Mike Barnett
Mike Barnett
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There was never any doubt that we wanted Brian back in the fold. We feel confident that Brian can play an important and leading role in seeing us become a bona fide playoff club.
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He's going to be a star at Carmel right away and there's going to be a buzz as soon as he walks through the door.
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He's already showing an amazing attention to detail. I went out and spent two days with him when he was making his final decision, and by the end of the second day as a I was leaving he showed me a copy of our schedule, and he'd already penciled in all the practice times and team flight times for the entire year.
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It certainly is something that I think over time the 23 players involved will come to savor and appreciate more than in the present, ... We're in an incredible divisional and conference race and they are ecstatic that they are able to help Brian make this long-standing mark. But they are more satisfied that they are out playing consistently strong defensive hockey.
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That type of injury at that position is one you don't even think about hurrying along.
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I spoke with Wayne Gretzky last night. There's obviously speculation that he will step in and be our head coach. I know he's still very interested in the position.
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From that day on, I haven't seen him as recharged and excited since he retired.
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Our players, if the effort isn't there, will see a much different side to Wayne Gretzky than the gentleman the public knows. He'll have no problem doing that.
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He's one of the quick guys in the entire sport. Six 30-goal seasons and two 40-goal seasons, and with the new rules we're hoping that he can get to being a 30-goal scorer here.
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Many factors weigh into the final decision as to which players appear on the protected list. Economics today are a bigger factor than ever before. The desirability of any player is ruled by the salary he demands and the length of his contract.
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Most of the big, physical defensemen in the league are capable of punishing an opponent along the wall, ... The good ones hit with balance and don't overextend themselves . . . . But of the many solid defensemen in the NHL that do that on a nightly basis, there's probably only 10 percent that actively look for open-ice hits because there's a lot more potential to get burned if you don't seize the right opportunity and, secondly, execute. Gauthier's one of those players.
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While we respect the decision Brett has made today, we regret seeing him go,
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We expect he'll be back on the ice by the weekend, Monday by the latest.
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We like the mix of the seven we have now. Some of their weapons are their mobility and their skill, and in the others, it's their physicality. They're not all the same style or the same age or of the same background.