Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Frederick Shanahanis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously serving as the director of player safety for the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 January 1969
CityToronto, Canada
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I was surprised, but I knew he was having a bit of a tough adjustment here. But there are a lot of guys who decided to call it a career after the lockout. You can't blame a guy for trying to come back and being 100 percent sure.
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I see a lot of young players today who are supposed to be the future of the game and I shake my head. Guys who dive. Guy who don't put the team first,
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Let's be honest -- the same way fans were getting bored with the game in the past, players were too. So in a game like this, with all the excitement and guys coming at you with speed, players like Chris Chelios react to that.
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I was surprised, but I knew he was having a bit of a tough adjustment here, ... But there are a lot of guys who decided to call it a career after the lockout. You can't blame a guy for trying to come back and being 100 percent sure.
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You don't spend that much time cheering for guys on other teams in the playoffs that much. But Darren is a good guy and with all the things he's been through, it was nice to see him have good fortune for a change.
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Everyone is just doing their job. A lot of guys are putting up good numbers, but we don't have any one guy carrying the team.
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Are guys going to get discovered? Sure, we've got over 700 players; we're going to have the odd guy. But I've been playing for 18 years, and I've never heard a player talk about its benefits, I've never heard of a player taking it; I've never suspected a player I've played with is taking it.
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Sergei is a great player with world-class talent. Adding a player like that, I'm sure Columbus is hoping it'll get a lot of their young guys excited.
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I haven't heard anything about the betting being on hockey, and that's a very important distinction. It sounds as if it's college football and Super Bowl betting, stuff like that.
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He just knows how to play the game. Most times, I'm the one standing in front but if I'm not there, he has no fear of going in there and doing that job. The goal isn't scored unless Steve's screening the goalie.
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The fans spoke, ... They told us what they wanted and we tried to deliver while minding the hockey traditionalists as well.
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Shortly after that, we got a couple of power-play goals because we fed off of those penalty-kills. That was the story of the night, the penalty-killing.
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Things are coming together pretty good, I'm pretty optimistic about our game.
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I thought he played a solid game, especially considering he's been off for some time. It was nice to have him on the ice again.