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
everybody great guy popular wants
He's such a great guy and he wants to be there for everybody and that's what made him so popular in Detroit.
shooting specialty talked teams
One thing we wanted to do was take away Blake, with that big one-timer he has. We wanted to get into some shooting lanes, and we did that. We talked about how important specialty teams were going to be in this game, and they were.
everybody happiness happy left message room
I was real happy for Mac. I left him a message this morning. I think just about everybody in this room is happy for him considering what he's been going through.
enjoy guys skate
Guys that can skate are going to enjoy this.
extent laugh
I laugh at them. I think they're pretty funny, but that's about the extent of it.
plays power
It was huge. Some pretty important power plays were killed.
demanding eastern easy either playing realize time western zone
Either way we're going out west. There's nothing easy about that. First round, right off the hop, it's pretty demanding travel-wise and that's something that we realize but that's just unfortunate, us being in the Eastern Time zone and playing in the Western Conference.
adjust seems specialty
It seems there's going to be a lot of specialty teams. Basically, how are we going to adjust to it is what it comes down to.
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.
abuse bus detroit four great guys happy hockey huge kid last next red rightfully role wings
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.
figuring learning roles rules
Everyone's going in on a whole new learning curve, ... Figuring out what the rules are going to be, what the roles are going to be with the new coach, and that's all going to come pretty fast.
brad cheeky goal grin type ugly
It was an ugly type of goal and Brad had a cheeky grin on his face, but it was what we needed.
fun
It went well. It was a lot of fun.
choice open rules
I don't think they're going to have any choice but to open it up with the way the rules are,