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Yearbook 1993
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
THE TOP 250
Better brush up on your spelling. And your pronunciation. Because you’re going to have a tough time doing both at your hockey pool draft this season. With two new expansion teams and the second coming of the Europeans there will be more first-year NHLers in 1992-93 than at any other time since the expansion of 1967. But don't panic, we’ll guide you through the fall classic (hockey pool night, not that other autumn event), tell you who to draft, in what order and, as a special bonus, even provide spelling on the European names. And it’s all in one easy-to-follow ranking of the top 250 hockey pool prospects. Among factors considered in our ranking were a player’s age, his place on a team's depth chart (some lesser player on weak teams outpoint better…
OTTAWA SENATORS
Hope is the only thing not in short supply for the Ottawa Senators as the team enters its first NHL season. Thanks to the garage sale also known as the expansion draft, the Senators are very thin on talent. General manager Mel Bridgman chose youngsters with potential over veterans with limited futures. With most of the 10,000 season tickets already sold, the Senators can afford to adopt a more patient approach than the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bridgman selected a coaching staff he hopes will develop the young talent in head coach Rick Bowness and assistants E. J. McGuire and Alain Vigneault. And he also vowed to give them time to do the job. Senators’ chairman and governor Bruce Firestone isn’t putting unrealistic expectations on his club. He only wants to earn at least…
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS
We can’t predict what will happen this season but we can prepare you for it with The Hockey News Yearbook. Reports on each of the NHL’s 24 teams were produced by THN correspondents Eric Duhatschek (Smythe and Patrick) and Bob McKenzie (Norris and Adams). Chris Stevenson wrote the Ottawa Senators’ preview. Each four-page team preview includes rosters, 1992 draft picks, the new player to watch for next season and each team’s top 10 prospects listed in alphabetical order. It also includes each team’s reserve list. This list is made up of are non-regulars who were property of the organization as of July 23. It also has the 1991-92 Rankings for the 22 teams that played last season. In the goals by defensemen and forwards categories, the information in parentheses includes the highest scorer…
CALGARY FLAMES
In a span of three seasons, the Calgary Flames went from a Stanley Cup championship to a team that missed the playoffs for the first time in 17 years. How did the wheels come off? The Flames’ talent base steadily eroded in that 36 months. Some players retired (Hakan Loob, Lanny McDonald, Jim Peplinski). Others were traded (Joe Mullen, Brad McCrimmon). Then came a major 10-player trade with Toronto and the bottom fell out. The cold statistical result: The Flames finished with 74 points, second fewest in team history and their worst year since moving from Atlanta to Calgary in 1980. 1991-92 record: 31-37-12, fifth in Smythe, 16th overall, missed playoffs. Three pivotal factors: 1. The performance of their best players. The Flames need them to rebound from off seasons. Two years ago, Joe…
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