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Keenan Wants To End Career In Calgary
by Paul on 06/14/07 at 04:03 PM ET
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from the CP via TSN,
The Calgary Flames have officially announced that he’ll replace Jim Playfair as head coach. Playfair is now an associate coach with the team.
“Together, they will do remarkable things for this team,” Flames GM Darryl Sutter said at a news conference Thursday.
Keenan joins his eighth NHL team as either a coach or general manager. He last worked in the league for the Florida Panthers before leaving under suspicious circumstances last season.
“I’d love to stay here and end my career here,” Keenan said.
added 5:40pm, from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
According to Keenan, their past working relationship was a big part of the reason he took on the Flames’ job. At one point, Keenan has either coached or worked with all six of the Sutter brothers who played in the NHL.
Keenan said Sutter contacted him about 10 days ago, “to see if I was interested in coaching again. We talked for a bit and then talked for a few days after that.
“I was a little surprised, but pleasantly so, because I know Darryl so well. Once we had discussed it for awhile, I started to get the feeling that I’d like to get the opportunity to help this team. It evolved from there.”
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For the sake of the other 29 teams, we all hope his career ends in Calgary as well.
Posted by hockey1919 from montreal on 06/15/07 at 10:11 AM ET
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Seems a fair bet. His nine lives are pretty much used up, so once he gets fired from this job, his career is probably over.
Posted by shep from california on 06/14/07 at 03:29 PM ET