Obviously, the nucleus of our team is a lot younger.

He meant an awful lot to us, both on the ice and off. He had a great career, obviously, everywhere he was. But here, he solidified our team in the sense that he gave us a top two line person that made it a 1a and 1b situation, which no other team had at that time. He was very, very important to us winning our Stanley Cups.

We have three coming back as the nucleus and core of the team.

We've got the nucleus of our team in place. These young players ... we haven't scratched the surface of what they'll be able to accomplish.

Obviously, you want to help the team win in any way possible. If that's scoring goals, great.

It's nice to have some continuity around here and build a team from within instead of compiling a nucleus of players from outside. That's challenging. The development, the persistence and the work ethic is going to pay off.