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September 22, 2000
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Cup winner to draft last
The last team standing next June will have the last pick in the draft order at next summer’s entry draft. The NHL’s board of governors decided to drop the Stanley Cup winner to 30th place in the draft order rather than base the picks on final regular season standings. The Stanley Cup champion will be preceded by the six regular season division winners. The other teams will select in reverse order of regular season points as in past years. The league said the change was designed to “better reflect team performance in the post-season.” The governors also voted to downgrade responsibilities for linesmen under the two-referee system. Linesmen will no longer call double minors, instigator penalties or checking from behind. They still have the right to call major stick fouls for checking from…
Silver lining incorporated into Toronto’s new jersey
The Toronto Maple Leafs go into this season with subtle changes to their jersey and big changes to their roster. The Maple Leafs opened training camp Sept. 7 and unveiled their new look, which incorporates a silver trim, new number design and a stylized TML logo replacing the maple leaf shoulder patch. The Leafs also announced they will have a third jersey this season repheating the one they wore in the early 1960s when they won three straight Stanley Cups. The crest, which was used from 1942 to 1967, features the traditional 35-point Leaf. The club likely will make millions in merchandising revenue with the new look, but president Ken Dryden claimed that wasn’t the inspiration behind the move. And while some fans are aghast the team has tinkered with the tried-and-true blue…
Butler buildina Battalion
El Torres! It will be the running of the bull in Brampton this season, where coach Stan Butler calls Battalion left winger Raffi Torres “a hungry kid who wants to do better.” How much better can he do than the numbers he produced in his first two Ontario League years? “Do we have enough players for him to create it? I don’t know,” Butler said as the Battalion enter their third season. Torres had 35 goals and 62 points his rookie year, then improved to 43 goals and 91 points last season. The New York Islanders certainly see nothing but good things from Torres. They selected him in the first round, fifth overall, last June. Islanders’ GM Mike Milbury traded with Tampa Bay to move up in the draft. “He’s not far away from the NHL,”…
Knox deserved better
Shock and embarrassment have given way to disappointment. That’s what veteran NHL linesman Swede Knox of Edmonton said as he waited to have two grievances against the league heard, possibly in mid-September. Knox, who worked 29 seasons as a linesman in the NHL, was informed via telephone by assistant director of officiating Charlie Banfield that he had been terminated July 11. Soon after he received a letter from the league confirming his firing, though no reasons were given. Knox was one of six officials-referees Rob Martell, Joe Ermst and linesmen Don Henderson, Francois Gagnon and Baron Parker were the others-let go after last season. “I’m very disappointed that it happened this way,” said the 52-year-old Knox. “If they had come to me and suggested I was slowing down and then given me one or…
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