Posted on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 10:18 AM
by:
Stan Fischler
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Chico Resch , St. Louis Blues
- Expect the Canucks to re-sign Trevor Linden. TL himself said it last season, "I feel more like a kid than I did ten years ago. I'm not intending this to be my last contract."
For a good insight into why Linden is most likely returning, Vancouver Province columnist Jason Botchford adds, "The root of it is why I still play baseball every Sunday morning and catch nine innings. It's why my stepfather did the same thing in a recreational ball league until he was in his 50s and his knees just wouldn't let him run anymore. The root of it is why all over this province and this country people race home from work to get on the ball field, the soccer pitch or the ice rink. We all believe we still have plenty left to offer."
Fred Saskamoose and Glenn (Chico) Resch were inducted this summer into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Just about everyone remembers Chico as a pivotal element in the Islanders' 1980 first Stanley Cup win. But few recall Saskamoose as one of the first Native Canadians to skate in the NHL.
Fred grew up on the Sandy Lake Indian reservation and brought pride to his people by playing 11 NHL games for Chicago in 1953-54.
- And speaking of Native Canadians, former Flame Rocky Thompson has started hockey schools in Fort Saskatchewan, Medicine Hat and Hobbema.
Thompson also has taken on a new role as assistant coach of the new Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL.
- The Blues made a sound decision re-signing Lee Stempniak to a three-year $7.5 million deal. Stempniak had 52 points last year and played in all 82 games. Brian Burke describes Stempniak as a "Swiss army knife player."
