W. Hull
W. Hull
contract game players teams
There are teams that are going to fold, players aren't going to be... look at all of the players who are out of the game now because of contract demands.
coaches practice practicing prepare reality special teams
I think it's been a jolt of reality for coaches on what they have to do in practice to prepare for games. There's not a lot of sense practicing five-on-five stuff. You need to practice special teams a lot.
beast goes line nature team
That's the way it has been all year. The other team goes to the line 30 times. But that's the nature of the beast with the press.
ice markets teams viable
If they think they can successfully ice 30 teams in the markets they're in right now and have a viable product, it's just not going to happen.
guys half handle league puck service team
Half the goalies in the league can't handle the puck anyway, so it will do their team a service to keep those guys in there.
anyone obviously team walk
Anyone who would walk away from this team is obviously done.
game level maybe saw team teams took
This is the team that took me when probably no one else was interested. Maybe there were other teams interested, but a team like this saw in me something that I didn't see in myself and got me to play a game I didn't know I could and at a level I never thought I could.
baseball coach crap game gives hockey ice markets national nobody past remember start strike teams themselves time viable
They'll put themselves back 20 years, ... If they think they can successfully ice 30 teams in the markets they're in right now and have a viable product, it's just not going to happen. Remember baseball? Baseball is just getting back to where it was before the '94 strike - and that's the national past time down here. Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids.
committed difficult feelings fight game mental played team true within
The mental part is hardest, because I still think the game should be played a completely different way. But I've committed myself to play within our team structure, so to do that and to fight your true feelings is very difficult at times.