Carolina Signs Tanabe

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After a topsy turvy week in the Carolina Hurricanes-David Tanabe relationship, the nineteen year old defenseman signs a multiyear contract with the NHL team. This past week saw David Tanabe play in preseason games for the Hurricanes. David Tanabe refuse an offer from the Hurricanes. David Tanabe take off for Kootenay of the WHL. And, finally, David Tanabe sign with the Hurricanes.

Last week Tanabe impressed the Hurricanes in preseason so much, they had a spot on the final 23-man roster reserved for him. He was going to be their much sought after offensive defenseman. Two days before the September 30 deadline for returning junior eligible players to their teams, the Hurricanes summoned Tanabe’s agent, Lewis Gross, to Tidewater Virginia to negotiate. The first round draft pick turned down the Hurricanes offer and was prepared to head off to Kootenay. According to Gross, the $500,000 signing bonus was inadequate, particularly when compared to Barret Jackman’s $1million signing bonus with the St. Louis Blues. Tanabe was selected sixteenth in the 1999 NHL draft. Jackman was selected seventeenth.
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Brampton Battalion report

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Team opens sophomore season 3-0
September 24, 1999 – vs. Barrie Colts
The Battalion got their sophomore season off to a winning start with a 4-2 win over the highly regarded Barrie Colts at the Bunker.
While the Colts had several top players such as goaltender Brian Finley, defenceman Martin Skoula and forward Denis Shvidki, still at NHL training camps, they were still a formidable squad considered by many to be one of the top teams in the country.

The Battalion had certainly drawn a tough foe for their second season opener, but they seemed to pay little attention to that as they came out flying in the first period.

Kurt MacSweyn opened the scoring at 2:18 of the frame after rookie Chris Rowan fought off several defenders to get him the puck. Raffi Torres followed at 3:13 from Jeff Bateman and Scott Thompson and suddenly Brampton was up 2-0.

New Colts coach Bill Stewart called a timeout in an effort to regroup his troops and they seemed to respond, with Mike Christian notching their first marker at 6:29.
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Sabres Report: ’99 Training Camp Wrap-Up

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With the start of the Buffalo Sabres’ 1999-2000 season just hours away, it would probably be a good idea for this writer to tie up the loose ends left over from a mildly interesting training camp. Some new faces will be with the club to start the season, due mostly to the fact that four players are still holding out, but the 99-00 edition of the Sabres will still be pretty much the same team that made it to the 1999 Stanley Cup finals.

Sabres “Improve” On Last Year’s Pre-Season Effort

Okay, maybe improve is stretching things a bit, since the Sabres finished the exhibition slate with a 2-4-1 record. The Sabres coaching staff appeared to adopt the “Marv Levy Approach” to pre-season games, which means they used veterans sparingly while taking a long look at several younger players. While this approach virtually guarantees a losing pre-season record, it also gives the coaches a good idea of where their younger players are at in their development. Players such as Maxim Afinogenov, Cory Sarich, Brian Campbell and Domenic Pittis received plenty of playing time throughout the exhibition schedule, with some of those players making good use of the opportunity, and others making it clear they are in need of more playing time in the minors.
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Finley Emerges As Future Star

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Despite an impending demotion back to junior hockey, Brian Finley has clearly established himself as a top flight prospect this week. After an impressive training camp which put him in serious contention for the backup goaltending job in Nashville, Finley was signed to a three-year contract on Wednesday. The contract has a potential value of over $9 million, but most of the money is tied to performance bonuses at the NHL level. The deal will pay Finley a base salary of $525,000 in each of his first two years, with a healthy increase to $1.025 million for the third year. The bonuses are based on statistics and earning votes for NHL awards, such as the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Year. Since Finley will likely spend the entire 1999-2000 season in the OHL, he will not have an opportunity to earn those bonuses. And unless he can make the team and get significant playing time at some point during the next two years, it is unlikely that he will collect on them at all.

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OHL Newsroom

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Welcome to the ALL NEW Newsroom here at Hockey’s Future. Below is a list of teams, with all the corresponding newspapers listed after the team name.

Barrie Colts

Barrie Advance
SLAM! Hockey

Belleville Bulls

SLAM! Hockey

Brampton Battalion

SLAM! Hockey
Brampton Life

Erie Otters

GoErie.com
SLAM! Hockey

Guelph Storm

SLAM! Hockey

Kingston Frontenacs

Kingston Whig-Standard
SLAM! Hockey

Kitchener Rangers

Kitchener Waterloo Record
SLAM! Hockey

London Knights

London Free Press
SLAM! Hockey

Mississauga IceDogs

Mississauga News
SLAM! Hockey

North Bay Centennials

SLAM! Hockey

Oshawa Generals

Durham Post
SLAM! Hockey

Ottawa 67′s

Ottawa Citizen
SLAM! Hockey

Owen Sound Platers

Owen Sound Sun Times
SLAM! Hockey

Peterborough Petes

SLAM! Hockey

Plymouth Whalers

SLAM! Hockey

Sarnia Sting

SLAM! Hockey

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

The Sault Star Online
SLAM! Hockey

Toronto St. Michaels Majors

SLAM! Hockey

Sudbury Wolves

Sudbury Star
SLAM! Hockey

Windsor Spitfires

Windsor Star
SLAM! Hockey
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