RIP Pat Quinn

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Also, he was the coach of the 2002 Gold Medal Team which is one of my favorite hockey moments.

That team was loaded Kenny, in fact I would say that's the best Olympic hokcey team in Canadian history.

 

[Canuck eh?]

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RIP big guy.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

That team was loaded Kenny, in fact I would say that's the best Olympic hokcey team in Canadian history.

PFFFT. NO WAY!! They didn't even have Patty Roy on that team!!

 

[mattola]

And he outmaneuvered Jacques Martin every, goddam, MFing spring.

no dude, that was Gary Roberts, Quinn, Sundin, Potvin, all those guys had nothing to do with those losses. it was Roberts. even if he wasnt playing he destroyed Ottawa.

but in all seriousness he was a great coach. he brought out things in players most could not. he was my favourite canuck coach. the best we ever had to me

 

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Loved that Pat Quinn smile (and I was a fan of that Canucks team even though Bure stuck the dagger)

 

[KennyBanyeah]

That team was loaded Kenny, in fact I would say that's the best Olympic hokcey team in Canadian history.

In all seriousness though, the 2002 team had an unbelievable group of forwards but that defense?

Brewer (eww)
Foote (meh on the international scene)
Jovanovski (alright I guess)

It had it's holes; holes that were exposed early by the Swedes. Quinn did a good job plugging those holes.

 

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By the way, if Otto kicked the puck in back in '89, Bure was offside in '94...

 

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In all seriousness though, the 2002 team had an unbelievable group of forwards but that defense?

Brewer (eww)
Foote (meh on the international scene)
Jovanovski (alright I guess)

It had it's holes; holes that were exposed early by the Swedes. Quinn did a good job plugging those holes.

Yup, he sure did. Belarus did a nice job exposing a huge Swedish hole as well.

 

[Inimical]

Russian coach from the Miracle on ice died today too.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Yup, he sure did. Belarus did a nice job exposing a huge Swedish hole as well.

Leave it to you find a relevant way to zing an Oiler in a tribute thread.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

And he outmaneuvered Jacques Martin every, goddam, MFing spring.

Or as we call them here, glory days.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Loved that Pat Quinn smile (and I was a fan of that Canucks team even though Bure stuck the dagger)

Next to Gilmour, Bure was my favourite player growing up. Only non-Leafs poster on my bedroom wall as a kid. Guy was pure fire.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

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To be fair ... Anything would have worked better than having george mcphee drunk dial gretz at 2 in the morning

 

[mattola]

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

To be fair ... Anything would have worked better than having george mcphee drunk dial gretz at 2 in the morning

Didn't he say the same thing about him and the Leafs on HNIC just two weeks ago? Christ how badly did he not want to go to NYR?

 

[puckhead]

thought Pat would outlast us all.

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[KennyBanyeah]

Didn't he say the same thing about him and the Leafs on HNIC just two weeks ago? Christ how badly did he not want to go to NYR?

Gretz has been full of shit since his playing career ended. The Hemsky comment; these two comments. I won't even get into what he said to a friend of mine in a semi-professional setting.

He's a PR guy who tries to promote his own "brand". Pure business.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Gretz has been full of shit since his playing career ended. The Hemsky comment; these two comments. I won't even get into what he said to a friend of mine in a semi-professional setting.

He's a PR guy who tries to promote his own "brand". Pure business.

Oh I wanna know though. So bad.

But I do think he's just saying things to stay relevant these days. Just do like Orr and bask in the fact that an entire country adores you.

 

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[jstewismybastardson]

there will be another pat quinn night later in the year with his family present ... there is talk it might be the saturday night game against the leafs 3 days before St Patricks Day ... as Dave Pratt would say ... "how good is that?"