2009-10 NHL Thread

Despite his law degree and his impeccable hockey pedigree, Quinn is still a tough Irish punk from the east end of Hamilton.

 

A pedigree that, with the exception of 2002, has seen him win absolutely nothing as a coach or as an executive (he did win a Memorial Cup as a player).

And in the case of 2002, Cito Gaston could have coached that team to Olympic gold.

 

I take it your not a fan?

 

Although I like the style he has them playing, I am still having a hard time coming around on Quinn.

In the interest of fairness, he also coached Canada's U18 and World Junior teams to gold medals as well.

 

C'mon, you know better than that. People said the same thing about Cito in '92 & '93. Wasn't true then and isn't true now

And Quinn's gold medal at the WJ was, in my opinion, as difficult as any championship n hockey.

 

Johan Franzen out four months with a torn ACL. Justin Abdelkader returns (opened the season in Sweden, went to Grand Rapids when Brad May signed, and now back).

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2009/10/red_wings_johan_franzen_out_fo.html

 

Lot of holes in the lineup for the Red Wings this season.

 

And Dallas beats the Flames 5-2. Curtis McElhinney had a shaky start from all accounts.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/stars-snuff-out-flames-streak/article1319731/

 

The Flames once again though apparently didn't play worth a damn in front of him either.

 

Well JR, I am one who believes they won in spite of Gaston. He can't handle a pitching staff for the life of him. Just my opinion and I know your going to come back with how he handled all those egos but I just don't buy it. Look what his players think of him now.

 

I've heard otherwise but maybe he's an absolute prick who no one wants to actually win.