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

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.

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

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

I think that we had a tremendously respectable road record, which means that we play as hard on the road as we do at home. But we need to be 80-20 instead of 50-50 as far as winning and losing. That was the difference in our year in a nutshell.

He was the best player I ever played with and it was a pleasure to play with him each and every day.