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October 4, 2005
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Avalanche warning
The Avalanche lost Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote, and some of its best remaining players are getting up in years. There may not be a Stanley Cup in Denver this season. Where’s the sympathy, world? OK, so maybe the Avs and their loyalists don’t deserve sympathy. These are people, after all, who had a Stanley Cup team dropped in their laps 10 years ago, a team that had its own loyal, but Cup-less fan base all 23 years of its existence in Quebec. For those in Denver who expected condolences from the hockey world this summer, that sound you hear is the world’s smallest violin playing. The loss of Forsberg and Foote gave Avalanche fans a tiny hint of the pain Nordiques fans felt, and it didn’t feel so good. Since then, however, the…
Aid package for Luongo
Majority owner Alan Cohen had GM Mike Keenan cut every financial corner possible this summer, signing players to a slew of one-year contracts while backing off a few free agents that might have made a significant difference in the team’s goal output. As baseball’s Tampa Bay Devil Rays can attest, such fiscal frugality rarely puts a team in a position to succeed. It’s difficult to put the blame on Cohen. His team has been bleeding red ink for years – he has said revenues for the 2003-04 season were less than $20 million – and there’s no sense that South Florida fans were ready to come streaming through the turnstiles after the year-long lockout. Still, one wonders what difference an extra, say, million or two a year for an Alexander Mogilny might have…
Picks of the glitter
On paper, the new NHL is supposed to be more open, more offensive and more balanced. We polled our 30 NHL correspondents to get their predictions on who will fare the best in the league’s new order. Starting at the top, the Philadelphia Flyers were the choice of 11 voters to take home the Stanley Cup, followed by the Calgary Flames (8) and Ottawa Senators (7). Listed are the polling winners in 11 team and individual categories, along with the number of votes received. The Hart Trophy goes to NHL regular season MVP; Vezina to top goalie; Norris to top defenseman; Calder to top rookie; Rocket Richard to the player with the most regular season goals; and, Art Ross to the top regular season scorer. STANLEY CUP Philadelphia Flyers 11/30 votes A bumper crop of…
Shootouts & tea Leafs
We tried to read the palms of Jeremy Jacobs and Jim Dolan, but they proved too filled with bills, thanks to the new salary cap. Next, we looked to the Stars, but Mike Modano didn’t recognize anyone around him, so how can we? To forecast the 2005-06 season, we finally went to the tea Leafs, where fortunately, Eric Lindros winding up in a Toronto uniform always has been entirely predictable: Oct. 5 Jubilant at NHL’s return, crowds 15-deep line the sidewalks for opening day parades in Edmonton and Vancouver, cheering players routed by the owners in collective bargaining. At rally outside GM Place, one sign says: “Thanks for turning on each other! Got your back, backstabbers”! Says Todd Bertuzzi: “The support means a lot to me.” Oct. 7 Rusted turnstiles prevent long backups…
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