Don Waddell
Don Waddell
Donald Douglas Waddellis the former, and last President of the Atlanta Thrashers and a former professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently President of Gale Force Sports & Entertainment, parent company of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League...
best meeting player purpose
We're not having one meeting about who has been the best player here or anything like that. That's not the purpose of it.
higher move
You come here with higher expectations and it?s disappointing, no doubt, but we have to move on now.
asset extremely knowledge pleased program tremendous
Keith's knowledge of the U.S. program will be a tremendous asset to us. We're extremely pleased to have him as part of the staff.
blueprint catch knew
Once he could put his blueprint on the team, I knew they would be successful. Hopefully, we'll catch up to them.
endurance game injury sore
His injury is healing, but the endurance part is not going so fast. He's been sore after every game this year.
begging reason
He was begging us to let him on the ice, but there's no reason to put him in any kind of jeopardy.
starting three
All three of them are starting goaltenders in the NHL right now.
penalty pick players role skilled team
I always say the players pick this team, not us. You can't have a team of 12 first-line NHL players. You need role players, checkers, penalty killers. You can't just take the 12 most skilled forwards.
legal patterns
Some of his patterns come in legal and some come in illegal.
guiding olympic peter pleased
We're really pleased to have Peter guiding our Olympic Team.
problem
We'll be in the playoffs. If you want to write: 'Guarantee,' I have no problem with that.
change decision guys injury maybe named performed positions roll ryan team three today wish
We made a decision back in December. We all wish we could make this decision today on your whole team because maybe some other positions would change also. Ryan has come back from his injury and has performed very well, but we're very comfortable with the three guys we've named and we're going to roll with them.
capable games playing
We still need someone else who is capable of playing 20 to 25 games a year.
add caliber career cup enjoyed excited extremely includes player role stanley valuable veteran
We're extremely excited to add a player of Bobby's caliber to our lineup. He's a hard-nosed player who has enjoyed a distinguished career that includes valuable Stanley Cup championship experience. He is a veteran who will play an important role in our success.