Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.
I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.
Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.
We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over.
I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.
I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.
We’re stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences or take the next step and eliminate fighting.
I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.
The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet.
I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.
We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.
When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.
I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.
As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.
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.
