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sports Diaranson 6 Januari 2021

AP source: 3 NFL teams granted permission to talk to Brady

(AP) — Panthers offensive Carolina players went on to
coordinator Joe Brady is have at least 1,000 yards from
becoming a popular name scrimmage, marking only the
for NFL teams looking to fifth team in the Super Bowl
fill head coaching vacan- era that has happened.
cies. The Panthers finished the
season 5-11 and in third place
A person familiar with the in the NFC South.
situation says the Chargers,
Falcons and Texans have all Brady was hired by Carolina
asked for and received per- last season after spending
mission from the Panthers one season as LSU’s pass-
to interview Brady for their ing game coordinator, where
head coaching jobs. he helped the Tigers win a
The person spoke to The As- national championship and
sociated Press on condition of quarterback Joe Burrow win
anonymity Tuesday because the Heisman Trophy and
the team does not release become the first pick in the
names of assistant coaches 2020 draft.
who have been granted per- Prior to LSU, Brady served
mission to speak with other two years as an offensive as-
teams. sistant with the Saints.
The 31-year-old Brady could Along with the Chargers,
be on a meteoric rise up the Falcons and Texans, the Jets,
coaching ranks after just one Jaguars and Lions are also
season as an NFL coordina- Carolina finished 21st in the and 24th in scoring. Although Caffrey only played in three looking to fill head coaching
tor. league in offense last season running back Christian Mc- games because of injury, four vacancies.

Great expectations: mackinnon, avs embracing contender role

Denver (ap) — nathan edouard bellemare and matt
mackinnon views pressure calvert form the fourth line.
almost like shots on goal The early defensive pairings
— the more, the better. are toews/makar, samuel gi-
rard/johnson, ryan graves/ian
That’s why the colorado ava- cole and dennis gilbert/conor
lanche forward fully embrac- timmins.
es his team being mentioned Burnaby joe
among the stanley cup favor-
ites. Being from the same gen-
With mackinnon, one of the eral area in british columbia,
top playmakers in the league, toews is quite familiar with
and cale makar, the defensive sakic. But he never had the
phenom who’s coming off chance to cross paths with the
a rookie-of-the-year cam- hall of fame forward turned
paign, they’re not that youth- gm — until now.
ful team filled with speed and “there are streets named af-
promise. ter him in burnaby that i’ve
They’re flat-out legit. driven down to go to differ-
ent hockey rinks,” toews said,
“our expectation is to win referring to the city where sa-
the cup, not just claw and kic once lived and earned the
scrape our way into the play- healthy. rado coach jared bednar said. The additions of toews and nickname burnaby joe. “he
offs,” said mackinnon, who “for myself and the whole “we want to be considered saad were a way for general was kind of a tall figure when
finished runner-up in the team, we’re very motivated, one of the favorites.” manager joe sakic to bolster i was growing up. I watched a
mvp race after a season in because you don’t have many Bo knows defense an already deep roster in this lot of avalanche games when
which he had 35 goals and 58 chances to win,” said mack- time of a flat salary cap. they were at their peak.”
assists in 69 games. “the pres- innon. “we need to do every- The avalanche will give “they’re both really good Schedule watch
sure is obviously a nice thing thing in our power not to ... young defenseman bowen players,” said francouz, who
to have.” Waste it and take advantage of byram every opportunity to figures to split time in net Colorado opens the season
The avs are coming off an in- the special group we have.” be a contributor on the blue with grubauer during the against the st. Louis blues
jury-riddled season in which For the most part, this will line. Byram was the fourth compressed season. “they’ll at ball arena on jan. 13. The
they advanced to the west- be the same nucleus as a sea- overall pick in the 2019 be the special spice for this team faces west division op-
ern conference semifinals son ago. They did add de- draft and played last season team.” ponents anaheim, arizona, los
inside the bubble before be- fenseman devon toews in a with vancouver of the west- Line dancing angeles, minnesota, st. Louis,
ing eliminated by dallas dur- trade with the new york is- ern hockey league, where he san jose and vegas a total of
ing overtime of game 7. In landers and forward brandon had 14 goals and 38 assists in Barring injuries, bednar plans eight times each.
that pivotal game, they had to saad in another deal with chi- 50 games. to get a look at these early The team’s regular-season
rely on a third-string goalten- cago. “this is a real gifted, real spe- pairings: andre burakovsky, finale is scheduled for may
der due to injuries to philipp Those additions, along with cial player,” bednar said of mackinnon and mikko ran- 8, which will be the latest in
grubauer and pavel francouz. the play of mackinnon and byram, who’s a co-captain tanen on the top line, fol- team history.
Also missing were captain ga- makar — 12 goals and 38 as- for team canada at the 2021 lowed by landeskog, nazem “it’s a lot of hockey and a
briel landeskog and defense- sists a season ago in earning world junior championship. kadri and saad on the sec- condensed schedule but it’s
man erik johnson. the calder trophy — are why “we certainly feel he’ll be able ond. The third line will con- lots of time for recovery and
Mackinnon can only imag- the avs remain a trendy cup to help us if not now then sist of valeri nichushkin, j.t. the ability to leave it all out
ine what might have trans- pick. certainly in the near future.” Compher and joonas dons- there every game,” mackin-
pired had colorado remained “we want the pressure,” colo- New look koi, while tyson jost, pierre- non said.