He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

It's really hard. And it's harder today because of the salary cap. It starts in September at training camp - getting every guy on the same page, being as mentally and physically as focused as you can be. Then in April and May, you basically spend eight weeks practising, watching video and playing games. That's your life.

I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.

I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.