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Friday, November 5, 1999
Fisher clears 10-game hurdle
KANATA, Ont. (CP) -- Senators rookie centre Mike Fisher played his 10th NHL game on Thursday, which is a benchmark for junior-aged prospects who start the season with a big-league club.Even if Fisher, a 19-year-old native of Peterborough, Ont., was sent back to his junior team today, the 10 games in the NHL would basically count as a full professional season.
That has implications in pension eligibility and salary arbitration. It also means the Senators would have to protect Fisher in the waiver draft after the end of next season.
If the Senators had sent Fisher back to the OHL's Sudbury Wolves before Thursday's game, he wouldn't be eligible for waivers until the end of 2001-2002. Now he can be claimed if left unprotected at the end of next season.
Fisher played down the 10th game significance, even though it means he'll probably be sticking around for awhile.
"I still have to play the way I've been playing, or even better, than in the first nine games," he told the Ottawa Sun. "I'm happy to be here."
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