Doug Risebrough
Doug Risebrough
Douglas John Risebroughis a former player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League. In his 31 years in the NHL, he has been involved with the Stanley Cup Playoffs 25 times. He is currently a pro scout for the New York Rangers...
agency agent carry free seen
Unrestricted free agency is not a savior. I've never seen an unrestricted free agent carry a team. But it is a tool.
number players sure
We have a number of players who are third-, fourth- or fifth-year pros. It's their time. We're not sure what they're going to do, but we need to find out.
difficult kevin less moved somewhere trade understand value
It was simple, the value was there in making the deal. It was a difficult trade to make so Kevin had to understand that the value was going to have to be more, even if it would have been less had I moved him somewhere else.
found guy higher level maybe played
He's a guy that you know has played at a higher level before and maybe just hasn't found the right fit.
anticipate official
He's injured. We don't anticipate him out long. That's the official line.
success
All those things have implications. You have to prioritize. Everything we do is for the long-term success of the franchise.
five four guy lose might people somebody
There's somebody who's going to say, 'I don't want to lose this guy so I'll put him out in four or five days' because they want to see what people might acquire.
deserve maybe playing rookies veterans
If I was going to do it, then I'd probably do something with the veterans more than the rookies because they've been playing well and maybe they deserve a chance.
identify package people quality trying
He's trying to identify quality people and people who have won. He got it (leadership) in a package with those two.
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His confidence is high, and I think he knows how he can affect games now. There's still going to be games he doesn't do it as much, but that doesn't mean it's him as it is just the game. But he's got to be able to present it all the time, and if it is in the game and he doesn't, that's the inconsistency you're trying to eliminate.
commenting deadline saying trade trading
I'm saying that the trade deadline is looming, and I'm not commenting about who I'm trading or not.
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I think he's going to be able to be better with these changes. Where he probably has an edge is with his speed. So if transition means you can go to the far blue line very quickly, there's probably very few people in the league that can get there as fast as him.
center hard maybe opportunity role somebody trying
One role we've been trying to find is somebody at center who's hard working and kind of pesky. Erik's kind of done that at the U and done that as a pro. Maybe there's an opportunity to see what he can do in NHL.
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Teams are more comfortable now taking on the risk of development of players than they were three or four years ago. More teams are realizing young players aren't a detriment. To me, there's no difference between a player at 19 and someone who's 21.