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September 7, 1990
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HANNAN’S BECOME USED TO LIVING ON THE EDGE
Dave Hannan will report to his I0th NHL training camp Sept. 7, ready for his annual bout with blood, sweat and fears. It’s been that way since he was a l0th-round draft choice (196th overall by Pittsburgh) in 1981; it will stay that way until he finally leaves this game. Hannan’s place in the NHL is in mortal peril every autumn. There are always more gifted veterans in front of him and talented prospects threatening from behind. And so it will be again in Toronto this fall. The Maple Leafs list Hannan at center, where—barring a trade—he will share space with Ed Olczyk, Tom Fergus and Gilles Thibaudeau while trying to fend off promising youngsters John McIntyre, Rob Pearson and Scott Thornton. And the spectre of a trade with Montreal for Shayne Corson still…
TAKING CHARGE
As a rookie general manager in the National Hockey League, Mike Keenan doesn’t intend to re-invent the wheel. Perhaps just copy it. Keenan the copy cat? Whatever. The Chicago Blackhawks’ GM-coach has been called much worse. And will be again. Copy cat is just fine with him as long as he’s copying the Edmonton Oilers’ wheel of fortune. Five Stanley Cups in seven years may be a lofty goal that no reasonable man could dream of matching. But then Keenan hasn’t always been considered reasonable. As a coach, he pushed his players to their limit. Some say beyond. Now, since becoming the Hawks’ GM in June, he has taken bold measures in his quest to emulate the success of the Oilers. Keenan sees himself as a man of vision. When he couldn’t see the Hawks…
BURE IN NO HURRY TO PLAY IN NORTH AMERICA
Pavel Bure’s great grandfather was a famous Russian watchmaker. His father, Vladimir, won Olympic medals for the Soviet Union in swimming. Pavel, 19, maintains the family tradition of speed and excellent timing. He is coming of age at a time when shocking changes are giving Soviet athletes some freedom of choice; at a time when NHL salaries are about to take off. He is one of the jewels of the Soviet national hockey team, and many of the NHL people who witnessed his dazzling form at the Goodwill Games figure Bure could step into the league right away. Vancouver claimed the 5-foot-lO, 170-pound Bure in the sixth round of the 1989 NHL entry draft and had to wait for almost a year before their claim was ruled valid. Several NHL teams argued Bure…
RICH GETTING RICHER
By and large, the teams that are in the running for first place in the regular season can be expected to do well in the playoffs. Last season’s regular-season champion Boston Bruins lost in the Stanley Cup final to the fifth-place Edmonton Oilers. Two seasons ago, it was the first-place Calgary Flames defeating the second-place Montreal Canadiens for the Cup. Not surprisingly, the finalists for the last two Cup finals also are the top four teams in terms of points for the last five years. Calgary had the highest total of the last five years (505 points) followed by Edmonton (498), Montreal (490), and Boston (454). Unexpectedly, the team one might expect to have the worst record for the last five years, the Quebec Nordiques, actually have the third worst—at 325 points. The…
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