Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.

(The Predators) are obviously our primary competition for the division and it was a chance to really open up a bigger gap and make it more difficult for them to catch us. We’re more comfortable.

I don’t really have a specific goal other than for whatever role I have, to be productive in it. I’m not looking for any days off, or games off, or to be rested. I want...

I don’t really know the significance. If anything, it shows how good [Lemieux] is. He played almost five years less than I did.

Whether somebody is really competent – whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he’s a good person to lead a hockey club – is something determined over a long period of time, not one...

He’s a really good guy. He’s a popular guy. I think it’s a matter of teams wanting him.

I really enjoyed it, … I played a couple of preseason games, but the atmosphere tonight was totally different. The pace is much quicker and more intense, but it was easier to get into it.

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.

I’m not a big fan of the shootout, but it’s in the rules now and you have to make the best of it,

Regardless of how the game is played, there will be low-scoring games, and good teams have to win 1-0 or 2-1 (in the playoffs).

And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

I’m getting one more opportunity to play for the Stanley Cup so I’m pretty thrilled about that.

I didn’t have quite as much jump as the game went on, but in general I felt pretty good. And when I show that I’m able to handle more and I’m effective, I’ll play more....

They’ve got a lot of good players, a good defense, and I think Mason has played very well for them when he’s been in the net. It’s tough to lose a goalie that’s been so...

We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that’s when...

I played with them a fair bit two years ago; I enjoy playing with them,

I really enjoyed it. I played a couple of preseason games, but the atmosphere tonight was totally different. The pace is much quicker and more intense, but it was easier to get into it.

Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.

Personally, I’d prefer to continue playing the overtime after tie games.

Whether it’s been Ozzie or Manny in the net, we don’t really have any concern. Doesn’t change the way we play.

I don’t take anything for granted.

Some of the best young players in the game are Canadian, … I don’t care how many years you have played and how much success you have had. This is the only year that matters....

This injury is dictating the end of my career, whether that’s this year, next year or whatever, … I was able to rehab it and I want to find out if I can still play....

I think I’ll make a decision after the playoffs. Let’s see how they go and go from there.

I’m very confident my health isn’t going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.

A little bit surprised I guess, I don’t really expect that. But I think when it all comes out – I don’t know the whole story yet – but when it all comes out it...

I think it’ll be a big loss for the NHL. Such a great player and conducted himself professionally. An exciting player to watch. Just so many highlights of things he could do on the ice.

I’m never gonna play again, and I know I’m really, really going to miss it.

I have an eye injury now. I can’t really afford another one. I wish that I’d had [a visor] on before.

He doesn’t have to stand on his head, but everybody has certain expectations and responsibilities, and the starting goalie has to play well. If it’s going to be Manny (starting the playoffs), he has to...

When you’re on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.

I can pretty much make a quick decision on what I want to do for the future.

Obviously there was concern. You fear for the guy’s life.

I’d love to do it one more time. . . . I’ll never get tired of doing this.

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.

I played with the guy his entire career, … and it’s sad to see him move on.

Every country’s players play a similar style, every country is a little bit unique in how they play. I think those guys are really comfortable together on the ice. Whether it’s just communication or just...

It’s almost like you see too much, because when it happens for real, everything flies at you so fast, you never get a sense of the ice and where everyone is at that one moment.

You know, I’m comfortable with it and in some ways I look forward to it, … As much as I’d like to compete, it’s difficult. It gets old. You’re battling; guys are big and strong...

That was kind of the goal and that comes pretty quickly. Things go pretty quick and you’re there. Before you know it, you’re 35 and you want to continue playing.

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

the hardest really I’ve skated since the first of the week.

It’s too bad that decision had to be made … I always thought he would retire a Red Wing. I think we will be seeing more of this kind of movement now with the salary-cap...

I would have loved the opportunity to play against Ottawa this year. We missed the entire division. Having said that, I think we played enough quality games against top teams and very good teams that...

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.

The best thing for everybody is that we go home and analyze as an organization what happened, where we went wrong and what needs to be done for the future. I’d like to leave my...

You can’t much stock in one or two games. But if we’re able to win these games, it will open the gap a little bit more.

We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting. We’re stuck in the middle and need to decide what...

They want me to come back and play and do what I can do, just come and play and try,

But I think the job he’s done is overlooked, just because of the talent we have.