European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes monday june .24, 1991 Over by Ken Rappoport a hockey writer Buffalo . The Quebec nor i ques have chosen Erie Lindros the a question now is will he choose them a a it a a Nice Challenge Quot said Nordques general manager Pierre Page about sign ing the Center who As advert sied was the first player taken in saturday s draft. Also As advertised Lindros passed on the draft Day ritual by refusing to put on a Nordi quest sweater. Lindros had said All along that he had not yet decided if he would play in the nil this season. That s obviously still the Case. A a a. A a a -. A Quot pm no closer than i was three months ago Quot Lindros said. A we Haven to discussed any sort of Deal. Its More than Money. Its a situation where i want to be Happy, �.-� a it a a a a a of a Money is one thing in life but it is not everything. I want to be in a position. Where in Rii Happy where i will be at ease with the Lindros has raised some eyebrows with his Independent thinking. The last a and Only a time that a no. 1 pick walked at joining the nil team that drafted him was in 1984, when Mario Lemieux Wasny to Happy with the Pittsburgh penguins con tract offer. A a a a a that apparently is not the Case with Lindros since the Nordques have idiot offered anything Yeta a a Quebec Hasni to done a thing said a thing a Lindros said. A it s been pretty nip and Page said he expected negotiations with Lindros agent Rick Curran to begin shortly. Quot we d like to have him in time for the first regular season Page said. That May be a bit optimistic considering Lindrosz apparent determination to explore his options. A there Are so Many leagues and some of these leagues May come through and some May he said. A you have to find out which ones Are solid and which ones Are not and what options arc Avail \ Lindros referred to two new hockey leagues the Continental bloc key association and the North american hockey league. Both plan to open this fall and have made pitches for him. Lie has indicated he could Plav for either or for the Canadian olympic team or even go to his Junior team at Oshawa where he scored a league leading 149 Points last season and was named the Canadian hockey league player of the yeari.-. A everyone else has got a Choice in life and i am just trying to get across to everyone a mind that 1 have a Choice to play where 1 want to play whether it be in the nil or any other league or Juinor a a Lin Dros said. A a that a my. Position that a my perspective on Eric Lindros carries the Quebec Jersey he refused to Wear As he shakes hands with a member of the Nordques delegation that picked him no. I in saturdays nil draft. Unlike other years there were very few pre draft or draft Day trades and movement of picks. Burtalo sabres Gen Cral manager Gerry Meehan theorized that Lindrosz situation might have had something to do with that. A people Are holding Back ammunition in Case Lindros becomes available a Mee ban said. With the san Jose Sharks an expansion team scheduled to begin play this a fall drafting for the first time a record 264 players were picked. As usual the Canadian Junior ranks were the biggest source of Talent providing the top three picks 14 of the 22 first rounders and a draft High ids Overall. A a total of 92 came from . Colleges High schools and juniors while a record .-55 european players were taken two More than last year a the league is not afraid to take Sovi cts swedes or finnish players anymore a said Christian rocks tron the new York rangers european scout. A a number of Good Young players Are going where they should go. A Guy like Sergei Fedorov you can to wait to get him in the first round anymore. He a just not going to be a a. Right Wing Alexei Kovalev from Moscow Dynamo became the first soviet Ever picked in the first found when the rangers picked him no. 15 Overall. A Buffalo . Up the Best Young players acquired on draft Day Are nol always acquired through the draft. It Minnesota North stars general Man ago r Bob Clarke made two deals during the draft saturday with an. Eye in getting players who can help right away. A Clarke completed a 4-for-l Trade to tic quire Center Todd Elik from los Angeles and then swinging a three Way Trade of vet Ora n defens Emen with Van you Var and the new York islanders in the first Deal Forward Randy Gil Lien Date Neman Charlie i Laddy right Winger Jim Thomson and a fourth round pick were sen i to los Angeles for Elik. All three players were obtained by Minnesota in the expansion draft last month Gilhen formerly played Tor Pittsburgh i Luddy for Edmonton and Thomson for Washington. A. After completing that Deal Minnesota Dave Babych also it it. Quire in the expansion draft to Vancou ver for Tom Kurvers. Minnesota then dealt Kurvers to the new York islanders for Craig Ludwig. A a a a a a a when you look at our team with the Ages of Bobby Smith and Neal Bro Len you have to have younger players coming in who can play right now tit two or three years from now a Clarke said. A a a Elik 25, scored 2 goals and 58 Points Lor los Angeles Hist season. Gilhen had 15 goals and 10 assists with the Stanley clip champions in 1990-91, while i Luddy missed a Large part of the season with injuries. I Luddy. 31, was a key member of five Stanley cup winning teams in Edmonton. Los Angeles coach Tom Webster said. I Luddy was obtained to play alongside Rob Blake of defense. Babych has been injured much of the past two years playing in just eight games last season Kurvers Willie moving to his to our Ali team in three years and a for his offensive skills he had 30 Points in 51 games last year. A. Ludwig was a longtime member of the. Montreal canadians before he was sent to new York earlier this Yeara Clarke said they had arranged a baby he Kurvers. Swap Friday and Chad planned to keep Kurvers v a then islanders pm Bill Torrey and offered Ludwig Quot Clarke less a big Strong Guy Good in i front of the a a 1 in another draft Day Deal the Quebec Nordques sent a second round pick required earlier from Toronto to Washington in Exchange for defense Nian Mikhail Tatarinov. \. Tatarinov who a Pinch the capitals last year from the soviet Union will reunite in Quebec with former defense partner Alexei Gusarov who joined the Nordi. Ques last year Tatarinow had 23 Points in 65 games with Washington last season a a Las vegas Nev. 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