Bob Nicholson
Bob Nicholson
events major missed suspension
He's already missed two major events because of the suspension and now he's back. He's off suspension and now he is eligible.
decision difficult everybody guy health lose mean snap talking three trying update weeks
We're trying to get an update on where everybody is at right now. Everybody was talking two or three weeks ago about the health of our team, but back then it didn't mean much because we had a lot of time. Now, if we lose a guy we're going to have to make a snap decision right away, and it's really going to mean some difficult decisions.
canadian counting definitely jersey question wear
No question we'd put him on the team. We're not counting on Sidney Crosby but Sidney Crosby will definitely wear a Canadian jersey in the future.
coaches gold last team won
A lot of coaches could have won gold with that team last year, but not many could have won gold with this team this year.
legs number played players seem
This just wasn't our tournament. We had a number of players who played in the world championship and they had the legs. We just couldn't seem to get our legs going here.
lead position team time wants wayne
Any time Brent wants to be with us, the same as Wayne Gretzky, I want to put him in a position to lead Team Canada.
calling situation talking tough updating wants
I know it's tough for him. I get the feeling, just from talking to him, that he wants to play, and I don't think he'd be calling us updating us on the situation as much as he is if he didn't want to play.
coming conversation excited great heading leader plane team wayne
I had a great conversation with Wayne as I jumped on the plane to come to Turin and Wayne's excited. He's really excited about coming here to Turin and heading the men's team. Wayne should be here. He's been the leader of this team from day one.
players top
If Sidney Crosby is in the top 23 players he'll be on the team.
players winning
If players are going to play, they want to be on a winning team, and we've been doing that.
certainly thinks wayne
He thinks he should be here and I certainly want him here. If Wayne didn't come, that's not right.
junior looking olympics
I am not looking to the Olympics right now. I have something much more important on Dec. 30 and that is the world junior championship. We have to get it right here.
camp key medical players staff start stay talk top toronto
The key thing for us now is to have our medical staff talk to all NHL medical staffs to stay on top of where all of our players are. We're going to have to do that from now to the start of our camp in Toronto (Feb. 13).
certainly gretzky supporting wayne
They certainly are supporting (our position) and that is to have Wayne Gretzky at the Olympics.