He wants a better opportunity. I think he looks at our team and sees he's not going to be able to make our team. I don't know what it is. I think he just wants a change of scenery. |
He was terrific, incredible, unbelievable. |
He's a piece of the puzzle we're glad to have back. |
He's got some good offensive skill. He's still learning the game. It's a little different level up here at this time of year. But he definitely has a chance. |
He's very consistent. He works hard in both ends of the rink and he has a very hard shot that surprised a lot of people with the way he can shoot the puck. He has a big body. And really he's probably been night in and night out our most consistent player. He has a good frame and good legs. He gets to the front of the net and then he's tough to move. |
He's very important. As an 18-year-old to do what he did two years ago, it's incredible. Even last year in Providence, he was the youngest player in the league and was incredible. He is an important part of this team and hopefully we get another one of him; actually five more of him. |
I feel just as strongly as Hannu as I did about Andrew ... But I want it to be clear that we want to get Andrew back in the fold. |
I guess he came in about 4:30 and said he wasn't feeling 100 percent. It just made sense for him to fly back to Boston, so he can see our doctors (this morning) and if everything checks out, come right back. |
I still think he's a No. 1 defenseman. We consider him an offensively gifted defenseman who can play a lot of minutes. |
I think we have the ability to get something done with both of them to get them in. I think we're a little closer to getting something done with Boynton, but I don't know when it might happen with either one of them. |
I'm not sure this is really a shakeup. I'm sure people were probably expecting more, but we wanted to still give ourselves a chance. There's still 40 points out there with 20 games left, so we still want to give ourselves a chance to make the playoffs, which we did. |
I've talked to a number of teams. There is interest in him. We'll see if we can accommodate him. We'll try to find a trade. If we can't, then it's up to him whether he wants to come to training camp and try to make the team. We like him, absolutely. |
Ian is healthy, he has been cleared to play by the doctors and we look forward to having him back on our team. |
If he wants to play for the Bruins, I guess we have to make a decision on if we really want him on our team. We really want him on our team, but how much further do we want to go? |
It takes time for players to become part of the team. When you lose your captain and three new players come in, everybody has to redefine their roles. |