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June 18, 1999
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No long-term deal for Lindros as captain inks one-year pact
Despite seven seasons together, Eric Lindros and the Philadelphia Flyers are still looking at the future one year at a time. That was the impression left after Carl Lindros, Eric's father and agent, announced June 3 there would be no long-term contract for his son, who faced the possibility of becoming a restricted free agent July 1. Instead, the Lindros family said it would accept the one-year, $8.5-million agreement Eric and team chairman Ed Snider shook hands on last fall. “Now's not the time to be thinking about a long-term contract,” Carl Lindros said. Asked to comment on Snider's remarks that, given Eric's history of injuries, it would behoove the player to seek a multi-year guaranteed contract Carl said, “I agree. We just don't thin) it's an appropriate time.” Snider sounded perplexed by the decision. “I…
Dudley appears primet to leave for Tampa Bay
For the second straight summer, the Ottawa Senators' GM could bolt to a sunnier destination. After losing Pierre Gauthier to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim last year, sources say Rick Dudley is on the verge of accepting an offer to become president of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Neither side would confirm the talks. Dudley went underground and refused to discuss the subject with the media while Ottawa president Roy Mlakar wouldn't issue a denial when asked about the reports. “We've heard these rumors before,” Mlakar said. “This is nothing new.” All that stood in the way of Dudley's departure was working out the details of a compensation package which would allow him out of the the final two years of his contract with Ottawa. Dudley, 50, who worked under new Lightning owner Bill Davidson with the…
CALDER TROPHY: BEST ROOKIE
To have one elite rookie on a team is something special. To have two of them is extraordinary. And so it was for the Colorado Avalanche. U.S. collegian Chris Drury, a Hobey Baker Award winner with Boston University, and Czech Olympian Milan Hejduk were critical components of the Avalanche's renaissance as an NHL powerhouse. The only difficulty where these two are concerned is deciding which one should win the Calder Trophy as the NHL's premier first-year player. Difficult as that choice is, the honor should go to the 22-year-old right-hand shooting American, who played all three forward positions. “If he wins (the Calder), and he should, he might be the first player to win it playing most of the season out of position,” said Avalanche color commentator Peter McNab. Drury starred in college as a center,…
Bourque won't look beyond next season
He was revived a year ago by the Boston Bruins' rise from the NHL cellar in 199697 to a playoff spot and Ray Bourque is no less encouraged by what happened in 1998-99. Bourque doesn't doubt the young Bruins will continue to grow in 19992000 and beyond, but isn't sure how long he'll grow with them. The future Hall of Fame defenseman's contract runs out after next season and he says he won't consider a new deal until the present one expires. At that point, he'll be a 39-year-old unrestricted free agent. “Right now, I'm not looking beyond next year,” Bourque said. “I'm not going to be signing any kind of extension this summer or any time next year.” That was the scenario last September, when Bourque came to training camp with one…
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