Dale Tallon
Dale Tallon
Michael "Dale" Tallonis a Canadian ice hockey executive for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. He played in the NHL for ten years as a defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Following his retirement as a player, Tallon began a broadcasting career with the Blackhawks lasting 16 years. In 1998, he joined the front office as director of player personnel before working his way up to GM. Serving in the latter capacity from...
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Things have been quiet. We're in the preliminary stages of a lot of conversations, but there's nothing concrete yet. I've been on the phone for two days, and people are just feeling everybody out. They're waiting for someone to make a deal.
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Adrian Aucoin was one of the top players we had targeted. He's a smart hockey player, logs lots of ice time, and is a solid two-way player who has an excellent shot from the point. He possesses excellent leadership skills and is a character player.
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Adrian was high on our list. We liked the fact that he can play offense and defense and lots of minutes. We also liked that Adrian is a class act.
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He's down now, but he might be back tomorrow.
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I wouldn't say it's cold, but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman.
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I'd like to see more of that. There's no accountability in some of these guys, but all of them are accountable. Everybody's trying to get to the root of this.
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I'll listen to anything on anybody. That's just the way it is. I'm not going to put up with it. Enough is enough. I'm going to explore all options (on his entire roster). I'm not going to sit still. Everything that is available to us, we're going to go after.
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Danny Richmond is a kid with a lot of passion for the game. He is a skilled defenseman who possesses a lot of grit and toughness.
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If there are moves that make sense and are beneficial to our future, we'll make them. We're not in a state of panic. We're going to do the right thing to get better.
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This isn't a good thing, with February being hockey time. It's one of the pitfalls of this year's schedule and the Olympics, but we've got to live with it.
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This is a new beginning for us, ... We've been very happy with the people we were able to acquire. They all have skill, they all can play the game and they all have different attributes.
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The numbers tell the story, the save percentage. He knows it. He's a professional.
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Ideally we'd like to get our franchise better. It'd be nice to get some good young players who fit into our future. We've identified our need for more skill and more speed, and we're working in that direction.
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We are changing, you have to, with the times. It's a different era than it was. This is the direction we want to go in now and how we handle things.