Wild Puck Banter (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Today's waiver of winger Mark Parrish clearly indicates Lemaire is becoming more involved in the team's personnel matters. In the past DR and JL barely communicated with regards to player signings and trades, but now it is apparent that Jacques has more influence in crafting the team. Hopefully he knows what he's doing.
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... Western Conference with a Wild team that has always emphasized defense first under coach Jacques Lemaire. Gaborik has publicly acknowledged in the past he's wondered how productive he could be in a more offensive system.But Lynn argued against that, citing Gaborik's NHL rank in goals per game (fourth) and even-strength goals (first) since the lockout. In the team's view, health is...
The Puck Stops Here (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
It's an often stated line that "Coaches are hired to be fired". While this is often true, there are some meaningful exceptions (for example Jacques Lemaire and Barry Trotz have been the only coaches in the histories of their franchises), several coaches are replaced each season. It seems that poorly run teams tend to replace coaches a lot more than the more well run teams and often at...
Five Hole Fanatics (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
This is Jacques Lemaire, now the coach of the Minnesota Wild, but previously as coach of the New Jersey Devils, is the consensus evil genius that first entered into the Faustian bargain to trade pleasing, exciting, scoring hockey, for boring, defensive, BUT winning hockey. His apparent success, it can be argued, led to the majority of NHL teams, especially the middling ones, to concentrate...
Wild Puck Banter (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
It's been a good ride for Jacques Lemaire and the Minnesota Wild, a very good ride. Competitive teams from day one, the thrilling ride to the Conference Finals in 2003 and the past 2 seasons of playoff appearances illustrate this point. Lemaire has been the only coach the Wild has had and it has become an extension of the coach on the ice. But the game has changed, my friends....
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Wow. I'm surprised Mark Parrish was released by the Wild with three years left on his contract . The Wild were too close to the cap to keep him, though. And it didn't help that Parrish didn't always get along with coach Jacques Lemaire . Still, Parrish is a Minnesota native and I thought that, if nothing else, would keep him around. His salary wasn't insane and he's a talented, if not...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... friends and family.But he was bothered by injuries and never fully gained the trust of Wild coach Jacques Lemaire, who made Parrish a healthy scratch several times down the stretch last season. Parrish had 16 goals and 14 assists in 66 games after tallying 19 goals and 20 assists in 2006-07.Parrish served as team captain three times - the Wild rotate that honor on a monthly basis...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Posted on July 29th, 2008 – 12:11 PMBy Michael Russo According to an NHL source, the Wild has placed Bloomington-born, Plymouth resident Mark Parrish on waivers.If he clears the 24-hour waivers, it is likely he will be bought out of the remaining three years of his contract and will become a free agent.Parrish spent much of his two seasons with his hometown Wild in Jacques Lemaire’s doghouse.More...
