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 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - After the Phoenix Coyotes offered Don Maloney their general manager job, coach Wayne Gretzky gave him tapes of five games from last season. "I told him maybe not to watch those tapes until he signed his contract," Gretzky said with a chuckle.
Maloney took the job even though the tapes showed him the Coyotes have a long way to go to play for a Stanley Cup championship. Phoenix finished last in the Western Conference, 29 points out of the playoffs.
"It was a little daunting to see where they were," said Maloney, who was introduced to the media on Tuesday. "But if he was trying to scare me away, it didn't work."
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