Kris Draper
Kris Draper
Kristopher Bruce "Kris" Draperis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current special assistant to the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, the team with which he played 17 seasons for during his 20-year National Hockey Leagueplaying career...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth24 May 1971
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Yeah, now we're on the scoreboard watching. We're realizing there's probably about four or five teams that are going to keep flip-flopping from here right on up to the end of the regular season. For us, you certainly watch that but the one thing we want to make sure is that we're concentrating on what this team does.
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We've done a lot of good things but a complete game, we haven't done that. That's something that bothers everybody in this dressing room.
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Tomorrow night is the start of four games in five nights, and we have to prepare ourselves for that.
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We're back where we should be. This is always a game when the schedule comes out where you take a look at who you're playing, and it's always nice. It's something that people plan to bring their New Year's in on. It's always a nice celebration, a nice atmosphere. To make it a successful night, it's up to us to go out and start it off right.
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We're a veteran hockey club, we know better than that. We hung Manny out to dry.
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I don't think anyone realized the extent of how deep it went. It's tough when you see a friend and former teammate go through something like that.
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I don't think we're there yet. I think this is really the first time at training camp that it's meant as much as it has in a lot of years for this team. Not only the new NHL and the new rules, but obviously the new coach and the different coaching philosophy, but I think guys are getting there.
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He was one of the last guys to get in town, ... It's going to be nice. We have a four-hour bus ride, and Hank's going to probably take the most abuse on the bus, and rightfully so. We're just happy to have him back. He's such a great kid and such a great hockey player. He's going to play a huge role for the Detroit Red Wings over the next four years for sure.
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Chris Simon just sucker-punched somebody in the face!
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Here at the Joe, guys are getting used to the speed and the body positioning. Teams that can skate and have a good defence will be a step ahead. You won't have any choice to open up. But this is going to be a huge adjustment and it won't happen overnight.
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Guys are committed to opening up the game, making it a lot more entertaining and letting guys go out and use their talents. But I don't even think we'll have it down pat by the time of the openers.
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He's a guy that can dominate a game. He just makes players around him that much better. He's a guy that can score, and he's a very gifted passer as well. The best thing to do is try to force an offensive player to try to play in his end as much as possible.
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Guys that can skate are going to enjoy this.
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Those two kids are special. And the new rules are going to be exciting for them.