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

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.

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

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

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.

One of the advantages, one of the special things, about playing in Detroit or Montreal is guys like Gordie Howe walk in the room. I didn't know he was here tonight, it was kind of a coincidence to get that assist on a night that he's here.