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For the men behind the bench, the road to the Stanley Cup is a MapQuest puzzle of gut-wrenching decisions and calculated adjustments. There's a fine line between road warriors and roadkill, and it's drawn by the coaches who read and react to an opponent's every move.
Few, if any, have understood the game within like Scotty Bowman, hoister of a record nine Cups, with the Canadiens, Penguins and Red Wings. Bowman admits he relished getting inside the heads of his foes.
"I did a lot of stuff just so the other team couldn't read me," he said. "I didn't want to be predictable."
Who better to help us look at the buttons the final four coaches will have to push as each pulls his team toward a title?
Few, if any, have understood the game within like Scotty Bowman, hoister of a record nine Cups, with the Canadiens, Penguins and Red Wings. Bowman admits he relished getting inside the heads of his foes.
"I did a lot of stuff just so the other team couldn't read me," he said. "I didn't want to be predictable."
Who better to help us look at the buttons the final four coaches will have to push as each pulls his team toward a title?
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