Islanders got right coach - now get right players

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KK Hockey found this 8/13/2008 on www.newsday.com (flag)
Scott Gordon, hired last night to coach the Islanders, definitely has the resume to win a Stanley Cup. We know this because it is the same as Peter Laviolette's, and we saw what happened to him. (link)

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Islanders Now Need The Right Players
Published 8/13/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... avoid the usual two-year itch. Be patient with him. Gordon knows what he is doing behind a bench. Winning AHL coach of the year is nothing to sneeze at because not only did Laviolette once win that award, so did Fred Shero, John Muckler, Jacques Demers and Marc Crawford (yet another candidate for this Islanders job). “Scott is the right coach for our team,” Snow said last night. What the Islanders really need is to build the team right for this coach. more

NHL Morning Papers (Wednesday Edition)
Published 8/13/2008 by Richard at IllegalCurve.com
...  as the team’s new head coach last night, and Greg Logan of Newsday has all the details.  The Islanders made the right hire, opines Mark Herrmann of Newsday.  Meanwhile, Logan thinks franchise goaltender Rick DiPietro should be ...

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