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Doan Nailed It
by Paul on 03/19/10 at 11:51 AM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
I bring you back to an August conversation I had with Shane Doan. The Phoenix Coyotes captain was insisting anyone picking his team to be brutal this season was making a big mistake.
“As bad as everything you hear about us, we just don’t think we’re that bad,” Doan told me six months ago. “We don’t think we’re the worst team in the league even though everybody seems to be picking us to finish last.”
Fast forward to late Thursday night. Doan was about to board a plane in South Florida with the Coyotes a few hours after erasing a three-goal, third-period deficit to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 in a shootout. The victory set the all-time Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets franchise record for wins in a season with 44.
Just another day at the office for the team everyone wrote off before the season.
I mentioned our August conversation and Doan laughed.
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Gotta give props to teams like Phoenix and Colorado that went well beyond their expectations, however they are both in for a rude awakening come playoff time. Both teams have little to no playoff experience and should be easy pickings for any of the big guns in the West. If the playoffs started today, they’d play in the 4-5 match-up: talk about a team moving onto the second round that shouldn’t be there…..
Posted by cainer4wingsglory on 03/19/10 at 01:18 PM ET