough-guy-turned goal-scorer who was performing neither role to help his team this season, sustained a stress fracture of his left foot, rendering all trade talks involving him moot for three or four weeks. “It gives us a little more time to talk, anyway,” Red Wings’ coach and general manager Bryan Murray said. Murray believes Tocchet needs a change of scenery, say the view from Steve Yzerman’s right side. With Bob Probert on the left, Murray envisions a formidable score-and-destroy line. The Wings did everything they could…
PATRICK DIVISION
THE FOLLOWING ARE STATISTICS FOR ALL PLAYERS NOT IN THE NHL WHO APPEAR ON THE 22-TEAM RESERVE LISTS. STATISTICS ARE AS OF JAN. 19, 1992. STATISTICS FOR ALL PLAYERS IN AUSTRIA, ITALY, NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND AND IN THE SECOND DIVISIONS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND SWEDEN ARE TABULATED AND PUBLISHED ONLY AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN LEAGUES DO NOT TABULATE PENALTY MINUTES. LEGEND: AHL-AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE; CCHA-CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION; CHL-COLONIAL HOCKEY LEAGUE; ECAC-EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE; ECHL-EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE; HE-HOCKEY EAST; IHL-INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE; OHL-ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE; QMJHL-QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE; USJHL-UNITED STATES JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE; WCHA-WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION; WHL-WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE. NEW JERSEY N.Y. ISLANDERS N.Y. RANGERS PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH WASHINGTON…
New Leading Man
You’re Joe Nieuwendyk and you’re trying to figure out what you did to deserve the hell you endured during the second half of 1991. You reinjured your knee during Canada Cup tryouts in August. An injury that was supposed to keep you out a week eventually forced you to leave camp, miss all of the Calgary Flames’ camp and kept you out of the lineup until Oct. 30. You’re named captain during your recovery, something that proved to be both an honor and an albatross. Because of the state of your knee, you became a non-playing captain for the first month of the season. Plus, there was the uncertainty over your contract. You had an agreement from former boss Cliff Fletcher to renegotiate, but questions about your health deferred the beginning of contract…
Fletcher preaching patience
Toronto general manager Cliff Fletcher would have made a fine vintner. Like a great wine maker, Fletcher is patiently keeping his best hidden away until it matures. Despite the Maple Leafs’ misfortunes this season, there is some exceptional young talent in the organization. But unlike his predecessors in Toronto, Fletcher is willing to suffer short-term embarrassment rather than risk ruining the development of those prospects by rushing them. Patience in now the motto in Toronto. As a result, the Maple Leafs should be ready to uncork a few solid NHL players in a year or two that might finally lift the team out of the NHL’s wine cellar. Here’s a look at the top five prospects in order. Felix Potvin: He may be the best goaltender playing outside the NHL. Potvin has lightning-quick reflexes, fast feet, and an…
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