Iron Mike to coach Calgary

[Yzerfan1999 81]

Keenen wont help the Flames. I predict a fiery breakup by the end of the season...no pun intended.

Okay it was intended.

[Icer 0]

Let's see. He's coached the Flyers, Blackhawks, Rangers, Blues, Canucks, Bruins, Panthers, and now the Flames. He gets around more than a $5 hooker. I give him until the trade deadline before he pisses off enough guys that they stage a player revolt.

[miksteri 55]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/stor...&id=2905184

Should we try to trade for kipper right now?

[Salviaman 104]

Lets get Igilna and Kipper next summer!

[eva unit zero 271]

Ah, St. Louis was assuredly NOT a hit. Losing Shanahan, Hull and Joseph in exchange for an old Gretzky (for 20-some games) and an old Fuhr? Not good. He started the Blues` descent into nothingness--he had taken charge at the summit of their fortunes, and it was downhill from there.

You clearly have a mistaken memory--Keenan was primarily responsible for the excellent Blues teams at the and of the 90s. The 'descent' was a result of Larry Pleau 'making the team his own' which included making a decision that 'the St. Louis Blues didn't need Brett Hull.'

Hull left St. Louis a year after Messier left New York for Vancouver. You might remember that KEENAN was the one who signed Messier for the Canucks.

Fuhr was excellent in St. Louis.

Gretzky was a rental player acquired for Roman Vopat. You would make that trade too.

Keenan was not only responsible for acquiring Pronger, but he was also responsible for Pronger becoming a top defenseman; Pronger was drinking himself out of the league when Keenan picked him up. Of 22 players who played 20+ games for, and ended the season with the 2000 President's Trophy Blues team, Keenan was responsible for the acquisition of 14: Turgeon, Pronger, Young, MacInnis, Demitra, Conroy, Handzus, Bartecko, Hecht, Reasoner, Pellerin, Bergevin, Persson, Chase. That's the Blues' top three defensemen and eight of their 12 highest scoring forwards. Keenan was responsible for putting that team together. The Blues didn't go south until Larry Pleau made trades like the Conroy and Nagy/Handzus deals, let Hull go, and dropped Turek in favor of Brent Johnson, dealt Pronger for a #3 defenseman in Eric Brewer, and generally mismanaged the club. When Dave Checketts bought the team, his first move in improving the team was...*drumroll* hire John Davidson as President/GM and move Pleau to a mostly advisory role.