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March 24, 1995
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Daneyko out, but how long?
Ken Daneyko is a symbol of strength to the New Jersey Devils’ organization. So when the workhorse defenseman was cut down by an injury at Madison Square Garden, it was not surprising it rocked the entire team’s confidence. A magnetic resonance imaging test revealed Daneyko sustained tears to both sides of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in a 6-4 March 8 loss to the Rangers. However, rather than committing to reconstructive surgery that would sideline him until next season, the Devils said they would wait several weeks and see how Daneyko’s knee responds to physical therapy before resorting to surgery. “He will not be operated on immediately,” said general manager Lou Lamoriello. “We’ll rehab him and try physical therapy first and see how he responds. If it can be done…
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
If you had the choice of any player in the NHL around whom you’d try to build a Stanley Cup winner this year, who would it be? For David Poile, general manager of the Washington Capitals, it would be Boston Bruins’ superstar defenseman Ray Bourque. Poile thinks hockey’s ageless wonder would be the perfect foundation for a championship team. “This guy plays at the highest consistent level of any player in the league,” Poile says. Bourque, in the midst of his 16th straight allstar season, may well be the best skater for the job. But my choice would be Buffalo Sabres’ goalie Dominik Hasek, the Sabremagician on pace to become the first goalie since Terry Sawchuk to record back-to-back gOals-against averages of fewer than 2.00. It has been 40 years since Sawchuk had seasons of…
THE SCORE
TOP 50 1994-95 PLAYER SALARIES Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier are the NHL’s two $6-million men. Listed is 1994-95 fullseason compensation of lhe highest-paid players in the league. Players receive a prorated portion of their base salaries. Compensation includes signing bonus payable this season, base salary and deferred income allocated to 1994-95. Salaries are in the team’s national currency, except in the case of Canadian-based players paid in U.S dollars as indicated by asterisks. No misspent youth on talented Nords Payroll to performance, the Quebec Nordiques are the best bargain in the NHL. Like a used car that exceeds expectations, the Nordiques purred through the first half of 1994-95 on cruise control without paying a premium rate for gas. The Nordiques’ full-season payroll is just under $14 million (U.S.), compared to a league average of $16 million (U.S.),…
Minor pro report
AHL looks to expand to U.S. south, midwest As the 1993-94 NHL season drew to a close, Steve Donner decided he had worked for other people long enough and resigned as vice-president, marketing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Having spent nearly 15 years selling tickets, board advertisements and NHL excitement for someone else, Donner wanted his own team. The NHL was a little out of his league, so it would have to be the minors. The International and East Coast Leagues were options; the American League wasn’t. “From the outside looking in, I felt the American League was in danger of becoming a glorified junior league,” Donner said. But Donner had a change of heart. He moved in as president and chief operating officer of the Rochester Americans and put himself in a position to…
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