"Derian John Hatcher" is an United States/American former professional ice hockey Defenceman/defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers. He is the younger brother of former NHL player Kevin Hatcher, with whom he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame on October 21, 2010.

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He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms of the deal mattered, too. I have a family and I didn't want to be moving around every two years.

There are times you want to take your stick and whack people and you just can't.

Skating with the team is a step in the right direction, so in that sense it felt good. I'm assuming that Peter will be back for probably a game, and hopefully I can play a game or two in the exhibition. It's definitely important to try to get everyone going before the start of the year.

(Consistency) was a problem before and now with the new rules. I think it's going to be a bigger problem. You flip the channels on TV and it's a different set of rules in every game. I'm not blaming the referees, but it's hard for players to adjust when there are different sets of rules every night.

I don't know if you're supposed to love your coach. Right now I love him, but we'll see in a couple weeks.

My abs are sore. They speed around, and they handle the puck, too. It's really tough to handle the puck when you're moving.

I think with the year off and the rule changes, everyone, with maybe a few exceptions, had to play his way on (the team).

If [the NHL] wants to see 10-9 hockey games, I guess that's what we're going to be seeing a lot of. I'm serious. From the videos we saw, you really can't even tie guys up in front of the net. There are going to be a lot of goals scored. We could see a 100-goal scorer this year.

It felt good. It's been frustrating. If I had been here and we hadn't been locked out for a full season, I don't think it would have been quite as bad. With the circumstances, it made it a little worse on me.