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Force of Nature

By By Eric Adelson

Wednesday, October 2, 2002

The folks at La Parma II keep table 43 open just in case Mr. Clark Gillies shows up. The Islanders' Hall of Fame wing loves to pop in at the Huntington, Long Island, restaurant for a veal chop and broccoli rabe. His table sits in the back, on the right, far from the kitchen. It seats eight. But on a fall day in 1996, Gillies brought only one guest. Todd Bertuzzi shifted nervously as the legend chatted up the afternoon wait staff. The Gotham media had already labeled Bertuzzi -- the Isles' 225-po ...

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