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October 6, 2000
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Talented Timonen locks horns with Poile
With training camp in full swing, the Nashville Predators had a rather significant loose end dangling from their roster. And negotiations with restricted free agent defenseman Kimmo Timonen, who has yet to leave his native Finland, don’t suggest it will be tied up soon. Predators GM David Poile has taken a hard line in most contract negotiations over the franchise’s first three seasons, believing the Predators gave most of their players their first NHL opportunity. Timonen is no exception, but feels his production last season — 33 points in 51 games — is worth more of a salary bump from the $600,000 he earned last year than the Predators have offered thus far. Timonen was looking for more than $1 million per season. Timonen, 25, was a key component on the team’s power…
Messier vows Rangers will be united following inspirational team meeting
Bringing Mark Messier back was meant to recreate a winning attitude. On the eve of training camp, the team got pep talks from Madison Square Garden president Dave Checketts and new Rangers’ president-GM Glen Sather. “You can ask anybody that was in the room,” Messier said. “It was a real rallying cry. I think everybody was pretty emotional right after it and I think everybody was ready to go to war right after that. And I think that’s the kind of meeting the team needed. “It’s great to know we have people upstairs making the decisions…(Sather) is a master motivator. He always has been. He knows what he wants as a team and he knows what he wants from his players and I think he got his message across very eloquently to…
Blake turns in ‘C’ as talks turn bitter
Will ‘C you later’ turn into ‘see you later’ for Rob Blake? In the midst of a contract dispute, the star defenseman relinquished his captaincy of the Kings Sept. 19. Blake, 30, can become eligible for unrestricted free agency at season’s end and there is talk the Kings may trade Blake rather than lose him without compensation. Blake is seeking a three-year, $24-million extension. The Kings offered three years and $22.5 million. “There really is no counter when the team says, ‘Take it or leave it,’” Blake said. “It’s a business and when it is put that way, if you don’t agree you’re gone. I stepped down as captain because the team needs to keep moving forward.” One rumored three-way trade had Blake going to Toronto, the Leafs sending an unknown player to Ottawa…
Providing the inside edge: That’s what THN is all about
Editor’s Notebook Everybody turns to The Hockey News for the first and last words on hockey, but just because we’re the bible of the sport doesn’t mean we have to look like one. We have re-launched The Hockey News with that guiding principle in mind — plus a promise to longtime readers. We will not sacrifice any substance the name of style. New to The Hockey News isn’t just effective and fanciful design championed by THN Editorial Designer Matt Blackett and Harris Siegel, an award-winning New Jersey-based designer. Also new to The Hockey News are features that will take you inside the game, the dressing rooms and boardrooms of the NHL like never before. Many of those new features are in this week’s issue. More will be unveiled in the weeks to come. Here’s…
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