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February 7, 1997
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Don’t count on Avalanche repeat
Impertinent thoughts on pertinent subjects: □ Whenever Philadelphia gets hot during the regular season, I’m always reminded of the 1980 Flyers’ club that set a record-35 straight games without a loss-but forgot to win the Stanley Cup. □ There isn’t a more delightful split personality in the NHL than Buffalo Sabre Matthew Barnaby. On the ice he’s public enemy No. 1. Off-ice, the Sabre is one of the nicest chaps this side of Winnie The Pooh. □ Jacques Lemaire fingers Doug MacLean as the NHL’s best coach. He’s close. The answer is Ted Nolan. □ Wade Redden needs two more NHL years before we can fairly judge him, but by 1999, he should be en route to a Norris Trophy. □ Ron Hextall could swim across the Atlantic, climb Mt. Everest and break the bank…
Gut check for Chelios
For Chris Chelios, the Chicago Blackhawks’ dismal first half was difficult to stomach for a couple reasons. Not only did the Hawks’ 17-22-8 record at the all-star break put Chelios in danger of playing on a losing team for the first time in his career, but a nagging abdominal problem made the three-time Norris Trophy winner seem ordinary at times. Chelios had planned to skip the AllStar Game and sit out at least a week of the regular season. But an acupuncture treatment that left his abdominal region pain free allowed him to participate. “I’d be the first to admit that I don’t believe in acupuncture, but they found someone for me and when he put those needles in, I felt something,” Chelios said. “I don’t know what it is, but it worked…
Extreme Measures
SAN JOSE-You name it, chances are Keith Tkachuk has been its poster boy at one time or another. Party Boy Keith. Immature Keith. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Keith. Insecure Keith. Uncle Sam Keith. Charitable Keith. Undisciplined Keith. Fifty-Goal Keith. Canada Losing One of Its Franchises Keith. World Cup Champion Keith. It’s amazing that such a seemingly basic young man who employs such a simple approach to the game can be so many things to so many people. So simple, so complex. So extreme. Yet that’s exactly what the Phoenix Coyotes’ left winger has been since bursting onto the NHL scene in the wake of the 1992 Olympics. Now, though, there is call to suggest the soon-to-be 25-year-old Bostonian is emerging with a new (and improved) identity, on and off the ice. That is,…
Red Wings still no closer to winning Stanley Cup
No one expected the Detroit Red Wings to rack up another 62 wins this season, but neither did anyone figure them for middle of the pack. Yet as they prepared to take on the Philadelphia Flyers Jan. 25, the Wings had just one win in their last nine outings (1-5-3) and were tied for eighth overall in the NHL. The Wings lost only three home games last season. They were winless in five at Joe Louis Arena (Dec. 30 to Jan. 22). Is this a team taking one step back in the regular season so as to take two, three or four steps forward in the playoffs? Or is it simply a team taking a step back? More to the point, can the Wings contend with their personnel? “No question, we have to…
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