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August 1, 2000
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GM Holland may wait to do deals
Larry Murphy is back for one more season and there’s a good chance Brent Gilchrist will be too. Gone are Igor Larionov, who signed with Florida as an unrestricted free agent, and expansion draft casualties Stacy Roest and Darryl Laplante. So much for help from the outside. If the Detroit Red Wings are going to be a more formidable playoff team than the one which went out in five games to Colorado, the improvement must come within. After weeks of talking and planning, the Red Wings were unwilling to pay inflated salaries for free agents. They made pitches for defenseman Sean Hill and forward Dallas Drake, who both went to division rival St. Louis. They were so close to Gary Roberts they thought a deal was done. Then Toronto lured the power winger…
New faces not well known though impact will be felt
The Montreal Canadiens are getting tougher and deeper, on the ice and in the boardroom. The most significant off-ice development was the signing of Andre Savard as director of player personnel and GM Rejean Houle’s righthand man. On the player front, the Canadiens signed five free agents, although none are particularly recognizable. Signed were defenseman Enrico Ciccone, along with forwards Sylvain Blouin, P.J. Stock, Eric Landry and Eric Bertrand. Ciccone has been mentioned in trade rumors involving the Canadiens for several seasons. The 6-foot-5, 220-pounder has played in 371 career NHL games with Minnesota, Washington, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Carolina and Vancouver, while accumulating 1,455 penalty minutes. The 30-year-old was out of the league last season, playing in Germany. The others, however, have spent the majority of their career in the minors. The group should…
Titov pitched as latest solution to second-line scoring problems
Following through on his promise to seek a “summer of solutions,” Mighty Ducks of Anaheim GM Pierre Gauthier was extremely active as the NHL’s free agent season began. The Ducks landed a much-needed potential anchor for their second line, giving veteran center German Titov a three-year, $4.6-miltion contract July 1, then augmented that move with the acquisition of three more unrestricted free agents. Wingers Jim Cummins and Dan Bylsma and veteran minor-leaguer Kevin Sawyer signed on with Anaheim in ensuing days. The Ducks also signed Swedish forward Jonas Ronnqvist, their fourth round selection in this year’s entry draft. Anaheim is counting on Titov and Ronnqvist to help supply scoring support behind its top line, which features superstar wingers Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne. “Certainly, at this point we have a better group of…
Gaborik signed up as Wild man
Signed and sealed, Marian Gaborik, the Min nesota Wild’s first round draft pick, now must deliver. Gaborik, at least for a little while, became the highest-paid rookie in NHL history when he signed a contract with the Wild worth the maximum salary and signing bonus allowed under the rookie salary cap: three years at $1,075,000 a year. Incentive clauses, including such things as goals and points, could make the deal worth as much as nearly $9 miltion over the three years. “I’m very, very excited,” Gaborik said. “It’s like a dream come true.” The shy 18-year-old from Trencin, Slovakia spent several days in the Twin Cities in the week prior to his signing. After five days of negotiations between Wild GM Doug Risebrough and Gaborik’s agent, Allan Walsh, the sides finally reached a…
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