Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull and Jean Béliveau probably looked at us in the '80s and said, "These guys are soft. We used to take the train."

When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured.

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

At the end of the day everybody lost. We almost crippled our industry. It was very disappointing what happened.

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.

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.