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June 20, 1994
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Corbet ready for prime time after sterling start in minors
Rene Corbet isn’t getting the same kind of press as Peter Forsberg, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a top-notch prospect for the Quebec Nordiques. Like Swedish prospect Forsberg, Corbet is penciled in to start the season in the NHL. Despite Quebec’s solid group of forwards, the team missed the playoffs and is looking to alter its components. Corbet’s outstanding season with the Cornwall Aces in the American League makes him a candidate. The Nordiques’ second-round choice in 1991 had 37 goals, 77 points and was plus-24 in 68 games and was named AHL rookie of the year. During one recall last October, Corbet was among the top players in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks. Some observers thought he would remain with the team. Corbet wound up with one goal and two points in…
NHL’s freedom fighters
Group I and II free agents decide whether their old clubs receive compensation or equalization. Equalization is when the two teams agree on a package of players, draft picks and or cash or submit proposals to an arbitrator, who chooses one. Compensation is when old teams receive a draft pick or draft picks determined by the new contract’s average yearly value (base salary, signing bonuses and deferred payments). The schedule is as follows: An offer of under $200,000, no compensation; $200.000-$250,000. one third-round choice; 251,000-350.000, one second-round choice; 351,-000-$500,000, one first-round choice; $501,000-$1 million, two first-round choices; each additional $1 million, an additional first-round choice in successive years. If a Group I player picks equalization, the team losing the player has no right to match the offer. Group I players then generally choose equalization…
Berry shifts positions as Ufer handed reins
International League owners ousted Tom Berry from his role as commissioner and handed over power to league counsel Robert Ufer Jr. Ufer served the IHL for 18 seasons as its legal consultant. The owners added to Ufer’s domain the titles of president and chief executive officer, signaling the June 1 end to a Berry-led era that began in 1989 and saw the league boom into expansion from nine to 17 teams. But league sources say owners grew impatient with Berry’s failure to create quality or quantity in his administration-he had blessings to hire a marketing executive, but the position went unfilled for most of the season-and in particular they were unhappy with the IHL’s lack of progress in gaining national corporate sponsorship. Berry now will function as the league’s senior vice-president, hockey operations. Ufer, who…
Hull trade rumor ‘total lie’
Brett Hull reacted harshly to a St. Louis broadcast report that said he had submitted a short list of two teams to the St. Louis Blues as possible trade destinations. The teams supposedly were the Los Angeles Kings, where Wayne Gretzky reigns, and the Boston Bruins, where former coach Brian Sutter and former linemate Adam Oates reside. Hull termed the report on KMOX radio, the St. Louis Blues’ flagship station, “a total lie.” “I don’t know where it started, or who started it, but it’s a total lie,” Hull said. “I phoned to say I have never asked for a trade. I haven’t, and I won’t. Everyone knows I love it in St. Louis.” Hull didn’t rule out the possibility he might be traded, but he reiterated that neither he nor agent Mike Barnett…
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