When they saw that 12 per cent out of the paycheck, the guys on our team were [griping] and moaning and complaining about it, ... This is after we already had given back 24 per cent and taken a ($39-million) salary cap.
We tried to give Andy what he wanted. We were like an energy line.
[NHL contraction would be fine if] mediocre European players ... typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not backing anything up.
Let's put it this way: The owners are having a hell of a great time saying, 'We have a partnership now.' You're not going to hear the players saying that.
Our team has been awesome, ... I've been very pleasantly surprised at how awesome every guy in our locker-room is. I've just had a great time with these guys.
When we watch hockey games and see 8,000 fans in (Washington) D.C., you cringe as a player, ... Those cities that aren't pulling their weight in terms of drawing fans and revenue are hurting everybody as a whole, not just that city.
I think the owners got a deal very favorable to them, ... It gives them leeway to do more than they should be able to do with our salaries.
I'm trying to calm him down a little bit. He goes to a different level than I do, ... I don't think I would ever single out one specific group of people and demean them. But hey, I've lived by the media and I've died by the media.
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