Draisaitl says Flames' Wolf "made for NHL"
/"He’s big, strong, and physical. He’s a little bit feared in the German league, but not in a bad way."
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"He’s big, strong, and physical. He’s a little bit feared in the German league, but not in a bad way."
Read More“Brad was first class through the whole thing. As a new employee to the Flames, I thought he was really classy and very truthful with me."
Read More"He said he wanted to be a Calgary Flame right then."
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"It's good to see as a young player how he's so old - so much older and how hard he still works."
Read More"Do we have a person we have in mind? For sure. I mean, there's a guy we would love to get."
Read More"To play in the Show for a Canadian team? That’s the best thing that can happen."
Read More"You want your people in positive, successful environments. But we put development ahead of everything."
Read More"We want him to be a Flame. I plan on following up in the next few days with Mike and his representative and just get a little better sense of where they're at."
Read More"To have somebody that's seen it all and done it all, a confidante that you can go to, it's invaluable."
Read More"The first analytics systems I see that'll help us win, I'll buy it. I'll pay cash so that no one else can use it."
Read MoreFood for thought from December concerning Brian Burke, as the president of hockey operations, on the GM role.
Read More"The three hardest championships to win in sports are 1) the Stanley Cup; 2) the Stanley Cup; and 3) the Stanley Cup."
Read More"I know they’re always trying to tell you different nowadays. But it’s ALWAYS an intimidation game. In one form or another."
Read More“It was his ability to walk through the dressing room and know exactly what the mood of the team was — that was his greatest asset."
Read More"I’m saying to to him ‘Hey, that was easy. How many more of those are we going to win?’ "
Read More“You’ve got to have an incentive to move up. It’s not just to be the start of the draft, go up and pick first or second and say, ‘Look at me. I moved up.’ "
Read More"You hear the whole ‘can’t-teach-that’ thing . . . he has that touch and that feel.”
Read MoreBrian Burke showed just the right humorous touch on Twitter Monday evening.
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