Daniel Briere
Daniel Briere
Daniel Jean-Claude "Danny" Brièreis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes, and also played for the Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. Internationally, Brière won four gold medals in as many appearances with Team Canada at the 1994 World U18 Championships, 1997 World Junior Championships, and the 2003 and 2004 World Championships...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth6 October 1977
CityGatineau, Canada
We have to believe in what the organization has planned. They believed in the players we have here. They had a plan the last few years with what they were building. Not too many people believed they were right, but it's paying off now. You have to believe in them that they're going to make the right call.
With Miro being a superstar, you need a player like that in your lineup to change the luck of your offense.
To be honest with you, I just think it was time for Miro to move on. Miro's a great hockey player, but I don't think he had any chemistry with the players that we have here.
You see all those players moving around and, for the most part, we've kept the same team. It's going to be very different when we start playing all these other teams.
It says a lot about the players in this room, the organization. Going through all the injuries that we have this year, I don't think anybody could have predicted that we'd be here today at 104 points and 49 wins.
It's not about one or two lines or one or two players on this team. There's something special here.
I thought we gained a lot of experience. I was surprised by how we kept our composure.
I think we're sitting in a good position. I don't think we have a team right now to win the Stanley Cup, to be honest with you, but we have a lot of room under the salary cap, and we can make some moves.
I think maybe we looked too much for the tie. But give them credit, they bounced back. From being up two goals, then losing that lead and still finding a way to win.
I'm still far away from coming back. I can't really push off yet or take off in a hurry. Pivoting gives me a hard time still. But it's just fun to be back around the guys and having the chance to skate with them a little bit.
It fired up our will when we heard things like the more the series went on, the tougher it would go for us. Those were just motivation points for us.
It doesn't really bother us. They gotta give good reasons to their fans why they've been losing to us this year.
You look at the beginning of the year, everybody was thinking that we were a team that, if we were lucky, we would be battling for a playoff spot in the end. That wasn't good enough for us. We found a way to clinch early and only finished three points behind Ottawa. We showed we belonged with the best. It's the same attitude that we're going to bring to the playoffs.
When you're so close to playing, it's going to be frustrating if I don't have time to get into a game before the break.