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GOODENOW TO TESTIFY BEFORE CANADA SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPORTS

          NHLPA Exec Dir Bob Goodenow will appear before a House
     of Commons Subcommittee on the Study of Sport in Canada and
     tell members not to "include restrictions on players'
     salaries in the federal government's calculation of possible
     financial breaks for struggling" NHL teams in Canada,
     according to Jack Aubry of the OTTAWA CITIZEN.  Goodenow is
     "expected" to give a "firm message that salary caps should
     not be part of any government equation to help the teams." 
     The committee will hold its final hearings in Toronto
     "before submitting its report by the end of the month." 
     With a CBA in place until 2004, Goodenow "is expected to
     stress the financial and voluntary contributions of the
     players to their local communities" (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 11/10).
          GAME NEEDS "CARE"? In Chicago, Bob Verdi: "Despite the
     NBA lockout, pro hockey has failed to seize the opportunity. 
     There is no evidence whatsoever that Bulls fans have
     converted to Blackhawks fans, nor are there any discernible
     crossover patterns being detected in any other market, major
     or minor."  But Verdi added that NHL should "forget about
     luring fans you don't have into rinks and worry about
     entertaining the fans you do have. ... Don't disguise the
     game, improve it."  Verdi wrote that expansion has diluted
     the product: "Hockey, the fastest and best spectator sport
     of all, is being slowed to a crawl by too many players who
     lack talent and too many administrators who lack vision. ...
     The NHL doesn't need more gimmicks, more rules, or more
     teams.  The NHL needs more care" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/8).

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