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November 26, 1993

November 26, 1993

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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THE DRAW

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Stastny’s big-league career Peters out

Don’t be alarmed that you missed the Peter Stastny farewell tour last season. There’s a perfectly good reason. There wasn’t one. In case you haven’t checked your summaries lately, Stastny is not playing in the NHL this season and probably never will again. The man who entered the league under cloak and dagger from a communist country went quietly into the night. Stastny didn’t plan it this way. The greatest player in the history of the Quebec Nordiques’ franchise had hoped to return to where it all began in 1980. They seemed a natural match. The Nordiques were in desperate need of veteran leadership and a power-play specialist and Stastny was looking for a place to extend his Hall-of-Fame career one more season. Had the free-agent center signed with the Nordiques this season, he…

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Shaw gets another taste of life in press box

David Shaw thought he had put this sort of thing behind him. As an Edmonton Oiler in 1991-92, Shaw was sat out for six games before being traded to the Minnesota North Stars. It was the first time he had watched from the press box during an NHL career that began fulltime with the Quebec Nordiques in 1985-86. Shaw found himself in the same spot again on Nov. 4 and 6 when Boston Bruins’ coach Brian Sutter chose not to use him in games against the Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning. Though he was unhappy, the 29-year-old Shaw didn’t complain. In fact, he thought his coach might be right. “They told me there was room for improvement and I had to pick my game up,” Shaw said. “I agree with them. I was…

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Captain Clark makes comeback

Wendel Clark either has thick skin or he bends the truth. How else do you explain the Toronto Maple Leaf veteran’s claim he never dreamed about leaving the city he once held in the palm of his hand, even when it seemed all of Toronto had turned against him? “Toronto is a great city; a great hockey town,” Clark said. “I never wanted to leave.” As the captain of a team that has risen from the dead, Clark has proven to be more than just a survivor. He’s one of the NHL’s best left wingers, a player both feared and respected by the opposition. Although it once looked as though Clark would either be traded or forced to retire early, the victim of a body beaten and battered into submission, the 27-year-old Kelvington, Sask.,…