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September 4, 1998
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Gauthier does about-facein demoting GM Ferreira
When the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim named Pierre Gauthier team president July 16, Gauthier vowed the rumors were not true that he was hired to replace his very good friend. GM Jack Ferreira. But after three weeks of evaluations, Gauthier changed his mind. He announced Aug. 6 he was demoting Ferreira to vice president, hockey operations and taking over the GM duties himself. (See pg. 5 for more on Gauthier.) “I didn’t want to be the president who was telling the manager how to manage, or to be involved in the everyday decisions of hockey management.” Gauthier said. Ferreira did not accept the demotion immediately. He took four days to think about it before accepting the new position. Ferreira will now be the team’s professional scout and Gauthier’s “main advisor on all personnel…
No signings a bad sign
New York Islanders’ GM Mike Milbury said he was happy he did not have the day-to-day headache of negotiating new contracts for his top three players-restricted free agents Ziggy Palffy, Trevor Linden and Kenny Jonsson. But since Milbury also is their coach, he was starting to worry they would not be re-signed by Sept. 12, when training camp opens in Lake Placid, N.Y. “At some point before it’s over,” he said, “I’m sure I’ll be asked for involvement. Obviously, we’d like to have all three signed.” Milbury was stripped of contract negotiating responsibility May 18 in a front office shuffle. Club president David Seldin is handling the chore. Seldin did not return a telephone call to discuss the negotiations. Palffy, 26, is the Isles’ top gate attraction. In the past three seasons, he has…
For sale: Pavel Bure
Although Pavel Bure made it clear last season he wanted out of Vancouver for unstated “personal reasons,” the Vancouver Canucks’ star right winger waited until early August before going public with his demand. Bure chose to release his statement through a newspaper columnist and then drop out of sight rather than stand before the cameras to explain why the team and city no longer suits his professional desires. He told new GM Brian Burke he will not report to training camp if he is not moved before Sept. 12. Bure, 27, has one year remaining on his contract. “I’m not going to play for the Canucks for personal reasons,” Bure said. “The reasons are my own and everyone has personal reasons for doing things and I don’t really want to discuss them. “I…
Ward latest coach to guide Storm’s winning tradition
Geoff Ward was in the right place at the right time. Stepping off the plane Aug. 17 fresh from a second straight gold medal with the Canadian under-18 team, Ward figured the phone call from the Guelph Storm office was for a pretraining camp meeting the next day with coach George Burnett and GM Alan Millar. Instead, just two weeks after being hired as associate coach of the defending Ontario League champions, Ward was promoted to head coach. With Burnett leaving after one season to return to the NHL as an assistant coach with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the Storm looked to Ward, said team president Jim Rooney. “Geoff knows our kids better than anybody,” Rooney said. “He’d coached almost four years only 20 miles away (in Kitchener). And we’ve watched him develop…
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