European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 32 the stars and stripes canadians sports wednesday March 3,1993 5-2 As in by he associated press Boston a there was a time not so Long ago when Montreal would i games simply by out checking an of Nunt. What makes the canadians the Best team in the nil right How says Boston Bruins defens Eman Ray Bourque is that outstanding checking combined with offensive firepower and Patrick Roy s goal ending. A they have some Guys that finish a lot better than they used to a he said after Montreal Defeated the Bruins 52 Mon Day night. A they used to just Check you into the ice and win 3-2.�?� Gilbert Dionne scored twice and Roy stopped 42 shots As the canadians avenged their Onty loss since late january. Montreal took advantage of defensive lapses by the Bruins to grab a 4-0 Lead then survived repeated Boston attacks. The Bruins out shot Montreal 4417, but Roy was magnificent stopping 19 shots in the second period and making three Excel Lent saves on Vladimir Ruzicka. It was Roy s 28th win of the season. The Victory avenged a 52 Boston win in Montreal on feb. 17, the Only loss for the canadians in their last 13 games. Gary Leeman John Leclair and Vincent Damphousse also scored for Montreal. Joe Juneau and Bourque had the Boston goals. A we had the Early Lead and we re a Tough team to beat when we get a Lead a Roy said. Canadians defens Eman Jean Jacques Daigneault who injured his right ankle when he was checked into the boards by Steve Leach Early in the second period was sent Back to Montreal and will not travel with the tean to Tampa Bay on wednes Day. A rays showed there was no fracture. Bostons Glen Featherstone suffered a bruised left thigh and missed the last half of the game after being tripped by Todd Ewen and Darin Kimble or the Bruins missed most of the game with a badly bruised left Eye after losing a fight to Mario Roberge. Roberge was thrown out of the game following the fight when referee Terry Gregson found tape on the players fingers. He is automatically suspended pending review by nil officials. In mondays Only other game Canuck 5, sabres 2 Hamilton Ontario a Vancouver right Wing Pavel Bure scored his 50th and 5ist goals in the canucks Victory Over the sabres in a Neutral site game. Bure overshadowed league leading scorer Alexander Moglin of Buffalo in the individual matchup of the league s two hot russian stars. Mogiln the nil Leader with 63 goals failed to score. It Trevor Linden Dixon Ward and Giff Ronning added goals in their teams third consecutive Victory. The canucks leaders in the smythe division completed a sweep of their three games with Buffalo this season and improved to 8-Lrl against Adams division teams. A the sabres had lost 6-4 Friday and 84 saturday to Montreal and when they fell behind 5-0 against Vancouver they clearly were a demoralized beaten team. Power play goals in the third period by Pat Lafontaine and Dale Hawer Chuk made the score More respectable. Ticket sales totalled 17,098. It was the largest crowd for a Neutral site game this season. It was buffaloes Choice of venue but the majority of fans favored Vancouver which sponsors Hamiltons american hockey league team. Buffaloes Doug Bodger pins Vancouver a Jim Sandlak to boards in monday nights  still sound but blues need Center tils Lack of feeding is starving Brett hulls scoring. By Larry Wigge the sporting news what Sall the Hullabaloo we suggested last summer that Brett Hull was Happy and healthy and a candidate to score 100 goats in the 199293 season a if the St. Lauis blues went out and got him a decent play making Center. Sixty six games into the season Hull has Only 45 goals. That s far off the 50 goals in 50 games Pace Hull had the past two seasons with Hull seeking a new six year contract for s20 million and wondering what the club s plans Are for him after his contract runs out after the 1993-94 season the blues got tired of waiting for Hull to produce. They actually came close to trading him earlier this month to the los Angeles Kings for Center Tony Gra Nail right Wing Marty Mcsorley and defens Eman Rob Blake. But the Kings refused to include Blake in the package. The idea of trading a Star player for three or four lesser parts rarely works unless the Premier player is on a downward spiral. That s hardly the Case with Hull even though he will not reach 72, 86 or 70 goals As he did the past three seasons. Just because the Quebec Nordi ques became a contender when they traded Eric Lindros to Philadelphia for six players two first round draft choices and $15 million does no to mean trading a Cornerstone player for four five or six easy pieces is going to work every time. Are the Edmonton oilers better now after trading Wayne Gretzky and Mark a Messier of course not. To argue that hulls career was dependent on Clever Center Adam Oates who was traded to Boston last season is silly. Hull scored when Gilmour was his Center. He scored when Peter Zeezet was his Center. But the blues fumbled the puck when they went 57 games into this season before they promised to work out a new contract with Hull and try to find a Center for him before the March 20 trading deadline. J Hull 28, is far from finished. He is Worth $3 million or More per season. But putting him with centers such As Ron Sutter Igor Korolev Ron Wilson Bob Bassen and Kevin Miller is like putting Mario Lemieux with Jay Caufield and Troy Loney. You have to complement your stars and take advantage of their Talent. Instead of trading for a play maker such As Brian Bradley before the season when Tampa Bay would have gladly taken two or three prospects or acquiring John Cullen from Hartford for a second round draft Choice the blues ignored the problem and stumbled out of the Box. A if you re winning the game is fun but it s been one of those years where we re not winning a Hull says. A closing makes everything look so much grayer and who do they Point the Finger at when we re losing me. Which makes it even worse. A people say a of he a not even , what do they mean i m not trying i am  Hull talks about missing Oates. He talks about their Friendship the fact they used to do everything together. They will be friends forever but enough is enough. A geez in a starting to sound like a baby Quot Hull says. Its not like i hate coming to the rink but there a a certain enjoyment you should eel and its not quite there right now. What the blues forget is that Hull helped raise their season ticket base from 8,000 to 13,000. He did no to come Back and ask to renegotiate his four year $7.2 million contract which runs through the 1993-94 season As Oates did with his contract More importantly the blues forget they have 60 luxury boxes to fill if the new Kiel Center in 1994-95. Hul will help fill those seats. A pm not going anywhere Quot Hul says. A i done to want to bail out on ii people of St. Louis. They re going t have to kick me out before 1 leave want to stay Here bad enough tha something can be worked