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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Where is Darryl?

Not sure why he's not there. But SN posted an interview with him yesterday:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...ey-retirement/

Darryl Sutter:

"One of my biggest disappointments, still, was when we lost Game 7 in the 2004 final and we were the last two walking out to the bus. I just remember how heartbroken Jarome was. He took it on himself and said, ‘if I would have scored…’ He just carried the world and team on his back.

He’s a good man who stuck with a team that struggled for a long time. He was a superstar, and when you look at the character guys we had on that team, there were no other stars. It was a work ethic thing and that was established by Jarome.

I’d say Chelly (Chris Chelios) and Jarome are the two best I ever coached in terms of the way the game was played in that era of a hard and big, heavy game.

There was always the question of how he got along with coaches because he was a stubborn guy, but he was awesome. Even at the end of his career he still had that tenacity.

You think how the game has changed and you wonder how many winning goals he would have scored 3-on-3, although the only thing that would have frustrated him is that he wasn’t great at breakaways or shootouts.

Now he’s coaching and I heard he got kicked out of a game already!"