A lot of this became grabbing the bucking bronco and going, because you couldn't plan. What you want to do is, you don't want to get in the way of what's already happening. |
As a policy, we're not going to comment and we're not going to confirm or deny any of these inquiries. |
Certainly, we want to get him over to meet Jason Bay. |
Even if there is a substantial new investment in the team, Mario Lemieux will continue to be involved in all aspects of the operation. |
For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death. |
I dare say, he did more (publicity) in the preseason than any hockey player ever has, |
I hope we get to that point, |
I hope we get to that point. Those are nice challenges to have, but we're not there yet. It's an unprecedented time and we're riding the wave. |
I know he's had some training with the media, ... but I don't care what kind of training you've had, you either have his kind of poise or you don't. |
I've never seen anything quite like it, all the fuss over a guy they had never seen play. But the phone hasn't stopped ringing since. |
In a lot of ways, it's the Sidney-Mario story. |
No matter what other plans are out there, this is the best plan. |
People called us cash strapped which wasn't necessarily true, ... We just didn't spend money we didn't have. |
The first time most people here will see Sidney Crosby on the ice will be at training camp, including us, other than our scouts. Obviously word of the legend got here, word of the accomplishment, word of the prize. There is a Sidney Crosby frenzy, no doubt. The scene when he arrived at the airport for the first time in August was unlike any that had ever greeted any Pittsburgh athlete, from a media standpoint. We've never seen anything like this. |
The phones started ringing at 4:31 that day. The reaction was spontaneous combustion, |