Doug Armstrong
Doug Armstrong
Douglas Armstrongis the general manager for the NHL's St. Louis Blues. He is also a former general manager of the Dallas Stars...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth24 September 1964
CitySarnia, Canada
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My belief was that I had to put my stake in the ground and build the team around one player. It's not that one player can win or lose for us, but if you have to put a statement. And Marty is my statement player.
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John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely in our evaluation of pro prospects.
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It's a footnote of history. But we're not going to dwell on it, and I'm sure we're not going to look at any game tapes of what happened two years ago.
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Dave has done an outstanding job as head coach of this club and we expect that to continue for years to come.
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He knows we like him. He's been here for a number of years, and I've tried to express to him that I've been one of his stronger supporters over that time. Nothing to me has changed. When the time comes and he wants to stay here, we'll talk to him.
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I just think the reality of not ending his career in Dallas, putting on a different jersey, wasn't appealing to him.
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In this new system, the star players have to be star players. If they aren't, you are probably not going to be successful.
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If you have two guys who are battling hard, who are in an emotional game and who drop the gloves, to me that's a 'hockey fight,' and I have no problem with that. But if you have two guys who go out on the ice looking for someone to fight, and it has little to do with the game, there's really no reason for that.
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We realize the Class AA bracket is loaded with a lot of talented teams. Class AA may be the toughest division in the state tournament this year.
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We're not looking to trade an apple for an apple. If we're looking to do anything, it would be to trade a little of the future for today.
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We knew that Dave had that reputation of taking first-year teams and getting the most out of them. I think he's done that with our group. I think he's shown firm leadership and strong leadership for the younger players, making sure that they learn the game and play the correct way.
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We made the plays when we had to.
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We are pleased to sign Philippe Boucher to a new contract that will keep him with the Dallas Stars for the next three seasons. Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club and we are looking forward to his next three years with our organization.
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When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't have to get up to get off the ice, so I wasn't sure what happened. But I talked to the trainer between periods and he thought it would be good and then I saw Mike after and he was all smiles with the team winning the division. So a crisis averted, I guess.