We are extremely proud of the fact that Al spent so much of his remarkable career as a member of the Blues, and that he is retiring here in St. Louis, ... His accomplishments will serve as a significant part of this organization's permanent history and lore. We look forward to honoring him this season during a special night and allowing all of our fans to applaud him on the ice once again.

The population should be aware that we have our own sets of clones out there, and that this isn't so sinister when you're talking about working in a laboratory to intentionally create a second or third embryo.

From that experience, I can promise you that the likelihood of a sale to qualified buyers who want to keep the team where it is, is hugely impacted by how few liabilities, long-term, are on the books. I know it's tempting to play fantasy hockey and say this player or that player would certainly add to the value of the franchise.

We're getting some interest, but I can't comment on how sincere the interest is, ... We're waiting to see whether people graduate from tire kickers to legitimate interested parties.

If you're creating a second individual or second embryo for spare parts or for storage for future use, that's a different issue, ... But most of those kind of abuses would have to be very intentionally orchestrated and could easily be prevented.

His accomplishments will serve as a significant part of this organization's permanent history and lore.

We look forward to honoring him this season during a special night and allowing all of our fans to applaud him on the ice once again.

As tough as this process is, this is what has to be done when a franchise gets to this fork in the road. It's a brutal period we're going through, but the perspective from the potential buyers is very much forward-looking one.