It's not the players who put hockey in trouble. The owners say that themselves. They're the ones who made bad decisions and who lacked discipline.

I loved getting up every morning and heading to the rink, and I will miss being in the dressing room with the guys, however I'm looking forward to the next stage of my life.

There's been so much else to think about in the last few weeks,

I think the season is done. I don't see how this can be resolved next September. Their strategy is to break the will of the union and impose a salary cap and I don't think that's going to work. I'm convinced there won't even be a training camp next year. They are going to try to delay this as much as possible. We are telling players who want to play in Europe to get ready and find work over there.

Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.