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omni
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The We Can Coach better than Scotty item, or Wings 96-97.
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Aug 28 05:00 UTC 1996 |
This is the 1996-97 Red Wings (We can coach better than Scotty) item.
Issue 1. They traded Dino for a 3rd round conditional pick. Of course, I
think that this is blasphemy beyond belief, what do you all think about it.
Let us discuss Hockey.
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albaugh
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response 1 of 136:
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Aug 28 21:56 UTC 1996 |
When someone participating in this conference/item leads the NHL in career wins
or leads the NHL in wins for even just one season, only then will I agree
that said person can coach better than Scotty Bowman. I'm not happy that
he/they traded away Dino, or that the team has come up short in the playoffs
the past few seasons. But every year there's only one coach that fans can
be truly satisfied with, and Scotty has been that man more than any other
human. So your griping won't get you far...
Meanwhile, I wonder how Konstantinov's healing is coming...
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hematite
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response 2 of 136:
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Aug 29 00:04 UTC 1996 |
Speaking of the Russians..anyone know how they are faring in the World
Cup tourn?
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omni
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response 3 of 136:
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Aug 30 04:05 UTC 1996 |
I was being funny, Kevin. I think we (collectively) could have produced a
winner, but then again, what do I know?
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albaugh
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response 4 of 136:
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Aug 30 16:36 UTC 1996 |
Hey, we all love to 2nd guess the coach, sometimes even when his team wins!
;-)
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albaugh
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response 5 of 136:
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Aug 30 16:43 UTC 1996 |
Who ended up winning last night between Russia and Canada? With all the
familiar names it sounded like a Wings scrimmage. ;-)
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doll
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response 6 of 136:
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Sep 1 14:02 UTC 1996 |
i heard abnout this club the wings hang out in.....i wrote it down
somewhere....we should have a grex lets go try and meet the wings expidition
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bubu
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response 7 of 136:
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Sep 5 17:28 UTC 1996 |
First of all....If the Wings had not gotten rid of Dino now they would have
lost him as the deadline approches....The Wings can only protect a certain
number of players and Dino wasn't gonna be one of them...At least this way
we got somthing in return....not much , but better than nothing...I think the
Wings are also trying to make som salary room for a move on Brendan
Shanahan...Another Fourty goal scorer wouldn't hurt...
Secondly....On any given Saturday that the Wings are at home..Youu can go to
the Joe and hang out on the River side of the arena about 8 am and get auto's
as the players enter practice...They are usually pretty good about it....
I have been a few times and it is really a treat..
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hematite
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Sep 9 20:17 UTC 1996 |
(Wasn't sure where else in this Cf to put this..soo..) Mario Lemieux
announced his decision about playing this year..He will be back
for the 96-97 season. He said (something along the lines of..) One
of the main reasons he came back was to win the CUp one more time.
And now back to your regularly scheduled Red Wing's talk.
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omni
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response 9 of 136:
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Sep 10 04:59 UTC 1996 |
This was the appropriate place for that.
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omni
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response 10 of 136:
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Oct 9 18:10 UTC 1996 |
Notice is hereby served that the words Stanley and Cup are not to appear
in any Red Wings item in this conference. Failure to adhere to this request
in the severest of punishment, namely being dropped into a container of dead
squid.
The Red Wings have requested that no one speak those words until the
appropriate time.
Thanks
The management.
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hematite
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Oct 9 23:45 UTC 1996 |
Well, it's looking to be offical. Say so long, Arriverderci, Ciao
Bub-Eye to Primeau and Coffey (along with a '97 draft pick! ;).
I heard the deal went through... Bummer.
(New season, time for the new post. =)
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albaugh
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response 12 of 136:
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Oct 22 16:23 UTC 1996 |
Brendan Shanahan got his first goal for the Wings last night. He like it so
much he got another! :-) Chris Osgood got his 2nd shutout of the season and
10th of his young NHL career with some help from his friends, 3-0 over the
punchless LA Kings.
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srw
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Oct 24 04:45 UTC 1996 |
I was at the Grex Board meeting, and I don't get PASS, but I found out that
the Wings beat a much better team, the Stars, Wednesday. Finally, finally,
finally, they got their power play working. ALso SHanahan got 2 goals. That's
more like it.
Maybe we'll see the speed and puck movement that has been missing so far. Ok,
now I'm ready to watch a game. Go Wings!
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albaugh
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response 14 of 136:
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Nov 3 11:15 UTC 1996 |
The Wings offense looks terrible. Their defense hasn't been so wonderful
either. Friday night they blew a 2-0 lead in the 3rd period, couldn't score
any more, ended up tying Ottawa 2-2. Last night looked pathetic in a
miserable 6-2 loss to the Leafs. Oh, well, I don't care any more; all I want
to see is better performance in the playoffs. They have the whole regular
season to get prepared...
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srw
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response 15 of 136:
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Nov 5 08:38 UTC 1996 |
Too true. They were totally pathetic in Maple Leaf Gardens. How
did they play against Hartford last night? I missed the score.
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hematite
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response 16 of 136:
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Nov 5 20:51 UTC 1996 |
5-1 I think. (woo hoo!) And get it right, it's the Columbus Whalers.
(maybe...in the year 200...if we get our thumbs out of our rears
and build a stadium..=)
erp, make that 2000
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albaugh
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response 17 of 136:
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Nov 8 18:16 UTC 1996 |
Actually, it's the *Detroit* Whalers playing at the new rink here in
*Plymouth*! :-)
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hematite
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response 18 of 136:
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Nov 9 02:23 UTC 1996 |
I'm confuzzled. (And it's not too hard to do that!)
I'm serious though. Columbus may actually get the Whalers...
(is walking off scratching her head...)
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albaugh
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Nov 11 00:09 UTC 1996 |
Sorry about the confusion: The "Detroit" Whalers playing their home games
in Plymouth, Michigan is a *minor* league team, not "the" NHL Whalers who play
in Hartford, Conneticut, and maybe one day - you imply - in Columbus, Ohio.
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hematite
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response 20 of 136:
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Nov 11 02:43 UTC 1996 |
Ohh! I get it, now!
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albaugh
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response 21 of 136:
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Nov 11 07:22 UTC 1996 |
Tuned in tonight's Wings game just long enough to see some pretty passing by
the Wings to score a power play goal to go up 3-0 on the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Detroit won the game 4-2. Dino got lots of cheers by the Wings fans, didn't
figure into the scoring.
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hematite
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response 22 of 136:
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Nov 11 21:15 UTC 1996 |
The Wings play Colorado Wednesday. Some how I don't think it will
be as interesting with Claude out...
(And I was looking forward to this game too!)
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srw
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response 23 of 136:
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Nov 15 06:53 UTC 1996 |
Colorado won easily.
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hematite
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response 24 of 136:
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Nov 15 21:32 UTC 1996 |
Yup. But it seemed Draper still wasn't too happy with them...
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