Let’s face it, who’s a better defenseman in this game? … He logged a lot of ice time, played hurt. I don’t think we could have asked any more, and he’s still got a lot...

It’s a limited role just to get his feet wet a little bit. We wanted him to stay in the organization. Where we go with this, there’s no rush. There’s no timetable.

I think everybody in this business was probably looking at next year the cap possibly coming down or staying the same. Now all of our thought processes looking forward is definitely going to be different.

This is what the hockey world is right now, and you know something, this is what the system is supposed to do.

Some of the guys and our alumni were talking about how great he played in that game. It was a great experience for him.

We felt that it was something that if we could change it, we would. We’ve helped ourselves there quite a bit, but now they have to prove it.

Our goaltending, no doubt about it, hasn’t been at the level we’d like it to be.

He brings a high-energy, physical style of play to our team. Aaron finishes his checks and immediately will inject enthusiasm into our lineup.

Mike inherited a somewhat difficult situation with 21 games remaining in the 2003-04 season, but he did an outstanding job of steering us into the playoffs, … We very much look forward to having Mike...

I don’t discuss any of that. I never have, so why would I now? You can reason anything you want.

It’s a decision that we have to make and we’ll deal with it at the proper time.

We liked his size, obviously, and his competitiveness in the net. He’s quick for his size.

Until he tells us he’s ready … We’ll see what he says on Sunday.

We made a decision at the time that we couldn’t get something done that was right for both sides. He’s a hell of a player. He could always score goals. He became much more of...

He’s a guy in the Elite League who’s been able to produce numbers. We’ll see what training camp is like for him. You’re always looking for that little extra piece in a trade and take...