JACQUES LEMAIRE RUMORS
A Violent Style Of Play
from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,
It's hard to know when the forces of evil kidnapped the Western Conference and held it for ransom in Jacques Lemaire's basement. The L.A. Kings Stanley Cup victory? Maybe. But, long before the Kings hoisted the chalice, the darkness had already taken hold in St. Louis, in Nashville, in Phoenix, in Minnesota.
The erosion of...
Bettman Facing The Trap
from Jack Todd at the Montreal Gazette via the Calgary Herald,
At this point, Bettman and the owners look like a high-powered scoring machine being ground into the ice by Jacques Lemaire’s New Jersey Devils. They’re frustrated because they’re trapped in the neutral zone and even if they can somehow get past Bobby Holik and Scott Stevens, there’s Martin Brodeur (in the...
Eric Engels: Best Habs Forwards
It's time to pick the All-time Montreal Canadiens team.
Who are the 14 best forwards in Habs history? Elmer Lach Yvan Cournoyer Shayne Corson Alex Kovalev Mats Naslund Jacques Lemaire Mike McPhee Jean Beliveau Stephane Richer Maurice Richard Bernard Geoffrion Howie Morenz Dickie Moore Pierre Turgeon Henri Richard ...
Scotty Bowman On The Current Style Of Play
from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail, The senior adviser to the Chicago Blackhawks can trace it back to the 1979 playoffs when he was coaching the powerful Montreal Canadiens. Roger Neilson, the innovative head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, saw his team swept by the Habs in the previous year and wanted to avoid a repeat.
The Canadiens relied on their Big Three defencemen...
Interesting perspective on the NZT...
I think this is a pretty accurate description of the Neutral Zone Trap. Over the years we have watched a lot of teams that ran a 1-2-2 or a 1-4 and they were God awful teams to watch play hockey. The first team that comes to mind are the Wild and Devils teams that were coach by Jacques Lemaire, these teams were absolutely brutal teams to watch play hockey.
Blue Seat Blogs ...
This Day In Hockey History (1/31)
Sure the All Star Break was nice but hey its time to get back to work. What do we have for "This Day"? Let's find out. Being the last day of January and all, the search for moments was not very hard at all as the inbox was filled with some good classics. When all was said and done, the choice was very clear however. The Montreal Canadiens had a phenomenal...
Devils to square off versus MacLean, Hurricanes
The New Jersey Devils will see a familiar face on Monday.
When the Devils visit the Carolina Hurricanes, they'll see John MacLean - who was the team's former coach nearly one year ago.
MacLean now serves as an assist for the Hurricanes. He aids Kirk Muller, himself a former Devil.
Last season, the Devils won just nine of their first 33 games (9-22-2) before MacLean got...
Jacques Lemaire blasts Versus crew.
I was watching this game last night on Versus and I thought the move by the Flyers to just stand there and wait for the Lightning to come after the Flyers was interesting, I aslo thought it was funny that the Flyers got whistled for not moving the puck.
I have to admit that I hate the “Neutral Zone Trap.” Seriously the NZT is God awful hockey and very boring to watch and...
Who Better To Ask About The Trap Game Than Jacques Lemaire
from Damian Cristodero of Lightning Strikes at the St. Petersburg Times, Here is what former Devils and Wild coach Jacques Lemaire said about the criticism of Lightning coach Guy Boucher from Versus commentators Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Pierre McGuire Wednesday night about the team’s 1-3-1 trapping system, which they said makes for such boring hockey the Lightning and Boucher...
After Flyers delay breaks Tampa trap, does NHL need shot clock?
No matter what style of trap a hockey team plays — the Guy Boucher 1-3-1, the Detroit Red Wings' left-wing lock, Jacques Lemaire placing a pillow over the mouth and nose of entertainment — the systems' success depends on the failure of others.
Essentially, in their tragicomedy of a hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, the Philadelphia Flyers trapped...
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November 10, 2011
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