OFFSIDER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      Montreal
      Canadiens
      have
      a
      better
      chance
      of
      great
     
     
      EF
      accomplishments
      in
      the
      playoffs
      this
      season
      than
      they
     
    

    
     
      have
      had
      in
      the
      past
      four
      or
      five
      seasons.
      There
      are
      two
     
     
      reasons
      for
      this;
      the
      reasons
      are
      related
      and
      easily
      attributed
      to
     
     
      current
      coach
      Jacques
      Demers.
     
     
      The
      two-time
      Stanley
      Cup
      winning
      Pittsburgh
      Penguins
      have
     
     
      shown
      us
      that
      championship
      teams
      can
      be
      made
      of
      offensive
     
     
      hockey.
      Under
      Pat
      Burns,
      who
      is
      now
      coaching
      the
      Toronto
     
     
      Maple
      Leafs,
      the
      Canadiens
      could
      play
      a
      great
      defensive
      game
     
    
   
   
    
     
      but
      were
      weak
      offensively.
      Demers
      has
      softened
      up
      the
     
     
      Canadiens
      to
      produce
      a
      scoring
      team;
      this,
      combined
      with
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RTS
     
     
      IAA
     
    
   
   
    
     
      defensive
      left-overs
      of
      Burn’s
      term
      as
      coach,
      makes
      the
     
     
      Canadiens
      a
      legitimate
      threat
      for
      the
      first
      time
      in
      a
      while.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      @
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      new
      Montreal
      offensive
      play
      makes
      them
      able
      to
      win
      more
     
     
      games.
      Think
      back
      to
      last
      year’s
      playoff
      series
      against
      the
     
     
      Hartford
      Whalers.
      The
      series
      went
      to
      seven
      games
      because
     
     
      Montreal
      could
      not
      play
      catch-up
      hockey;
      any
      game
      in
      which
     
     
      Hartford
      acquired
      a
      lead
      usually
      meanta
      loss
      for
      the
      Canadiens.
     
     
      Again
      under
      Demers,
      this
      has
      changed.
      Last
      week
      the
      Canadiens
     
     
      came
      back
      from
      two
      3
      -
      0
      deficits
      to
      win
      the
      game.
      Demers
      has
     
     
      proven
      himself
      a
      good
      coach
      for
      the
      Canadiens.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Why
      is
      the
      Norris
      Division
      home
      to
      most
      of
      the
      NHL’s
      outstand-
     
     
      ing
      goaltenders?
      Run
      through
      it
      divisionally:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Adams:
      Roy,
      Moog,
      Burke,
      Hasek
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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