I disagree. I think there are still too many bad teams in the league & too many bad players. If there’d be NHL talent wastimg away in the minors I’d understand however there are too many non-NHL players already playing in the league right now. All expansion would do is dilute the talent pool further & that would damage the current product even more. I believe there are already too many teams in the NHL & the season is way too long.
Apparently, he was an excellent offensive player in the minors before becoming a great defensive forward in the NHL. While I regard him an extremely intelligent in finding ways to win at hockey, both as a player and coach, he ruined hockey as a spectator sport for me with his introduction of the Trap to the NHL.Devils Induct Jacques Lemaire Into Ring of Honor:
Devils honor Lemaire in Ring of Honor ceremony
Jacques Lemaire, who coached the Devils to their first Stanley Cup title in 1995, was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor on Wednesday.www.espn.com
853 games played, 835 points! 974 points in 998 games if you include his playoffs.Not bad for a defensive forward!
I have pretty vivid memories of the Devils-Red Wing final series for the 1995 Stanley Cup, in which Lemaire's Devils stunned the heavily favored Red Wings in a 4 game sweep using the neutral zone trap. It was an extremely lopsided series.that was the first Stanley Cup championship for New Jersey as they were buoyed by the efforts of Conn Smythe MVP Claude Lemieux and goalie Martin Brodeur. Lemieux was developed by Montreal as a young player before he came to the Devils. I think Jacques Lemaire liked him.
Lemieux, one of the most hated player of his time but, in those years, if you were a serious Stanley cup contender, you wanted him on your side. He was the definition of the ideal clutch player. 4 Cups and 1 Connie Smythe, he would do anything on the ice to drive his opponents mad, and that included scoring the most important goals.
Donc ça prend des victoires de MTL, CAR et BRUINS puisque ceux-ci ont toujours 2 matchs de plus que MTL.
Well....BRUINS and CAR did the job...not the HABS malheureusement.....later i watched EDM--VAN....oh boy no love between those 2....GARLAND had a long evening....lol.......big OILERS 6-2 win....HYMAN and LEON all over the place.
The trade is a little better for Colorado than you suggest. Martin Necas had 55 points for Carolina, almost as productive as Rantanen. However I am surprised by the trade, like you. I suspect Necas may have been in Brind'Amour's doghouse.
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