We are now the greatest cheerleaders in the league for seeing that every building is sold out every night, … If we’re not right about this sport taking off again, if in fact the revenues...

I’ve said it many times in the past and I continue to maintain that Martin St. Louis is the heart and soul of our hockey team.

When you have a veteran player who desperately wants to be with your hockey club, I think it’s important that you be mindful of that.

We don’t want to find ourselves short at the blue line. (Ranger) gives us another option.

I think he’s a player who has multiple gears, and he’s a deceptive guy. He clearly can score goals, he can finish, he can set up plays, … All of us who were in Traverse...

Danny is an important part of the core of this hockey club. When you look at what the market has become for mobile, puck-moving defensemen who have an offensive upside to them, I thought it...

I think we can keep him, … Is it going to be easy? No. But I know Brad wants to be here long term. I know Pavel Kubina wants to be here long term. I...

In terms of the money itself, we have room. I don’t feel we’re constrained because we are so tight up against the cap. Being able to bring in a contract worth $3 million, that’s pretty...

I never really was a GM,

Martin St. Louis is the ‘heart and soul’ of our hockey team.

The atmosphere in this building is so good, … Our guys play like they are 10 feet tall in here. There’s no question our players get jacked up when this place is rocking.

Jay Rosehill is a prototypical Tampa Bay player. He is physical, aggressive, he likes to hit and isn’t afraid to drop his gloves when necessary.

The atmosphere in this building is so good. Our guys play like they are 10 feet tall in here. There’s no question our players get jacked up when this place is rocking.

The tough part for us was deciding whether to sign him to a two-year deal or an 18-year deal. I’m convinced he is going to play until he’s 60.

We prepare them as best we can as far as what to do over the summer. It’s obvious who has made a commitment over the summer and who hasn’t. And you can’t hide over these...

Thus far, there has not been a real sentiment to move players for draft picks. People want bodies back.

We are very pleased to have Andy under contract as we believe he has an incredibly bright future with our organization, … He came into training camp and through his play earned himself a contract...

The fact that he was willing to take less and give up the chance to explore unrestricted free agency demonstrates his commitment to our team, his teammates, our franchise and our incredible fans. We are...

We never wanted to lose him, so the fact that he is back means we’re exactly where we had wanted to be coming out of this year’s waiver draft.

By every account that I got, … Ranger was the best player on the ice.

Right now we have some guys who are fighting it, not just the goaltender. We have to get back to who and what we are, the hardest-working team in hockey.

As we’ve said repeatedly during the past three years, Brad is one of the cornerstones of our franchise and it is great to have him signed and ready to go before the start of training...

When I sat in my office and looked at the line board, … I kept seeing that gaping hole on the right. Modin, Richards and a blank space. There is not another player in our...

The feeling we have right now after the past two games is that, obviously we have a lot of areas of concern, but one is we are not getting the kind of physical play and...

But you get the feeling if he gets one, he’ll get a bunch.

This signing is absolutely huge for the Lightning franchise.

He’s squeezing the graphite right out of his stick right now,

That’s where he played while we were in Traverse City for rookie camp, that’s where he has played in camp here with us and he is a forward as far as we are concerned. That’s...

I think you’ll see that hunger and that desperation in the playoffs. But the trick is, you have to make the playoffs. You have to take care of business and survive the grind of the...

We’re still looking. We check the waivers every day. We’re still looking to talk to teams to see if they have strength at that position, so nothing is guaranteed. These two guys have earned the...

It’s there for the taking.

What is fragile so often is confidence, and that’s the thing. Prior to the Olympic break we really thought we had that swagger back, that we were going to find a way. We will beat...