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September 20, 1996
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Team healthy; is its offense?
The Washington Capitals entered training camp in one of those good news-bad news situations. The good news was the veteran core was all but 100 percent healthy for the first time since last February and the team had added high-scoring free agent defenseman Phil Housley to the mix. The bad news was the Capitals still hadn’t picked up the goal-producing forward they desire. But that wasn’t for a lack of trying. GM David Poile came very close to making a deal for Hartford Whalers’ left winger Brendan Shanahan during the entry draft and that door has not completely closed. There were also rumors at one point right winger Dino Ciccarelli might do a second tour of duty with the Capitals, but the speculation ended when the Detroit Red Wings traded the right winger…
McCarty battles demons, now he’s ready for battle
Detroit Red Wings’ right winger Darren McCarty has made a name for himself as a fighter. This season he will be fighting some of his battles on the ice and another one off of it. McCarty entered an alcohol treatment center this summer on an outpatient basis and will enter this season free from the influence of alcohol. “If I didn’t pass out, I wouldn’t stop (drinking),” McCarty, 24, told the Detroit Free Press. “I realized I’ve had a problem for the past few years, but I wasn’t willing to accept it. “No one ordered me to do this. I did it by myself. I was lucky because I never got in trouble with the law. Maybe some of the guys on the team suspected but, you know, no one can tell you…
Pressure on veterans to score more
When the Toronto Maple Leafs’ training camp opened for business, it marked the beginning of a search-a search for goals. The Leafs’ output of 247 goals last season was well below the league average of 258. Their leading goal scorer, Mike Gartner, scored only 35 goals, placing him 28th in the NHL. Gartner has since been traded, as have Dave Gagner and Todd Gill. The three accounted for 73 NHL goals last season. In their places are players with little or no big league experience. Russian rookie Sergei Berezin has been penciled in to replace Gartner’s goals, but it might be unreasonable to expect him to immediately step in with a goal scorer’s touch. The Leafs have a host of possibilities to replace Gagner. Swedish winger Fredrik Modin is a strapping youngster, but not…
Flames vow to keep Reichel
The Calgary Flames do not intend to abide by a German court ruling that ordered center Robert Reichel to fulfill the final two years of a contract he signed with the Frankfurt Lions in 1995. The decision, rendered two days before training camp opened, caught Reichel and the Flames off guard. Reichel apparently did not receive notice of the legal action against him and as a result, did not have anyone representing him in the German courtroom. At issue is the NHL’s transfer agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation. According to Flames’ GM Al Coates, under terms of the NHL-IIHF agreement, any player under contract in Europe may sign with an NHL team before July 15-provided he has an escape clause-with no compensation owed to the European team. In exchange, NHL teams…
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