Winnipeg Jets coach Claude Noel gives directions to Winnipeg Jets LW Evander Kane during hockey practice at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. JASON HALSTEAD/WINNIPEG SUN/QMI AGENCY FILES
I don't know about you, but I've missed a Claude Noel fix for a while, now.
The lack of gems from the imminently quotable Winnipeg Jets head coach has been one of the few drawbacks to this otherwise yawn-inducing NHL lockout.
Noel can make you laugh and he can make you think, which isn't a bad combination.
He probably isn't doing much of the former these days, relegated to 5 1/2-hour days at the office, Monday-to-Friday, with no roster decisions to make and no games to coach.
