Quote That May Interest Only Me: Craig MacTavish
by Derek Zona on May 18, 2011 10:15 AM MDT
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Print| "I took a break and I’m recharged and want to get back into it. I’m looking forward to the opportunity, but the opportunities are few and far between in this business. If it turns into an opportunity for me (somewhere), we’ll see." |
--Craig MacTavish talks about his imminent return to coaching.
It was only a matter of time until MacTavish returned to coaching in the NHL, but for Edmonton fans, a job in Minnesota is nothing but bad news. MacTavish is an excellent tactician and an outstanding strategist - his work with the Oilers prior to the lockout is second-to-none among coaches in that time period - and that's exactly what the Oilers don't want to see in a division foe.
The Wild have a team built for the carefully-managed matchups MacTavish likes to employ, from defensive zone horses on the blueline to a tough minutes killer in Mikko Koivu. MacTavish would take the mantle from Jacques Lemaire, something Todd Richards was unable to do, and immediately make the Wild a competitor for the Northwest Division title. As if the Oilers didn't have enough to worry about -- Vancouver, Calgary, a rising Colorado team and a Wild team capable of a top 5 conference finish in the right hands...maybe the Oilers should beg for a return of the nearly always moribund Winnipeg Jets.
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MacT supposedly recently confirmed that he had a health scare during that two year interval, a fact that was completely missed in the (ahem) local MSM when this same quote was reported.
The scary thought of MacT in Minny is that the Wild could start beating the Oilers every single fucking time they meet … no wait, that’s today’s nightmare.
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Wasn’t it stated on TSN that it was specifically cancer?
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May well have, I don’t listen to every second of every panel (although I do try to catch the ones MacT is on). I just remember it coming out in some forum, both legitimizing that troubling and persistent rumour while placing it in the past tense. Very welcome news, that latter part.
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 18, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Dreger had it in the Dreger report a month or so ago. Irritatingly there aren’t archives but a Google search came across the story on a message board. From the story.
Working as an analyst for the NHL on TSN has helped keep him on top of the game and he’s enjoyed the scouting role he has with the Oilers, but MacTavish wants the world to know two things: One – he’s officially looking for a job and two – he’s healthy and ready to meet and tackle any challenges that come with the job.
“I’m healthy and I’m feeling good and have a very good prognosis,” said the 52-year-old – referring to a battle with cancer most around the NHL are aware of – but one MacTavish confidently says won’t hold him back.
Good news indeed.
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Irritatingly there aren’t archives
Seriously, what twisted theory of Web work are they operating from? “We want you to pump out 1000 words every couple of days, but we want to make sure it disappears within three.”
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Edmonton gave MacT cancer? Shocking.
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Not that I’m in the “know” or anything, but I do know for a fact that at least one Edmonton MSM guy (which probably means all of them) knew about it but didn’t want to say anything about it until the MacTavish family was comfortable talking about it. So it wasn’t that they completely missed it, they just didn’t want to start some kind of, uhh, firestorm(?) while the family was handling it quietly.
It was the best worst-kept secret in Edmonton. Essentially everyone knew about it and no one would publish it. I felt bad even knowing about it.
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Wasn’t Dallas a rumoured destination for MacT as well? I’d rather he stay out the division but I’m not sold that having him on the Dallas bench would be much better.
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Another argument for realignment that bumps Minnesota out of the division?
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Caps "flash and dash"
I love watching the Caps lose. That team signed way too many “me first” players and not nearly enough team players. They looked like a bunch of individuals trying to take on the world… and as great as Vetch is, does he ever come thru in the big game… not that I’ve ever seen.
McT and anypne else would have a rough time with the Caps. They need a Russian speaking drill sergeant with a cat-o-nine-tails.
I’m happy to watch all the Caps “flash and dash” during the regular season and the traditional collapse every year in the playoffs, as their players hurry off to what really matters to them… playing for the Euro Championship.
Logically, Vancouver should move to the Pacific, Dallas to the central and Columbus or Nashville to the Southeast.
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Wouldn’t it be more logical for Colorado to go PAC, location wise?
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