The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.

You miss the ball you do not hit 100%

I heard people say, 'Why would he want to do this?' My answer is 'Why not?' It is what I love. It's what I know.

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

When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.