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April 28, 2000
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Moose may be endangered, out of season in Vancouver
After three years without a playoff appearance, Mark Messier and the Vancouver Canucks were pondering a life apart. Messier had completed the guaranteed portion of his contract and the club informed him they were not likely to pick up the $6-million option for a fourth season. If they carry through with that plan, the 39-year-old Messier will be paid a $2-million buyout and become an unrestricted free agent. The Canucks would then likely attempt to resign him at much lower numbers. “I have no idea what will happen,” Messier said after the Canucks completed an 83-point season, but still missed the playoffs. “The Canucks will be the first team I talk to, but I have no idea what offers will come in. All the factors will be considered, just like they were…
Pronger all Hart
There is no rule prohibiting a player from winning the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP because he missed a significant number of games. If there were, Mario Lemieux would not have won the Hart in 1993, when he played only 60 of 82 games and still won the scoring title by 12 points over Pat LaFontaine. With that in mind, there is no reason to exclude Pittsburgh’s Jaromir Jagr from this season’s Hart race because he missed 19 games-almost one-quarter of the schedule-due to a variety of injuries. Jagr, after all, still won the Art Ross Trophy by two points-in 11 fewer games-than Florida’s Pavel Bure. But neither is it a guarantee that the game’s most exciting offensive player should win the Hart. Not if there’s another viable candidate. And there is. St. Louis defenseman Chris…
NHL PLAYOFF GOALTENDING STATISTICS
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS Statistics provided by National Hockey League; Players are listed by uniform number, name, games played (GP), minutes played (MIN), goals-against average (GAA), wins (W) losses (L) empty-net goals (EN). shutouts (SO), goals against (GA), shots against (SA), save percentage (SP). For goalies’ individual rankings see page 35.…
Preds’ future looks bright, want Ronning to lead way
As the playoffs swirled around him, Predators’ owner Craig Leipold knew one thing: That he’d like to be in them. “Certainly, our goal is to be in the playoff hunt every year,” Leipold said. “We want to be in that excitement, everyone in the organization wants to be in that hunt. And I believe we are progressing toward that day.” With back-to-back 28-win seasons, the Predators finished last in the Central Division each of their first two years on the ice. They have missed the playoffs and struggled for goals. But they have also won more games in their first two years than any other expansion team in the ’90s did in their opening two years. “We all have to get better at things and I’m trying to get better as an owner,” Leipold…
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