FIVE YEARS AGO: March 19, 1994

With relations between coach Mike Keenan and general manager Neil Smith nearing the hopeless stage, Garden president Bob Gutkowski calls them to a meeting in his office. The two clear the air and have an enthusiastic 90-minute discussion about the team's future, both short- and long-term, just in time for the March 21 trading deadline.

"At the end of that meeting, I walked down to see Monie Begley (MSG Director of public relations)," Barry Meisel quotes Gutkowski in _Losing the Edge_. "I said, 'Monie, if we win the Stanley Cup, it will be because of that meeting.'"

Mike (well, maybe indirectly) Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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(P.S. Anyone wanna trade locations for the next couple weeks? This state's gonna be unbearable with UConn headed for the Final Four...)