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October 21, 1994
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Svoboda to team’s fans: ‘I didn’t quit’
For Petr Svoboda, the NHL’s on-going labor impasse is more than a dispute, It’s also a roadblock to redemption. “The last year and a half hasn’t been fun,” said the Buffalo Sabres’ defenseman, “I’ve had problems with my knee, I’m not using that as an excuse, but there were problems, I couldn’t play (at the end of the playoffs last season) because of it, I would never quit on this team.” Svoboda was stung by reports last spring that he gave up during the first-round series with the New Jersey Devils, A survivor of reconstructive surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament, Svoboda said he reinjured the knee about two weeks before the playoffs started. “You don’t want to say too much about it because people really don’t want to hear about it,”…
Coach likes competition at center
Washington Capitals’ coach Jim Schoenfeld has a nice situation on his hands-two talented centers who are battling each other to be No. 1. Joe Juneau signed an $8.2-million contract over the summer to become the richest Cap ever. He missed some time in training camp with an injury, but still scored four points in five games. Pat Peake will make $210,000 this season, was switched from right wing to center and had six points in five games. “Right now Pat Peake is our best center,” Schoenfeld said at the end of camp. Peake thought that was “the funniest thing I’ve heard all camp.” Juneau wasn’t amused. “If Pat Peake is going to have more points than me at the end of the season, he’s going to have to have 130 of them,” he said. It’s a…
Linden backtracks on controversial comments
During last spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs, Vancouver Canuck captain Trevor Linden won a lot of admiration for his leadership and courageous play. He was an inspiration on the ice and a model of co-operation in the interview room. His image never looked better. But that image took a battering after he made some ill-chosen remarks on the lockout. Asked if he felt players’ salary demands were pushing ticket prices out of the reach of families, Linden replied: “I wouldn’t suggest taking a family of five to the game unless you can afford it. It’s expensive. Take your family of five to the fair. That’s what we did when I was a kid. “That’s just the way it is. If people feel the prices are too expensive, don’t come to the games.” Linden was roundly criticized…
Season hangs in the balance
Unhappily, baseball has found a way of insinuating its way into the hockey world. Consider: Some games last year got so tangled up in the neutral zone they were as dull as anything ever witnessed on a diamond. That’s going some. Consider: It was a former baseball owner who lashed the hardest hit of stalemated negotiations. Ex-Houston Astros’ and current New Jersey Devils’ boss John McMullen questioned Bob Goodenow’s intelligence after one bargaining session. Consider: Goodenow and Gary Bettman are now both oh-for-two in hockey labor negotiations. Neither has reached agreement on a labor agreement without a work stoppage. Consider: The NHL Players’ Association believes the NHL is trying to hit a home run-a charge the league denies-rather than settle for an extra-base hit. Consider: If both sides don’t choke up a little bit, protect…
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