The process will begin when the season begins. This is an orientation camp, it's not a tryout camp that we're having. |
The selection process was an extremely difficult one and that's a terrific statement for hockey in the United States. It means our talent pool in this country continues to grow. |
The timing of the hit is bad when you have two minutes left in the game you're losing 6-0. And the hit, he was going to take the guy out, and [Ranger] slowed up or whatever, but [Boulton] hit him with his elbow, no doubt about it, and he'll pay the consequences. |
This is an important first step to the process. |
Ultimately it won't be systems that win or lose the hockey games, it will be how hard those players play within the system. |
We all talk about how we've been in a transition period. ... We have a lot of good young players and a lot of guys coming in, and we can take the positives out of that. |
We are extremely pleased with our team and feel very confident that we've put a solid group together that will best put us in a position to compete for the gold medal. The selection process was an extremely difficult one and that's a terrific statement for hockey in the United States. It means our talent pool in this country continues to grow. |
We did a rating system all year and these guys deserved to be here. It wasn't that Brian was a bad player or anything than that it was just that these guys performed better and these guys were a better fit for what we were looking for. |
We did talk about Ryan Miller quite a bit. The other three guys are all starting goalies in the NHL right now. |
We feel bad for Aaron that he's unable to be part of the team. At the same time we're extremely fortunate to be able to replace Aaron with someone the caliber of Bret Hedican. |
We feel that Chris is not only a tremendous player, but also a terrific leader. For us to have success, Chris is going to have to be a big part of it. |
We feel that Keith will be ready. He's the type of player we need to compete and win the gold medal. |
We feel that with Bob's leadership, professionalism and winning track record, he is the coach that will guide this team to success for many years. We are pleased to have him leading our team and look forward to the future of the franchise with him behind the bench. |
We had a lot of players playing very well. We said all along that we were going to base this team on not so much what was the history of players ... but how guys were actually playing. |
We have 12 players that have never competed in the Olympics. That's exciting because these guys have never been through this before and they'll bring a lot of excitement to the game. |