It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

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

We should've been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.

As long as I could remember, since I was 5 years old, I watched the Stanley Cup. I stayed up, made a point of watching it presented, watched the celebration in the locker room, and always dreamed that maybe I'd get there.

The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet.