Gretzky: No conversations with Capitals
/"The truth of the matter is there was really never any conversations with me or the Washington Capitals."
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"The truth of the matter is there was really never any conversations with me or the Washington Capitals."
Read More"I'm very hopeful and fairly confident that he's going to have a great rebound year."
Read More“If Tyler Toffoli doesn’t win Darryl Sutter over on how he’s going to hang in on the walls and get pucks out on the walls, he’s never going to get a chance to play for the Kings to show what he can do offensively.”
Read More"One of the picks they would have had to give up was the pick that turned into either Patrick Kane or Jonathan Toews."
Read More"Brad certainly left me with the impression that it was a good meeting and Cammalleri was open to the idea of staying and they were open to the idea of keeping him."
Read More"Even as an assistant coach, he was a guy who would push you to different levels and I definitely found that guys respected him for that.”
Read More“I always knew he was a great player, the most talented, but even I didn’t think that he would end up in the NHL.”
Read More“Not to pat myself on the back, but I think that was an eye-opening, market-changing contract..."
Read More"He’s melded the vets with the rookies in kind of a seamless fashion.”
Read MoreMultiple reports indicate the Washington Capitals and Barry Trotz are nearing a deal for him to become the team's next head coach.
Read More“He is clearly a rising player in the overall USA Hockey pool of players and has shown that he rises up to every level of play he has faced over the last several years.”
Read More"It's important to be able to step away and step back and kind of look at the bigger picture sometimes."
Read More“Akeson has to score in the NHL because right now he doesn’t do the other parts of the game very well."
Read More“I think if you want to be a contender, you have to be deep down the middle."
Read More“He skates with the speed of like a smaller guy, like a Bure, or a Selanne when he first came in, that quick burst and damn, he’s gone.”
Read More"Probably the last five, 10 games of the season I was more or less counting down the days until it was over and seeing those zeroes on the board."
Read More"When you’re turning the team over to a younger core, you’ve got to be careful who you bring in from the outside that ends up superseding them."
Read More"Absolutely. We’re open to any deal that might make the team better."
Read More"They don’t need some coach coming in there yelling and hollering. I don’t get that. That’s not me."
Read More"It's an interesting time. There's lots of pressure to win and I do think the fans have a voice in it now."
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