It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.
There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off.
I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.
I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.
We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.
Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly.
It's almost like you see too much, because when it happens for real, everything flies at you so fast, you never get a sense of the ice and where everyone is at that one moment.
One of the advantages, one of the special things, about playing in Detroit or Montreal is guys like Gordie Howe walk in the room. I didn't know he was here tonight, it was kind of a coincidence to get that assist on a night that he's here.
