TA ari NO oe AUT on earn erie aahui ee Wednesday, October 25, 1995 — North Shore News ~ 13 PP RABERTTRREE LEE ING REM Eats ang hopes on Super “From puge 12 the Canadiens’ new couch. He has never coached before. Rejean Houle, another ex- ’ Canadiens player whose after- hockey career has been in beer sales for team owner Molson’s, is the new general manager. He has ~_. never before been part of bigtime sports management... - A third former Canadiens star, Yvan Cournoyer, has joined the : coaching staff. Coaching back- “ground? Roller hockey. Make what you will of this exercise in nostalgia, but it cer- _ tainly has one thing going for it: ‘political correctness. Should Quebec vote to leave next: Monday. this-all- -Francophone lineup will go down well in the new country. | J.» Meanwhile, all it must ‘do j is win games, which will be quite’ “ difficult given the team’s lack of . size (smallest'in the NHL) and lack of talent, especially | on defense. Their initial wins under ‘Tremblay should not guide your: ~ thinking. There is a history of _ teams winning the first game after "a coaching. shakeup. Then things return to normal. : ...- ce First question, in the event. ; Quebec becomes a new country: : Will hockey players from the rest ° of Canada need work. permits to “play in the new nation. as they now do to play in the U.S.? _ © Second question: Will unilin- "gual Mike Keane remain as team captain? . As the old Chinése curse Says — may you live in interesting “tmes.-Ain't that the truth? There are going to be years of interesting times ahead for the _ Vancouver Grizzlies, if only for. one reason: the jump from college (or, in hockey. junior) to profes-_ sional seems to be the ‘biggest of all among the four major-team ; sports in the U.S. and Canada. Top-rated rookie talents almest 7 routinely become first year repu- lars in the NHL and the NFL. -.’'Maybe a year | or two longer in “ ~ Js pro basketball that much * more sophisticated than the col- lege brand? That much quicker? That much more physical? ht seems so, Right now Big Country (Bryant Reeves) Jooks fost in the big city world of the NBA. Moreso that the Toronto Raptors’ first round draft choice, Damon Stoudamire: _ > Stoudamire was much the more impressive of the two in that first ever Naismith Cup game for did. Ah yes, defense. Maybe Rick Ley should put a big Webster's Unabridged in the dressing room and have the players take turns looking up the meaning of that seven-letter word, ‘There's a well worn golf say- ‘ing — drive for show. putt for . dough — that could be properly -amended to: score for show, defend for dough. Despite all the fooferaw from the Canucks’ ad agency about the big Russian shooters, the record shows that even the highest scoring league and cup winners in the past were more than merely adequate defen- sively. At their current inadequate defensive rate — an average of 4.7 goals a game against — the focal mercenaries ure going to have to score an average of about six goals a game just to eke out a .500 record. ae ES ES INTER! ZiNG INSPECTION Labour Only Parts Extra & Pius taxes. For most cars. Ask for details. on a great tire. Premium All-Season Stee!-Beited Radial : FROM Any Navigator 8008 tire(s) which fail and are not repairable due Cae MAGA. ’y to road hazards P155/80R13°_ EACH Performance — .. Rated 106,600 km This, of course, is ridiculous. With the exception of Detroit. who soundly beat them, they haven't played any of the Jeague powerhouses as yet. And that’ leads to Italy and another caution- ary tale. 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