It seems there’s going to be a lot of specialty teams. Basically, how are we going to adjust to it is what it comes down to.

Obviously, we would love to have him in our lineup,

We’ve done a lot of good things but a complete game, we haven’t done that. That’s something that bothers everybody in this dressing room.

Everyone’s going in on a whole new learning curve, … Figuring out what the rules are going to be, what the roles are going to be with the new coach, and that’s all going to...

It was huge. Some pretty important power plays were killed.

Tomorrow night is the start of four games in five nights, and we have to prepare ourselves for that.

Those two kids are special. And the new rules are going to be exciting for them.

Not only were we not able to get Pavel signed, we also had to buy out Darren McCarty , Ray Whitney and Derian Hatcher ,

He and I are struggling right now.

It’s definitely affected us a lot, … It kind of handcuffed Detroit. We had a lot of money tied into a lot of players. (General manager Ken Holland) had to step up and make some...

I don’t think anyone realized the extent of how deep it went. It’s tough when you see a friend and former teammate go through something like that.

Actually it was easier than you’d think. We were the guys who had the opportunity to play for something. Only 26 players on the eight teams had that chance. We would wake up in the...

It ‘«s going to be a fun game for guys who like to get out there and skate, … So I ‘«m just going to go out there and do what I can.

We have to play to these new rules, but we play to the system implemented by the coaches. Hopefully for the sake of the game, the coaches want to open it up.

Guys are committed to opening up the game, making it a lot more entertaining and letting guys go out and use their talents. But I don’t even think we’ll have it down pat by the...

He was one of the last guys to get in town, … It’s going to be nice. We have a four-hour bus ride, and Hank’s going to probably take the most abuse on the bus,...

After they took four points from us back home, we wanted to come back and answer, which we were able to do.

During the game, we didn’t notice anything.

We’ve been playing some games here for a while now that haven’t really meant anything standing-wise. Now everything’s over and done with. The playoffs are coming.