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. There's a reason when you fail and those reasons have to be looked and tried to be rectified and this is what we're trying to do.
"John Muckler" is a professional hockey coach and executive, most recently serving as the general manager of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League/NHL. Muckler has over 50 years of professional hockey experience as a part owner, general manager, director of player personnel, director of hockey operations, head coach, assistant coach and player. He has been a part of five Stanley Cup championships in various roles.
More John Muckler on Wikipedia.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.
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 didn't feel a thing. He just looked at it as a great opportunity and that's how it turned out for him.
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.
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 is very sorry it happened. I don't think he intended to injure anybody.
We had to do it also because of the talent level of the player that we received.
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.
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.
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.
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