Jacques Lemaire
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Sep 29, 2026
Mathieu DandenaultHOST
That's what I'm thinking.
Mathieu DandenaultHOST
So going back, I remember Guy Lafleur, when Jacques Lemaire became a coach, Guy Lafleur retired.
Mathieu DandenaultHOST
So... for Retivate to coaching.
Mathieu DandenaultHOST
So it doesn't always go well, but that's a good story.
Scotty BowmanGUEST
And he's one of the premier two-way centermen of the league for a long time.
Scotty BowmanGUEST
You know, he's in the same area as guys like Jacques Lemaire.
Scotty BowmanGUEST
You know, I mean, they're the same kind of player.
Scotty BowmanGUEST
I mean, the coach couldn't get him on the ice enough, both when he needs a goal and when he needs to stop a goal.
Tom RenneyHOST
Okay.
Scott NiedermayerGUEST
And then Jacques Lemaire came.
Scott NiedermayerGUEST
Yeah.
Tom RenneyHOST
You were always as good as defensively as you needed to be because you were such a great skater and had a great head for the game and this vision beyond anybody I'd ever seen before.
Scott NiedermayerGUEST
It really was a puzzle that took me some time to kind of figure out as I was going through my career.
Scott NiedermayerGUEST
I'd already been in the NHL a year plus.
Scott NiedermayerGUEST
Jacques Lemaire came in as a very, you know, he knew what it took to win.
Scott NiedermayerGUEST
This guy, part of so many Stanley Cups as player and management coach.
Simon TsalikisPANELIST
It's all about the wins.
Simon TsalikisPANELIST
But when you have the luxury of watching a team that is also fun to watch, you're not watching Jacques Lemaire's New Jersey Devils or Brian Billick's Baltimore Ravens on defense.
Simon TsalikisPANELIST
You know, you're watching quality.
Simon TsalikisPANELIST
Because at the end of the day, Sean, I know for you, you are.
Simon TsalikisHOST
Hockey Hall of Fame, yeah.
Sean CampbellHOST
Jacques Lemaire, inducted in 1984.
Sean CampbellHOST
Excellent hockey player.
Sean CampbellHOST
Excellent coach.
Pierre McGuireHOST
It's a really good story.
Pierre McGuireHOST
Cause it's almost like they were the same Jacques Lemaire became the coach in Montreal.
Pierre McGuireHOST
And he liked the way he played.
Pierre McGuireHOST
But he said, you're going to have to play defense.
Pierre McGuireHOST
You're not going to be able to be an offensive player.
Pierre McGuireHOST
Well, if you ever get a chance to talk to Jacques Lemaire, when he played junior hockey, he played for Scotty Bowman.
Pierre McGuireHOST
Wow.
Pierre McGuireHOST
And Scotty used to tell him all the time, you're never going to make the NHL until you learn how to check.
Terry RyanHOST
Jean Beliveau, Rocket Richard, Guy Lafleur.
Terry RyanHOST
Doug Harvey, Jacques Lemaire, Larry Robinson, Bob Ganey, Patrick Waugh.
Terry RyanHOST
I can go on and on and on.
Terry RyanHOST
Ken Dryden, God rest his soul.
Kyle LewisHOST
is.
Kyle LewisHOST
That's Jacques Lemaire's fault.
Brad BurudHOST
Yeah, it is.
Brad BurudHOST
But this year, one of the teams that I have penciled down that I'm going to make sure I tune into a lot of games is the San Jose Sharks, which may kill me because I'm getting older and I go to bed earlier.
Jordan SchmaltzHOST
Like, dude, is this 1998? Yeah.
Jordan SchmaltzHOST
What is this, 2004, and Jacques Lemaire is your coach? Let them talk.
Jordan SchmaltzHOST
They're fucking talking, man.
Jordan SchmaltzHOST
You see that as a problem, as a distraction? A distraction is when you look on your Explorer page and see 30 basically semi-naked chicks in Melbourne, Australia, in Costa Rica, in Croatia, in all these places.
Jim DowdGUEST
Then Herb Brooks moved up, my second year pro.
Jim DowdGUEST
They had a pretty decent year, but then when they brought Jacques Lemaire in my third year, that's what changed everything.
Jim DowdGUEST
When Lou brought Jacques Lemaire in and made a couple of trades and got Riche and Chorsky, Tom Chorsky from the Montreal Canadiens and signed Bernie Nichols and Bobby Carpenter and That was my official rookie year, the year we lost to the Rangers in Game 7 in the conference finals.
Jim DowdGUEST
But you saw something special happen in there.
Jim DowdGUEST
I mean, we had a team that was freaking from top to bottom.
Jim DowdGUEST
we had – nobody called anybody all-stars, but, I mean, we had
Ricky OHOST
freaking – Just talk about a who's who of coaches that you played for.
Ricky OHOST
I mean, Herb Brooks, Tom McVie, Jacques Lemaire.
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