Craig Patrick Quotations

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.

His biggest benefits are his passion and his energy level.

I thought they did very, very well. The whole staff did. They had a lot of energy, they played hard and they did a good job.

I think we'll take our time. The doctors said he could be working out in as soon as three days, but we'll monitor it and see how he's doing when he gets back.

I think the more experience he gets, the better. He could play in a tournament like this every other week as far as I'm concerned. It makes you a better player.

We're down to a bare-bone operation in terms of players. After this weekend, we'll be down to 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goalies, and any time you get in that situation and have an injury, you can bring people up (from the American Hockey League) on emergency, and it doesn't affect what's going on down there in terms of being able to go back and play in the playoffs. That's important for us because we want to see these guys as much as we can this spring and make some decisions on them for the future and for our lineup in the future.

We're done negotiating. We're just waiting for the answer.

He's started his medication already and it will solve his problem. He's in great shape and he's in great spirits. This has been something that has been lingering on and off and they finally figured out what it is.

Definitely, in John's case. It's very special to get these kind of people ? not just great players, but great people in the locker room.

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.