VANCOUVER — It’s always great fun catching up with Scotty Bowman, who loves talking hockey and watches the NHL like he’s still behind a team’s bench.

Among the latest recipients of the Order of Canada, Bowman, 78, delivered his observations with the traditional stream of consciousness, flitting from one subject to the next and sometimes back, always focusing on what’s important. Then, upon hanging up, he emailed me some material on a Russian player — using the the wireless service on his flight — before settling in to watch a game on his iPad from the Centre ice package as he returned to Tampa.


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