Dougie's Back
Doug Weight made his return Jan. 17 against the Wings after about a
three-month absence due to knee surgery. He assumed the captaincy
from Bill Guerin, who was filling in for Buchy.
His return fired up his teammates to a win over the struggling
Wings.
Bye Billy
Trooper Bill Huard cleared waivers. He didn't really get a chance
to play with the Oilers this season, he only dressed in three
games. When he did dress, he got injured. The pro veteran cleared
waivers this week, but isn't going to Hamliton, looks like he's
going to Houston of the IHL.
Rumour Mill
Say it ain't so. The hottest Oiler trade rumour right now would see
Alexander Daigle coming to Edmonton in exchange for Andrei
Kovalenko. It's pretty much like exchanging one headache for
another. Sure Kovalenko misses team flights, but (at least this
season) he put points up on the board. Which is something Daigle
has struggled to do ever since he was drafted in 1993 by the Ottawa
Senators.
Philly GM Bobby Clarke desperately wants to dump Daigle somewhere,
anywhere.and it almost happened. Glen Sather wanted Daigle to sign
a one-year, $1 million contract extension, but Daigle didn't want
to commit to Edmonton. Philly's Coach, Roger Nielson is totally
frustrated with Daigle, who apparently wants to play only wing,
because playing center is too hard.
It looks like Daigle's agent and Clarke are trying to get him to
reconsider signing with Edmonton, so something happening with
Daigle coming to Edmonton is not out of the question.
Other rumours out there include Boris Mironov going to Detroit.
Sather's asking for Darren McCarty and Anders Eriksson. According
to reports, that's too heavy a price for the Wings, even though
they're thin on the blue line. With Uwe Krupp out, they are
desperate for another d-man who can play half a game like Boris.
Another rumour involving our friend Boris would see him going to the
Islanders in return for Felix Potvin. Look for Sather to get another
goalie for the playoff run, whether it's Potvin, Tommy Salo, Kevin
Hodson from the Wings.the Oilers most likely won't be going into the
playoffs with their current two goalies.
OOOPs! I mentioned in my last article that Doug Weight was an
unrestricted free agent. Sorry guys, but he's only a restricted
free agent, and can file for arbitration. Looks like those A-Team
reruns and nachos have finally gotten the best of my brain.
