I agree with that 100%, … He doesn’t have to play every game.

We want to save cap money because we might have to do something down the line. We don’t want to have people sitting around not playing and eating up cap money,

It was the perfect fit. It was the perfect fit for us, it was the perfect fit for them. And we both made a great deal.

I have no doubts in my mind that he’s going to get back to where he was before,

There was no communication from the Czech Republic team. You can’t get near a player if he’s injured.

If we’re able to get an older goaltender with experience, I’d be very happy.

We want to put him in a position where he can be successful, … He wasn’t able to obtain that at this level. As we all know, he had a good training camp and it...

People should be excited because we’ve given them something to be excited about,

We’re just going to let them play right now, … They’re under contract for this year and that’s something we’ll look at.

We were looking for somebody who could play on our second line and we feel he can do that for us.

We think (Eaves) is a guy who has a good shot, … He’s going to get a chance and we’ll see how he performs through the exhibition games.

No question (the Leafs would be interested),

We didn’t ask him not to wear the mask. We just had a discussion about what was right and what was wrong. He said he would take it off.

The whole city is behind us. I don’t think people in the States realize how important this all is to Canadian people.

We’ve had a plan right since Dom got injured. The plan is to have Dom 100 per cent and when he’s 100 per cent he will come back and he will play in the playoffs.

I don’t know if I’ve seen this kind of excitement in any hockey community since (Wayne) Gretzky went to Los Angeles … especially in this size of a city,

This team has the most character I’ve been associated with since Edmonton. Now they have to prove it. They came to camp believing that they can win the Cup.

We have a club here that has 105 points and we have a goalkeeper in Emery who is playing very well at this particular time. It doesn’t make any sense to hurry Dom back. We...

I know everybody has a different opinion on this, … I know what Dominik Hasek brings to the game and he brings passion. He loves the game and I have no question this is going...

When he is 100 percent, he’ll come back and play in the playoffs.

We hadn’t won with this group of players and we needed to go in a different direction, … We want to go forward and we feel like this was a good move for us.

We came awful close last year, … I felt we had a great opportunity to be the Stanley Cup champs. I think we’ve gone through everything you need a team to go through and experienced...

It’s almost like he’s on a mission. He’s here for a purpose, and that’s to win. That’s something we haven’t had in the past. We knew we were good, but we couldn’t get the job...

Right now, we don’t have any hot irons in the fire. Have we been talking to teams? Yes. Do we want to make a move? Only if it betters our hockey club. And we don’t...

We are still optimistic. ‘¦I don’t know if he will be back for the first playoff game, but he’s going to give it a try and we are going to go day-by-day.

We came awful close last year. I felt we had a great opportunity to be the Stanley Cup champs. I think we’ve gone through everything you need a team to go through and experienced everything...

It’s above the groin on the backside of his (right) leg and it’s pretty high up. Yes, it’s a slight strain.

You had to get rid of the other stuff before he started playing well.

I could see that this conversation wasn’t about money, it was about him coming back and trying to play and trying to win another Stanley Cup. He wasn’t happy about the way his career had...

It’s a severe suspension, five games. Marty is going to be a big loss to our hockey club, … but having said that, there’s no place in hockey for kicking. I’m very sure that Marty...

He told me the reason he put Tyson on his mask is because he was an idol of his, as a boxer. He knows now that [Tyson] he’s lost that right because of his conviction...

He was the best player on the ice. Jason showed a lot of poise for a young guy to be put in a position like that. The pressure did not bother him one iota. He...

He wanted a little attention, he wasn’t getting any with Dom around, not playing any games.

Everybody is in a mode right now where they want to look at what they’ve got,

I didn’t know what to think to tell you the truth, first you’re worried about how serious this could be and the consequences of course. Fortunately I don’t believe there are any major consequences to...

[They lost Game ‘ 7 of the conference finals when Devils winger Jeff Friesen scored with 2:14 to play, but by then it was just as easy to say that Ottawa had beaten itself. Despite having...

The reason we made the deal was to give us more flexibility. We have players in the future who have to be satisfied. We also had to do it because of the talent of the...

He’s a terrific player who’s going to get better. It was just that the time was right for us to make the move.

That’s one thing we do have going for us to change things around, is Marty coming back. That does make us a better hockey club.

The good thing is if he works hard there’s a possibility he’ll be able to come back for the playoffs.

We like our hockey club. We’re going to spend the next couple of weeks seeing where we’re at and then we’re going to make some decisions. We’ve got to find out in camp where everybody...

We had to do it also because of the talent level of the player that we received,

That’s a possibility. I’m not going to say it will be that way for a month, but we might start the season that way,

He’s soon going to be 41 years old and his flexibility is unbelievable. He’s like Gumby.

I think there’s a little negativity in this town because they don’t look at themselves as winners. It’s doom and gloom, there’s no doubt about that. They need some sunlight.

He was an idol of his as a boxer, but (Emery) knows now that he lost that right (to wear the mask) with (Tyson’s) conviction as a rapist and a female abuser. Ray told me...

I think we do have enough depth in the organization to cover for Marty while he’s gone and at the same time it will give us an opportunity to look at our younger players.

He’s a gritty hockey player, he’s got good vision, he’s an intelligent player,

We let a good hockey player go to Atlanta, … But I just felt it was time for change. We had two runs at the Stanley Cup, one was partially successful, last season we failed....

I feel the Olympic experience is very important for the NHL, but I don’t think it’s all positive.