I know our fans have gone through some difficult times, but we said that we would remain flexible and give ourselves a chance to improve our team under the new rules governing the NHL. |
I understand. Listen, we have to pay the fiddler. I'll take responsibility. |
I wouldn't say it's cold, but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman. |
I'd like to see more of that. There's no accountability in some of these guys, but all of them are accountable. Everybody's trying to get to the root of this. |
I'll listen to anything on anybody. That's just the way it is. I'm not going to put up with it. Enough is enough. I'm going to explore all options (on his entire roster). I'm not going to sit still. Everything that is available to us, we're going to go after. |
I'm going to explore all options. I'm not going to sit still. Everything that's available to us we're going to go after. The numbers tell the story with him. |
Ideally we'd like to get our franchise better. It'd be nice to get some good young players who fit into our future. We've identified our need for more skill and more speed, and we're working in that direction. |
If there are moves that make sense and are beneficial to our future, we'll make them. We're not in a state of panic. We're going to do the right thing to get better. |
It boils down to how quickly they feel comfortable with me and me becoming a well-rounded general manager. If I grasp everything, all the ins and outs of the [collective bargaining agreement] and contracts, I have a chance to move up. |
It was strictly a business decision. |
It's a great day for our franchise, |
Jocelyn is a class act and did a lot for our organization, ... We're happy to be able to get a deal done and we're happy that he's going to a good situation in Pittsburgh. He'll do quite well for them, we wish him all the best. It was strictly a business decision. |
People are talking about us again, so that's good. |
Realistically, we're 10 points out of the playoffs with some games in hand. But we've got to get it together. It'll take 92 to 96 points to get into the playoffs, so in the next 48 games, we'll need 64 to 68 points. It's possible, but it won't be easy. |
The effort's there for certain parts of a game, but not a whole game. Every night it's somebody different. That's what's frustrating. |