Joe Sakic
Joe Sakic
Joseph Steven Sakicis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played his entire 21-year National Hockey Leaguecareer with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. Named captain of the team in 1992, Sakic is regarded as one of the most capable team leaders in league history and was able to motivate his team to play at a winning level. Sakic led the Avalanche to Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001, being named the most valuable player of the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth7 July 1969
CountryCanada
There's obviously goals. I don't want to be hanging around for (an extended) period of time, ... When it's my time to go, they'll tell me.
Everything is short term now. Hopefully, a couple more years and then we'll see at that point. I feel good, but to be realistic, I don't have any long-term plans.
Everything's in the past. We're moving on. We just want to win games.
You think of Canada, you think of hockey, you think of Wayne Gretzky. This is where he should be. I couldn't imagine it any other way. You saw what he meant to us in 2002. For most of us, he was our idol growing up. When he says something, you're going to listen.
I knew he wasn't going to give me high.
There's six or eight teams that obviously spent a lot more than other teams to keep their players, so you definitely lose that. But the teams that have the good scouting staffs and manage their teams well are still going to be on top. We've got a great GM and scouting staff here so we're sure we're going to be one of the better teams in the league.
It's part of the cap thing. It's no big deal.
The most important thing is that we put a good product out there,
It was a big point. We'll see next game where we will finish up.
The power play was terrible. We didn't support one another that well. ... I don't think we generated hardly any chances on the power play.
We have to worry about a playoff spot. We've had a pretty good year, got a lot of wins. The way the game is being played now, especially with the shootouts, a lot of the teams out west are good teams. It makes for an exciting race.
We've had injuries before and we're going to have them again. As long as you deal with it well, you'll go a long way.
We'll have to make sure we don't leave the puck in the neutral zone. We've got a fast team with big forwards and we have to get the puck in deep and not turn it over.
We got a couple of breaks on a couple of goals. None luckier than mine, obviously.