You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.
We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know the concussion aspect is such a big part of the game and sports in general.
I heard Rolex makes nice watches.
Every time you sustain a head injury, the risk gets higher and higher. I always said that if there ever was a point where the risk was more than minimal, I would stop playing.
What scares me is how easily it happened.
Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.
It didn't feel like it was anything too major, but if you had to look at one hit that would be it.
It was the kind of light blow that is exchanged without notice or consequence hundreds of times in a game.
I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.
Forget about style; worry about results.
I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.
My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.
Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.
This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided.
There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.
It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.
I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.
I don't train to look good in the mirror. I train to make improvements in my game.
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.
It's not about what you did yesterday, it's what you do tomorrow. If you rely too much on yesterday, tomorrow is going to jump up and bite you in the pants.
I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and... seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice.
I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.
Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.
We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.
I just tape four Tylenols to it.
