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 knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.

I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit.

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.

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'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.

I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.