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June 20, 1994
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Cup champs claim awards
They made it there, they could have made it anywhere. Three people hugely responsible for the hockey renaissance in New York-Rangers’ general manager Neil Smith, New Jersey Devils’ coach Jacques Lemaire and Rangers’ rearguard Brian Leetch-have been chosen winners of THN awards. Unlike the Jack Adams Award for NHL coach of the year, voted on by members of the NHL Broadcaster’s Association at the end of the regular season, the THN awards for coach and executive of the year take playoff as well as regular-season performances into account. A third category, playoff MVP, deals strictly with post-season accomplishments. A panel of 20 voters, including 10 coaches or GMs and 10 media members, voted on the awards. Smith was the runaway winner for executive of the year, outpolling Vancouver Canucks’ coach-GM Pat Quinn. Bob Clarke,…
Start your checkbooks for free agent season
Every NHL team is looking for the next Adam Graves-a free agent they can sign for minimum cost with maximum return. The problem is, how do you identify such a player? Certainly the New York Rangers couldn’t have expected Graves, who scored just 23 goals in his first 217 NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers, to produce seasons of 26, 36 and 52 goals in Manhattan. The cost to the Rangers was just Troy Mallette because Graves was coming off a seven-goal season. “(Players and agents) all think they’re the next Adam Graves and they’re not,” said an NHL team executive. “They all see themselves as the missing ingredient for another team. Not many are, though, unless they’re a Pavel Bure and how many of those calibre players are there?” Indeed,…
Draft prospects no strangers to collectors
Stardom may not be in the cards for all of this year’s draft prospects, but there is no shortage of cards for them this season. Classic did cards of 16 draft eligibles this season and four companies did World Junior Championship subsets. The rush for the 1995 draft has already begun. Classic has secured the exclusive rights to Czech center Petr Sykora through his first NHL season. Sykora, who played 13 games with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International League this season, is an early favorite for No. 1 in 1995. Here are the top 12 prospects-as identified by The Hockey News Draft Preview-for the 1994 draft, which is scheduled for June 28-29 in Hartford. Also listed are all cards this season. Ed Jovanovski Punishing Windsor defenseman good bet to go No. I. Cards: Classic’s…
Paddock proved to boss he’s right man for GM job
Five months after saying he didn’t like the idea of one man as coach and general manager of Winnipeg Jets, team president Barry Shenkarow is satisfied John Paddock is the right man for the dual role. Paddock, 40, assumed responsibilities as GM when the Jets fired Mike Smith Jan. 19. The appointment became permanent June 3. “John wanted greater control over what players he was going to have to work with. Shenkarow said. “John was quite agreeable as we worked for four or five months and I saw what his strengths were.” Some alterations of the GM’s job description were part of the restructuring. Shenkarow went ahead with those changes confidently after Paddock made several impressive late-season moves, including the acquisition of Dave Manson and the trade that landed Dallas Drake and goalie…
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