awful, terrible, but it was exciting.

I think our team put forth a hell of an effort. I thought we dominated the hockey game.

The owners can sit there and do giveaways and lower ticket prices to get the fans back to the game knowing that what they are really doing is taking it out of our pockets, ... It's important to get people back into the arenas to watch hockey, but it is a lot easier to do when (the owners) know they still get money back because they are taking it out of our paycheck. In essence, the players are paying for all the giveaways and free stuff that the owners are doing. Which is all well and good, but you don't hear about it.

[NHL contraction would be fine if] mediocre European players ... typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not backing anything up.

I'm trying to calm him down a little bit. He goes to a different level than I do, ... I don't think I would ever single out one specific group of people and demean them. But hey, I've lived by the media and I've died by the media.

But seriously, ... I love doing all this stuff and I try to do as much for the team as I can. Like tomorrow, we're going on a few lunch dates with some guys to renew their season tickets. Hopefully my being there can help sell a few season tickets. I want to do as much as I can to promote our team.