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
active money teams tied
Out of all the teams in our division, we were the least active because of how much money we had tied into players,
coaches hopefully open sake system
We have to play to these new rules, but we play to the system implemented by the coaches. Hopefully for the sake of the game, the coaches want to open it up.
beat couple elite games last lost start teams
We've lost two in a row, and we have to respond. To beat the elite teams in the league, it's got to be start to finish. We haven't done that the last couple of games and that's why we've lost.
good stops tonight
Ozzie (Osgood) made some good stops tonight and we had a lot of jump.
call heard phone until
Right up until I got that phone call I wasn't sure. And when I hadn't heard anything by about 4 o'clock (Wednesday) afternoon, I thought, 'Well, I didn't make it.' But then right after that I got the call.
energy game mike system wants
Right off the bat, Mike is stressing the kind of system he wants to play. He wants to play a high-tempo game and he wants a lot of energy and intensity.
It did feel good. Hopefully, that can get something going offensively.
fun nice teammates
It always makes for a fun night. Down here, you're with your teammates and your family, and it's always nice to be a part of something.
good season
We feel good about what we've accomplished so far, but there's still a lot of the season left.
good guys moved took
That first goal, they moved it around real good on us. We got down 2-0. We still took some penalties. We took a 5-on-3. Guys killed it off. That's the important thing.
excited feels loves passionate
It feels good. I think everyone is real excited about it. We weren't able to do something everyone is passionate about and loves doing.
adjust amount felt good penalties seems specialty talking teams
It felt good to be back out there. It seems there's going to be a lot of specialty teams this year. I think that's what everybody's kind of talking about right now, the amount of penalties that were called. You know, basically, how are we going to adjust to it is really what it's going to come down to.
game guys skate
To be able to go out there and let guys skate and make plays, ... that's how the game should be played.
couple
We've got to get better. We haven't done it for a couple of games, and we've got to find a way real quick.