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February 13, 2007
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Divided union seeks answers
GIVEN THEIR HISTORY, it comes as no surprise the two sides in the NHL Players’ Association investigation of executive director Ted Saskin could not agree on much as the process began in late January. None of the participants were willing to speak on the record, but sources said the NHLPA questions the validity of the investigation given nine of the NHL’s 30 player representatives opposed the appointment of Sheila Block, the Toronto-based lawyer who will head the investigation. A source also said nowhere in the resolution for a Saskin probe does the word ‘investigation’ even appear. Saskin, sources said, is treating the process as an inquiry and will co-operate with Block, but doesn’t think she has the power to subpoena any people involved. In fact, there was speculation Saskin was in the…
Something to prove
Unsatisfied with his season last year, Noah Clarke returned to the AHL’s Manchester Monarchs on a two-part mission. First, the fourth-year left winger wanted to improve on offensive numbers that were the lowest of his pro career. Second, Clarke sought the consistency that would ultimately land him in the NHL for good. He has played a handful of games with the parent L.A. Kings this year, but has spent the majority of the season in Manchester, where he is on pace for career highs in goals, assists and points. The 5-foot-9, 192-pound native of Southern California led the Monarchs with 19 assists and 35 points and was second with 16 goals through 41 games. Already, Clarke is closing in on last year’s totals, when he was third in team scoring with 44 points in…
Goals scarce for Geoffrion
AMONG OTHER THINGS, Blake Geoffrion has a head for numbers. And not just your run-of-the-mill, what’s-your-debit-card-balance digits, either. “I just love stats,” he said. Geoffrion, a freshman center at Wisconsin, knows Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara leads the NHL in average ice time; can recite the NHL plus-minus leaders; and, knows by heart – for reasons that will be outlined later – the history of the league’s 50-goal scorers. During an eight-hour flight to Sweden to play for Team USA in the World Junior Championship, Geoffrion and teammate Patrick Kane spent the entire time locked in a mortal who-knows-what NHL trivia duel for $1 a question that separated Geoffrion from $2 when all was said and done. “I just like to look at that type of thing,” Geoffrion said. Well, to a point. Twenty-one games into…
LET’S PLAY DOMINOES
Last season it was Doug Weight going from St. Louis to Carolina, this year it’s Craig Conroy returning to the Calgary Flames after a season and a half in Hollywood with the Kings. While the trade deadline (this year falling on Feb. 27) has taken on the same giddy anticipation of Christmas for hockey wags in recent years, some teams just can’t wait to unwrap their presents. Hence, the rise of the pre-emptive strike. While many hands have been wrung over the ‘death’ of the trade deadline due to salary cap hamstrung GMs, the Conroy deal, like the Weight deal before it, signal that teams looking for that final piece of the puzzle won’t give up the search; they merely have to pounce when the time is right and the…
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