For good reasons, there are no ties during the Stanley Cup season. Somebody needs to win so the lads can get out to their cottages on the lakes, where all hockey players spend their summers, or so I have been told.
There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.
In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
Every spring, this happens: People discover hockey when daylight lasts longer and men grow beards and tie games do not end in shootouts but rather continue until a goal is scored. The seventh game only heightens the mood for players and fans alike.
I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.
Hockey is a year-round job.
I think we've been through a lot this season and it will be nice to move on. It's one step at a time though. The focus of our hockey club was great. We really stuck to our game plan and didn't get too high or too low and we definitely didn't get over excited.
People on the streets are ready for hockey.
I'm so busy right now, it's the beginning of the hockey season for my kids.
Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup!
I would be surprised if there weren't some owners who didn't want to get a deal done right now and get back to playing hockey.
