Coaches Corner 1989 Game 1 Playoffs Vancouver Calgary.mpg

[journeythruthepast]

Well let's see: Pittsburgh did win in 4, the Caps lost in 6, the Habs won in 4, Bruins won in 6, Wings lost in 6, Blues won in 6 I think, rightly Don predicted the Flames would have trouble and it took them 7, Oilers lost in 7.

[chris10468]

When Don did this video Charles Barkley was playing for the horrible 76ers EJ was in college and Kenny Smith was playing for the horrible Atlanta Hawks and Craig Sager was wearing horrible suits and Lebron was one fat baby

[bakerandbaker1]

How long has Coaches Corner used that one clip of Cherry raising his arms up in the air...it's the Canadian equivalent of that skier in Wide World of Sports.

[somewhatlongdong]

@bakerandbaker1 They used that Don Cherry clip for almost 30 years. I actually remember the night he did that!

[megs905]

OMG HES SO YOUNG! LMAO!!! and ron had colour in his hair and hair actually not a receeding hairline!!

[leafyutube]

Indeed Calgary had their hands full with Vancouver. That was a phenomenal series. I'll bet Stan Smyl still has nightmares.

[landrykkb]

@leafyutube Montreal fans are still bitter to this day about the Flames winning that series.LOL

[ckendall67]

@landrykkb Yeah, you're probably right about that, but the Habs did redeem themselves 4 years later......

[landrykkb]

@ckendall67 Indeed,they did!

[landrykkb]

@leafyutube That certainly wasn't expected for the Flames to have it so hard against a then-inferior Canucks team,but the Canucks did go into the playoffs on a roll and came within a mere eyelash of shattering the Flames dreams of a Stanley Cup.

[ckendall67]

Another lil' tidbit for ya; the Rangers fired head coach Michel Bergeron with 2 games remaining in the season, & then-GM Phil Esposito took over behind the bench. As it turned, that whole fiasco between Bergeron & Esposito backfired on the Rangers, who ended up losing in a 4-game sweep to the Penguins in the 1st round.....

[TAG037]

The theme from Coaches Corner is really Canada's national anthem

[Ottawa4everXX]

yep montreal and calagary no way to predict that ;)

[TheVancouverstorm1]

Hey thanks I had been meaning too see how his picks panned out.

[ckendall67]

Grapes' '89 1st round picks & results:

Pittsburgh...check

Washington...X

Montreal...check

Boston...check

Detroit...X

St. Louis...check

Calgary...check

Edmonton...X

Grapes was also correct on a couple other things: the 'Hawks did have the Wings' number, the Flames needed 7 games vs the Canucks, & Gretzky wanted it more to beat the Oilers than Edmonton vs the Kings.:-)