"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."

Winning, Statistics, Thinking

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"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."

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"When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it."

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"I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year."

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"I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup."

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"You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy."

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"I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles."

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"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."

Winning, Statistics, Thinking

"As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad."

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"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."

Time, Canada, Months

"My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with."

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"We had built up a team in Edmonton that really knew who each other was from a personal standpoint and from a professional standpoint. Our nucleus had stayed together for a long time."

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