Brian Burke
Brian Burke
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My goals for the team are simple: have a consistent winning team on the ice and ensure we become an integral part of the Orange County community,
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OCC plays a key role in enforcing corporate compliance with both external regulatory requirements and internal corporate policies.
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Now we have the same off-season buzz they get in baseball. In the old days, a lot fewer people moved and they tended to gravitate to the same teams.
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I'm told his knee is fine. He struggled a bit in his last year at Colorado. With the style we're going to play and the rules, he can play a number of years after this year. It's up to Teemu. I made it clear to his agent we're certainly not looking at this as a one-year thing.
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I'm not surprised in anything that has happened.
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I'm comfortable, based on my observations and just from talking to a couple of players, that there's no issue for us. Personally, it's a big issue with me. Every charter flight, I go back, see if there's a card game going on, make sure it's not getting silly, talk to the captains about it. It can really split your team if a guy loses a lot of money on a card game.
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This is a very difficult situation for a young, brave man to go through. Our thoughts are with the entire Smith family, and Jordan will always be a part of ours. He will rebound from this, and we will be there for him and his family as they move forward from here.
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I'm not interested in adding names, I'm interested in adding hockey players. I signed Teemu because I think he makes us a better hockey team. We're anticipating he'll play on our top six. Certainly, I'm counting on him for top-six ice time and the power play.
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Not a soul, ... But if you'd have said to me in Vancouver, 'You can win a Stanley Cup but you can never do an interview and you can't be in the parade,' I'd say, 'Where do I sign?' My ego's a lot smaller than people think.
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We expect Teemu Selanne to be an impact player for us, both on the ice and in the community. His skating and goal-scoring ability should fit nicely with our new style of play.
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We've got 9,300 (season ticket holders) here and we were at 6,000 when I was hired, ... I believe this is a great hockey market. I remember when you couldn't get a ticket for games here. Then we gave people reasons not to come, and they stopped coming.
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Bobby Ryan is an exciting player that we are happy to officially add to our young group of skilled forwards. He has a rare combination of size and skill and we look forward to his continued development.
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First off, I want people to understand I work for great owners here and have no interest in leaving. Second, no matter where I've worked, I've never signed a contract that contains an out. I don't believe in that.
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When he went (on waivers) a second time, I just thought we needed to make changes here and I thought he could help,