Wayne Gretzky means a lot to hockey in Canada. |
Wayne has dealt with the media before. I think he's made it very clear where he is in this situation. He has not been involved. So there's no reason for Wayne not to be here. If Wayne didn't come that's not right. We want Wayne Gretzky to be here. |
We feel if we hold it in two venues, it's better for the player. |
We had 11 or 12 bids for this one. We're getting preliminary bids in now and we expect the same kind of numbers. |
We have a good group with those five. We have to look at what our need will be. It's really what piece fits. |
We need him here. He's the guy that's going to make sure that everything is in place. |
We were 2-0 with the top team in both those tournaments, why would we change anything? |
We were 2-0 with the top team in both those tournaments, why would we change anything? We will reassess and re-evaluate. We know that when the Games are in Vancouver it's going to be huge and we want to make sure we have the right management team in place for those Games. |
We'd like to keep everybody together and we're going to leave as planned. |
We'll make that decision in the next 24 hours. |
We're trying to get an update on where everybody is at right now. Everybody was talking two or three weeks ago about the health of our team, but back then it didn't mean much because we had a lot of time. Now, if we lose a guy we're going to have to make a snap decision right away, and it's really going to mean some difficult decisions. |
We've had discussions over the last couple of months. There hasn't been anything formal. I'm in an excellent situation and I love my job here. But if the right offer came along, I'd listen. |
When we get crowds like these and the players are all happy with the experience they have here, they'll come back. |