Without knowing every sordid detail of the full story, I’m reluctant to go that route and start pointing fingers. There will be some suggesting this somewhat petty, even petulant approach by Scheifele speaks poorly of his character. But one that also raises an all-important question: What happened behind the scenes between these two proud men, who both told me they haven’t spoken to each other since parting ways and had no plans to do so despite being under the same roof. That does a lot for our team.”Ī spicy soundbite for sure. I think it’s been awesome for me, it’s been awesome for a lot of us, we’re being pushed and we’re being challenged to reach our full potential. (Bowness) has been on us each and every day, whether it’s a good game or a bad game, he’s always looking to help us. You see the rejuvenated faces in this room. We’re a different team this year than we were last year. “I’m not going to lie, that was a good win in my books,” Scheifele began, before things really took a strange detour off the High Road. Jets centre Mark Scheifele and then-head coach Paul Maurice have a discussion on the bench during a game in 2017. Instead, he repeatedly went out of his way to praise Maurice’s replacement, Rick Bowness, and clearly took great pleasure that his two-goal performance played a big part in a 5-2 victory that seemed downright personal. Given multiple opportunities to say something - anything! - positive about his former mentor for the role he had in shaping the first decade of his career, Scheifele refused to take a swing at the softballs lobbed his way. High praise, indeed, rooted in a long-standing relationship between a beloved bench boss and the organization’s first-ever draft pick.įast forward to Tuesday with Maurice - in town for the first time in nearly a year - now at the helm of the Florida Panthers. It was back in February 2019 when then-Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice described his star centre, Mark Scheifele, as “a-bronze-statue-in front-of-the-building kind of guy.” This article was published (367 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.
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