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October 5, 1990
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WILL GAINEY COACH SAME AS HE PLAYED?
Bob Gainey has made the same commitment as coach of the Minnesota North Stars that he made as a player for the Montreal Canadiens. If his stay in Minnesota is half as successful, he’ll own the Twin Cities lock, stock and barrel. He doesn’t smile easily and he weighs his words carefully, speaking them aloud only after he’s measured their impact on the team. Not his team; the team. “I didn’t always agree with the coach when I was a player, but I agreed to agree for the good of the team,” he said in a revealing statement on his arrival at Met Center. It’s that commitment, single minded-ness and dedication to the team that makes Gainey the coach similar to Gainey the player. “Bob Gainey was totally dedicated to being a good player and…
WILL WEAK OFFENSE PROVE TO BE FATAL?
The Boston Bruins will again be a solid and respectable club. They are even capable of repeating last year’s Wales Conference championship. But if death is defined in the NHL as failure to win the Stanley Cup, the Bruins are probably doomed. They simply have to work too hard to score too few goals. As the Stanley Cup final evolved last spring, it became increasingly obvious the Bruins couldn’t come close to matching the three-line firepower of the Edmonton Oilers. Entering the 1990-91 campaign, there’s no reason to think things have changed. The Bruins, who last year allowed the fewest goals (232) in the league, will again be a stingy defensive club. Though it’s never easy picking a winner in the rugged Adams Division, the Bruins certainly rate a solid bet. Buffalo will be…
IS LINDROS BOUND TO BE A NORDIQUE?
Count on it. The only way Eric Lindros won’t be a Quebec Nordique at this time next year is if the 6-foot-4, 227-pound Oshawa General center stumbles badly and loses his ranking as the No.-l rated player for the 1991 entry draft. And were that to happen, the Nordiques would still be picking first, selecting Kamloops’ defenseman Scott Niedermayer or Seattle defenseman Brent Bilodeau or Saskatoon defenseman Rich Matvichuk or Spokane center Pat Falloon instead of Lindros. Make no mistake, the Nordiques of 1990-91 will be improved over last year’s model. New general manager Pierre Page and his executive team, which includes head coach Dave Chambers, will instill a new-and-improved attitude throughout the organization. But consider this: Even if the Nordiques had doubled their 31 points of last season, they still would have finished dead…
FIREWAGON HOCKEY: WILL HABS PLAY IT?
The vision has undoubtedly crept into the minds of a few diehard Montreal Canadiens’ fans. Denis Savard, the epitome of a Flying Frenchman, fast, creative, rolling the fire wagon out from under the tarp it’s been under for many years. It’s a nice vision for fans, one Montreal veteran left winger Ryan Walter can see coming to life—to some extent. “I can sure picture the team playing more firewagon hockey,” says Walter. “It’s going to be interesting to see how (coach) Pat (Bums) uses Denis. I think you have to let him go, he’s so exciting offensively.” Bums plans on doing just that. “I think Denis can help us bring back some of that firewagon hockey,” he says. “And we’re going to give him every chance to show it and prove he can do it.” But…
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