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Returning the fire to 'Les Habs'

By Victoria Matiash, Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Exactly two weeks after Glen Sather fired Tom Renney as head coach of the New York Rangers, Montreal GM Bob Gainey followed suit and relieved Guy Carbonneau of his coaching duties. The reasoning behind the latter dismissal is the same as it was for the former: Simply tumbling into the postseason isn't good enough. The ultimate team goal is to challenge, realistically, for the Stanley Cup. Just as Renney's influence wasn't getting the right results any longer in New York, neither was Carbonneau's ...

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