Every August, Scott Oake organizes a charity event for the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre in Winnipeg. This time, Paul Maurice was interviewed as part of it. Apparently, the Jets’ coach picks several themes for each season before training camp begins, and consistently reminds his players of them throughout the year. He said that was true, “and I have four for this year.” Will you tell us what they are? “Not a chance,” he smiled.
Since that night, the organization’s been turned on its ear by the continued contract disputes with Connor and Laine, along with’s surprise absence. On Sunday, I spoke with Maurice and asked if he had to change his themes because, as my grandmother used to say, “You plan, God laughs.” His reply? “Not one bit. We made a plan and we stuck with it.”The key, Maurice says, is that those messages “dealt with us being better, even if all of those players were here.
“That’s Scott Brown’s job. He doesn’t need to tell me anything I don’t need to know. But, if it’s going to be discussed in my room, I have to know. If we have to deal with something, do it once and move on.”“there are top lines and there has been our line,” the story broke as the Jets flew back from an exhibition game in Edmonton. They landed about 3 am local time, and Brown was awake to hear Jalonen do an interview on CBC Radio at 6:45.
Brightening Maurice’s mood is a terrific milestone experienced by son Jake, who made his play-by-play debut last Friday for the Manitoba Junior League’s Winnipeg Blues against the Portage Terriers. For Paul and wife Michelle, that was a proud moment. Maurice was an underdog throughout his career and knows the Jets will have to “scratch and claw. I have a lineup with one of them back, with two of them back and all three back.
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