I looked online today. It appears to me he didn't play in the game. |
I negotiated from May 2004 to early September 2004 with them and we were so far apart at that point in time that I guess I was figuring if we picked up where we left off we were a long ways apart, ... We'll see what happens. |
I spoke to Pavel this morning. It's all confirmed. He's coming back. We certainly feel like we've won the lottery. |
I stayed in touch for two reasons. If we didn't have Pavel, I wanted to make sure we had open communication for next year to get him back then. At the same time, I was also told by Gary that even though Pavel had signed a contract in Russia, his first desire was to be in Detroit. They were never saying it's a done deal. |
I talked to (agent) Gary Greenstin Sunday afternoon and he said they need another week - they need more time to make their final decision, |
I talked to Pavel today, |
I think Steve is playing as well as he was five years ago for us. |
I think the Olympic camp was great for Steve, |
I want Steve to play this year. I still think he's got some great hockey in him. |
I'm not concerned, but the closer we get to Sept. 12, I will be. |
I'm really happy that we got a deal done because we always wanted Henrik to remain on our team. He's a young player who has shown he can produce in the NHL, and yet there's room for him to grow. |
I'm very pleased to have Steve re-sign for another season with the Red Wings. I'm confident that he has a lot of great hockey left to play. |
I've called his cell number, the hotel. ... I've not gotten a hold of him. |
I've had some talks with Andreas and his agent. Andreas played very well for us. My feeling would be we would like to have him back next year. He's really solid, gives us size, he's a good penalty killer, and that was a tremendous blocked shot last night. He's been a pleasant surprise. |
If he's not 100 per cent healthy, he's not going to play because it's a long season and we're going to need him, |