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

When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

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 also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

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