I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.

Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.

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.

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.

People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.

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.

I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.