I was shocked to see what was on the news this morning. I don't know anything about the whole situation, but he was a good coach when I had him in Colorado. |
I would feel the same way if I was the GM or the owner. I totally understand them. But I hope they understand me, too, that there's big pressure on me from Sweden to go over and play. I hope (Snider) understands that I play hockey to win. And I am proud to represent my country, and if I can, I will. I would not go if I didn't feel 100 percent because I know who's paying my salary and I have a responsibility here. |
I would've booed, too, |
I?d say that?s pretty doubtful right now. I hope to get into a game this weekend, maybe Friday or Saturday. |
I'm excited, ... They are one of the teams that always wants to win. It's a great organization. |
I'm going to fly over and see how it goes. It's still not 100 percent and I'm going to rest a few more days and see how it goes. It's not [certain] I'm playing over there but they want me to come over and see if it heals up and if it feels 100 percent this weekend we will skate over there and get going and get ready to maybe play a couple of games. If it's not, then I'm not going to play. |
I'm going to skate a little harder each day and we'll see about Monday. I'm happy to be back. I missed 11 days of training camp. |
I'm looking forward to my first game in three weeks. It's proven to be a good decision to have waited a bit longer than I needed to. Maybe I rested a few more days than necessary, but it's better to be safe. |
I'm not going to do it next time. You can't do the same move every time. Usually you put your worst shooter as No. 3 because he might not get to go. |
I'm not going to go into exactly how I felt, ... Sometimes it doesn't work out. . . . But that's in the past. It's kind of a new chapter, but I'm really excited. I played in Colorado for a long time, 10 years. But the pages are turning and I'm really excited to be here. |
I'm not too worried about it. |
I'm sure some people are frustrated (in Denver) to see Foote and I leave, but they have some good young players there, so (the Avalanche is) moving on. I'm sure they're going to have a good team anyway. |
I'm surprised he hasn't scored more goals before. He knows what to do, and hopefully I can find him for a few more. |
I'm very hopeful it shouldn't be that long. |
I'm very nervous and I'm very excited. It's been a long time (nine months) since I played a game. This is a new team, so it's going to be really special for me. |