Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Thomas Steen has no intention of packing up the family and heading Home to its Home swede Home by Grant Mcginnis its a threat every nil Boss must handle with and its an option every Europe an Nehler has to going Hakan looks done Bengt Gustafsson did Mats Naslund done and now Jari Kerri is the lure of an easy schedule or big Bucks or both has thrown a Kink into the plans of More than one nil club in the past All were proven stars in North All could have stayed and in looks every need was catered his teammates made big lived in the nicest parts of drove fancy cars and were celebrated members of their As a 50goal Loob was among the most in he Sells roof ing he lives like everyone else in town but not in the Lap of the Only thing that sets him apart is we had to make a Loob sex we talked about it a we had already decided we were going to go Home eventually and it would Only be harder its really hard for me to say Why Mats Naslund and these other Guys Are for i was thinking of my Fame looks teammate with sex Montreal Canadien Kjell left to avoid the pressures of the he works at the Gustafsson left re turned to Washington and finally settled near Karlstad where he owns a Small of All the european players who have played in the nil in the last Only former Winnipeg jets Star Ulf Nilsson still lives in North he works for a swedish building products company while his wife has a swedish Crys Tal boutique in new Thomas wants nil Challenge Thomas Steen is playing out his a Prospect that must be frightening to the Winnipeg his objective its not the 44game swed ish elite league schedule and decent family life sought by former Calgary Winger Hakan Loob and a Washington Star Bengt Hes not worried about his kids or his business interests or his those things will come soon enough for his wife Mona and their two its hard like any other nil player in Steen is simply doing whats Best for we dont know what were going to do said the 30yearold who has turned Down what sources within the jets organization say was a Cool half Mil lion Bucks a year to Gamble on making moneys part of i dont know what in going to do after hockey so id like to keep playing As Long As i Winnipeg free september 71 jets players fit to be tied old school philosophy gets play by Tim Campbell Winnipeg free press Peg free press Saskatoon the Winnipeg jets opened their 199091 training Camp with a Little old school philosophy youll do something until its done but fear this is no throwback to the old style of previous with coaches harping and hellbent on Perfec the glitch in the opening Day was caused by a machine at the University of because the recording device on the u of is fitness testing Cycle was out of whack earlier this the entire training Camp roster had to be retested yesterday at the University of in the which began at 7 wont be finished until this morn since things were running up to three hours behind the test in question is a cycling one that measures oxygen capacity and gauges a players Overall each under increasing until exhaustion or As Long As 14 scores of 60 or better Are considered most of those recorded at the u of m were suspiciously though a few were suspiciously opening Day Here was pretty much set aside As a Chance to allow play ers to fiddle with and adjust their equipment and go for a Light skate before the serious business begins this so in that head coach Bob Murdoch want All that distraught that he had to rearrange yesterdays schedule of Active it kind of messed things said but that the reason we had this kind of Day we were still Able to fit this Murdoch was reluctant to discuss the test ing done earlier this week at the u of since teams Are supposed to be doing any sorts of Early workouts or testing under the agreement with the nil players Assoc a other tests that were part of the Overall fitness measure body reaction were Fine at the u of in pretty sure id be doing the same number of unless the Gravity is different joked goalie Stephane most were More than willing to do the cycling test even though its by no Means a spin around the when i got off the Bike at u of i was said defence Man Peter Tagliano who disclose his score but would say it was nine Points higher in the i said whats this Ive been working out hard All running eight Miles at a Ive got a pretty Good idea of what shape in in that the test want that but it was kind of it didst make us took too coming Back to Camp after a pretty Good season last i think nobody really minded doing it again to get it Veteran defence Man Randy never really known for his impressive was the first one on the Bike at 7 and said his score was 11 Points better yester i want sure about that first he then i heard about some of the other Guys and so i knew something want in sure everybody just wanted to know where they really Forward Dave one of the teams to conditioned players last was High recording a that was nine Points higher than his u of m test on the Guys Are very curious about their so i dont think anybody Mcllwain medicals Cut into ice time Saskatoon with most of yesterday taken up with redoing a fit Ness test and finishing off the medi Only about half of the 60 Winnipeg jets at training Camp got a Chance to skate at Saskatchewan the serious and strenuous Onice action begins at 9 when the two of the four training Camp teams begin the weekend round Robin of scrimmage Odd of the 60 players in 22 Are making their first attempt at crack ing the jets Twenty three of the 60 players we rent at the Winnipeg Camp Here one year d d d the jets marketing department has turned into something of a logo since the club changed its uni forms and modernized its official logo in there has been a wide Range of work involved in changing Over to the teams new the new jets Emblem can be seen on most including rink All the teams materials provided to the As Well As sweat shirts and Lapel ice available prime time hours of ice available month of september and october at varsity View please Call Lawrence at 89614o8 Stevens pact has Ripple effect on pay Wear trophies plaques medals custom pins ribbons Call for tree catalogue 145 Market 9491885 Pembina Storant 4535799 by the Canadian press Ray Bourque and Cam Neely should say thanks to Scott Stevens single men interested in establishing or reestablishing your social life we have an excellent selection of responsible women who have similar for a private Consul tation appointment that just May change your entire social Call personal encounters nil notebook for making them but dont expect any gratitude from Boston general manager Harry sin Stevens fou year contract with the Louis blues already is having a Ripple effect on Stevens is a very not player and players like Neely and who feel there above him in the Nils pecking we rent shy about wanting their salaries thus the last in the nil in base payroll last put a big Dent in Bostons Bank the Bruins had to sign Neely to a million Extension and then agreed with the Best defence Man of the on a renegotiated Deal that Worth about million Over four number one worldwide super How at a super Low Price save now on the 024avseq super from easy to with an outstanding Powert weight inertia Chain Brake everything you hear about them Abc Power tools Garden supplies 128 Regent Avenue r2c 1p9 phone 1990 w150 4x limited edition 318 efiv8 4 Speed Power windows and was Seaway Price 1990 Dakota v6efi 5 Speed manual step Cas and much was Giveaway Price Sinden said there would be no further d d d Wayne Gretzky is playing Golf and Mario Lemieux is it could be a Long season for a lot of goal who missed time at the end of the regular season due to a Back ailment that also slowed him Down during the was Well enough during the summer to spend some time on the Ive played Golf a couple of times with and he seems to be Kings general manager Rogie a Chon Hes in Good spirits and he expects a big Lemieux had Back surgery in july after missing 21 games last season with a herniated but Hes Al ready Back on the ice and has been Able to skate without it was definitely the right Deci Sion to have the Lemieux i feel my legs especially feel a lot theres no leg pain at the happiest coach in the nil May be Tom Webster of the los Angeles not Only will he have a healthy he should be Able to Fly Webster underwent surgery on 20 to repair a Hole in his ear in Webster i can hear so any of the Guys who have been getting away with Whis i can hear websters ear problems Cost him one coaching with the new York rangers in n n n some final statistics from 198990 that wont make the Nils record most major individual Alan 31 All for most major team Chi 111 108 fewest team 52 40 12 most games lost to suspension Dave extended 2 weeks due to popular demand Tern supreme paint service plus 4 hours of Bodywork we will provide up to 4 hours of Bodywork and paint your car with the Marco supreme paint written 95 value with this 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