Coach's Corner Critique

Not as good as last week's discussion on the McSorely stick incident.
 

• Don promotes Turner Stevenson...as though we didn't see that one coming.
• They talk about the St. Louis Blues.  They talk about how when Don was coaching Colorado (the Rockies not the Avalanche for all you youngsters out there) that Quenneville and MacDonald came over in a trade from Toronto for Wilf Paiement.  Clip of Joel Quenneville talking about how Don took him under his wing.  On with the conversation about the Blues:  Don says you have to rest Pronger and MacInnis down the stretch but not too much or it will throw them off.  Quenneville should be the Coach of the Year according to Don.
• Decent discussion about how the NHL has to (by law) allow guys at the age of 18 to join the League.  Don points to a couple of guys:  Iginla in Calgary and LeCavalier in Tampa who are doing much better now that they are older.  Good point.  Ron quips "You're not just saying that so you don't lose Spettza?"  Don says he will lose him...he has no choice.  He also defends that fact that the ICE Dogs (and other OHL teams I suppose) play young kids but he says they have to since the NHL takes them at 18.  Interesting points.  Don's basic arguement is that the NHL is rushing it's youth movement.  You know a lot of foreign players play longer in their home country before coming to the NHL, hence they are older, maybe that is why they can make an immediate impact?  Don should have mentioned that.
• They discuss a couple of post game press conferences Pat Burns had and showed clips.  In the first one Burns is really ranting....pretty funny stuff.  Does Boston ever suck this year <snicker>.  At the second conference Burns is just sitting there silent, nobody asks him a question and he walks off.  Cherry says they were too scared to ask him a question hahahhha.... Not like it's the reporters job or anything.  :)  They show a clip from 1976 - Post game report from Cherry in Boston.  Cherry's standing on the desk as he used to do.  Pretty good as he starts swearing at the reporters (hehhe).  However I've seen this on one of the Rock Em Sock Em Videos as well.  I wish that HNIC would show more unique or unseen historical footage.

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