Monday, June 4, 2007

A Perspective on Francois Allaire's interview in '' Le Journal ''


Writing four books on goaltending and being the mentor to Patrick Roy should be enough to put you on top of the goaltending world, right ?
Well Francois Allaire's modesty in today's interview by Le Journal gives a great perspective on this amazing hockey mind.

What strikes me the most are the comments on Mario Tremblay's arrogance and lack of respect for the on ice staff.

As Allaire was starting to work and get results with Jocelyn Thibault, Tremblay would back off, but Rejean Houle's confusing contract offers and poor asset management made it impossible for Allaire to realistically make the Thibault - Jablonski duo give any long term result.

Once he left the Habs , Anaheim jumped on the opportunity and here was Guy Hebert, Anaheim's goaltender who Allaire described as ( tout croche ! )

A little while later Guy Hebert was an All - Star ...

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