FROM THE STANDS
Hi
and welcome to another installment….In FTS 2, I touched on
coaching
changes in the league…Since then, there have been some
changes and Mike Keenan
was right in the middle of it…..I guess the fans in Vancouver finally had
enough of him but look where he ends up. Looks like art imitates life or is it
the other way around?…
Florida
fires Dave Lewis and hires Alain Vigneault…Then
Vancouver fires Mike Keenan and hires Dave Lewis…Then
Florida fires Alain Vigneault
and hires Mike Keenan….Why didn’t the Canucks and Panthers just trade coaches and leave poor A.V.
alone……He must feel like piggy in the middle. So now who is left to be
fired?…..Anything is possible but I have a feeling the coaches musical chairs
is over for this season………
THIS AND THAT…..At the halfway mark of
the season the Rangers lead the
league and the Eastern Conference in points with the Stars leading in the Western Conference..
In
the East, where it gets interesting is that from the 4th to 8th
spots are only 3 points apart, while in the West, 6th to 9th
are 5 points apart….In the “Will they make it to the playoffs”,
In
the East, there are 4 teams that still have a shot at making the playoffs but
they will need to put together a strong 2nd half and will need help
from other teams..the 3 teams are Thrashers,
Penguins, Devils and Hurricanes….In the West, its still wide open although the
Coyotes and Wild have the best chances to move up…The Wild are still leading the power play special teams with a 21.5%
rating while the Devils still lead the penalty kill special teams with a 90.9%
rating…In the star points(MVP) there are 8 goalies in the
top
10..The 2 skaters are Danny Heatley(NYI) 7th and Super Mario(NYR) 9th….Currently Mike Dunham(EDM)
leads with 64 points with Mark Denis(TBL) next
at 58 points and Jocelyn Thibault(NJD)
at 57 points…and whatever happened to
Don Ashby?
Well
that’s the way I see it
From
the Stands,
Steve
Simmons