It's been an interesting year for sure, there's no doubt about that. It's the new NHL and it hasn't unfolded as we expected, but there's still a half season left and we'll see how it goes the rest of the way. |
It's good for hockey, and it's good for his area. It's interesting, the way it worked out. It's good to have this many hockey players in town. |
It's like it was back in the early '90s when we were coming to camp with a chance to win a championship every year. |
Jocelyn brings a wealth of experience to our goaltending corps and will help us tremendously as we move forward. |
John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer. His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh. |
Not necessarily. He does have to get it surgically repaired, and he is going to get it done rather quickly. We'll see how quickly he can come back. |
Obviously, the nucleus of our team is a lot younger. |
That's the one thing we've got to be careful of -- him feeling the pressure, putting it on himself to get back on the ice. We've got to calm him down from here on out, we've got to make sure it's right. We've got to not listen to him this time and say, 'No, Mario, not until we say you're ready. |
There could be more changes coming, depending on what we see, in the very near future. |
This is our third time around at it. It's going to work this time. The players will adjust and there will be a different game. Definitely. |
We did this for the first time in the summer of 2003, and we believe it's a good way for some of our young prospects to come into town and get to know a little bit about our organization and our city before training camp. We'll put them through a series of tests, and they'll also have a chance to meet with our coaches and trainers. |
We didn't have the budget to give them. Now we do, and we can pay the going rate. |
We didn't sense that there was any problems with the shoulder. He passed the physical. |
We expect that he will be able to begin exercising in a matter of days and return to the lineup in a brief period of time. |
We look pretty on paper but what are we? What are we? I don't know, but we're going to find out. |