When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.

It's just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you've held up the Stanley Cup.

We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.

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 really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, "Geez, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool."

The only shot I ALWAYS miss, is the one I don't take!

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.