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Finally, Makarov paused, turned to Crisp and said: "Tikhonov. Bad guy. Good coach. You? Good guy. Bad coach."

"Sergei would always tell us what to do," said Roberts. "He would go, 'why Robs why, dump puck in? You go get puck if you dump it in.' Then he'd say, 'Robs, Robs, puck on tape, Robs.' And I'd say: 'Sergei, you're going to get some pucks in your skates; that's just the way it is.' Or he'd go: 'Robs, why you yell for puck?' Just go to net, puck will be on stick."

Usually, it was. In fact, As Roberts approached 50 goals for the first time, largely because of Makarov's play-making, the Russian asked him - a la Rumpelstilskin - what would he do for him if he helped him get to that plateau? Roberts promised to name his next born child after Makarov. When Roberts got there, and was asked about it, the answer was: "Guess we're not going to have any more kids."

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