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October 1, 1996
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Super sniper Hull talk of town for play, outspokenness
Brett Hull has experienced a lot of good and bad with the St. Louis Blues. Through it all, he has done whatever has been asked of him on the ice and while he was once considered lazy and lackadaisical, he has developed a great all-around game and is indisputably the Blues’ best player. Off the ice, however, Hull doesn’t toe the company line. In fact, his boss thinks he’s out of line most of the time. “Maybe he can learn to control his disrespectful comments,” said Blues’ coach-GM Mike Keenan last spring. “He owes it to his teammates, to the organization and the city. It definitely hurts the morale of the team because players don’t appreciate it.” If Keenan was trying to keep Hull from publicly criticizing him and the Blues, well, it…
Former Adams Division has gone to the Pitts
There was a time when the Northeast Division was known as the Adams Division and the Adams Division was known as the toughest in hockey. If you were on the inside you were part of the black and blue, every regular season game was a battle and every playoff game, a war. Teams from outside just didn’t understand. Those days are gone like the Quebec Nordiques and the Northeast now struggles just to be respectable. Sadly, this division is Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Still, by NHL rule and THN law, we must finish the list which will have the Penguins on top with a better-than-100-point season, followed by the Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Hartford Whalers. None of the also-rans will get to 90 points. “I think most…
Waiting the hardest part
The burden of expectation weighs heavily on San Jose Sharks’ center Viktor Kozlov, despite his imposing 6-foot-5, 225-pound frame. “Everybody is waiting for him,” said Vasily Tikhonov, the Russian-born assistant coach with the Kentucky Thor-oflgh blades, San Jose’s new American League affiliate. “I think he has had enough time to learn the North American style of hockey. He just needs to produce this year. It’s time for him to show everybody how good he is.” Great things have been projected for Kozlov since 1992, the year before the Sharks selected the Russian with the sixth pick in the NHL entry draft. He was once considered a prime prospect to be chosen first overall in the 1993 draft, but his stock dropped when he struggled through an unimpressive draft year. Paul Kariya, drafted two…
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