I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.

It's not going to be easy every day, but I'm going to work hard, and our players are going to work hard, ... I look forward to this as a new chapter in my life, and I can't wait to get started.

By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.