All those things have implications. You have to prioritize. Everything we do is for the long-term success of the franchise. |
And he'll give his overall opinion on the state of the team. |
Andrei could really add to the team's physical character and make us that much tougher to play against. He has the opportunity to make a real impact here. |
Because of the split, I'm not sure if we've ever been able to find out what Manny can do. This year's been Manny's year. He's had exceptional years. This year will rival anybody else in the league. |
Going to the tournament and talking to him about the decisions he made and asking him how he put it together gave me a sense of his abilities. I talked to him (about the Wild management job) before this year's tournament and he said he couldn't talk about it until after the tournament. |
He and I will deal with it at the right time. It's been a good relationship. We both rely on each other. I'd say it's in the right place. |
He's a guy that you know has played at a higher level before and maybe just hasn't found the right fit. |
He's been good this year, but I want to see him at another level. |
He's injured. We don't anticipate him out long. That's the official line. |
He's trying to identify quality people and people who have won. He got it (leadership) in a package with those two. |
His confidence is high, and I think he knows how he can affect games now. There's still going to be games he doesn't do it as much, but that doesn't mean it's him as it is just the game. But he's got to be able to present it all the time, and if it is in the game and he doesn't, that's the inconsistency you're trying to eliminate. |
I maybe would have accepted less somewhere else. I think Edmonton knew that. I can always get players. I just felt the pick was better than players. |
I think he's going to be able to be better with these changes. Where he probably has an edge is with his speed. So if transition means you can go to the far blue line very quickly, there's probably very few people in the league that can get there as fast as him. |
I think it plays itself out. |
I wouldn't have believed it. We are on a roll. But if you had told me that our team would be competing against all the teams that we played to date, yes, I would've believed that. Or that we would be playing hard -- yes. Or that they'd be close games -- yes. I think the difference is that all of those things have happened and some of those close games have gone in our favor. |