February 02, 2004
Return Of The Keenan?
That's what Arthur Staple is reporting in Newsday -- that Mike Keenan, the former head coach of the New York Rangers who led the team to their last Stanley Cup Championship, will return behind the bench to lead them once again after the NHL All-Star break.
Check out Hockey Bird later today for official reaction. Tom Benjamin thinks it just doesn't matter anymore, as the Rangers are too far back to make the playoffs anyway.
UPDATE: Larry Brooks at the New York Post is frothing at the mouth at the mere chance of Keenan's return:
If Keenan, who alienated Wayne Gretzky and Brett Hull eight years ago in St. Louis without looking back, can approach Messier with objectivity, he is the only hope the Rangers have.
Keenan incites a period of turmoil wherever he goes, and the Rangers don't really have time for that, but never has a team been in more need of an emotional shakeup than this one; never had a club been more in need of a coach who can run a bench. Sather won't do what's necessary. He has the least accountable team in NHL history and it isn't the team's fault.
Stay tuned.
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