He said, `You know I really like the way Larry Bird's team plays and I like the way he's coaching that team. It's playing the game the way he played it,' ... He said, `That might be something when I retire I would consider doing.'

They both welcome the competition for minutes and don't expect to have anything handed to them.

Our players, if the effort isn't there, will see a much different side to Wayne Gretzky than the gentleman the public knows. He'll have no problem doing that.

That type of injury at that position is one you don't even think about hurrying along.

From that day on, I haven't seen him as recharged and excited since he retired.

He's going to be a star at Carmel right away and there's going to be a buzz as soon as he walks through the door.

We're nowhere near where we need to be. We still have a lot of work to do.

It can have the same effect on the bench as a player taking it end to end on a scoring rush.