I could see that this conversation wasn't about money, it was about him coming back and trying to play and trying to win another Stanley Cup. He wasn't happy about the way his career had ended in Detroit and he wanted to show that he could become an elite player again.
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We came awful close last year, ... I felt we had a great opportunity to be the Stanley Cup champs. I think we've gone through everything you need a team to go through and experienced everything that you need to go through to become champions. There's no reason to think that our team can't take that next step. Every championship team goes through that stage or learning how to win. You face disappointments along the way, but after the disappointments comes success.
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We want to put him in a position where he can be successful, ... He wasn't able to obtain that at this level. As we all know, he had a good training camp and it didn't carry over to the season.
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We've had a plan right since Dom got injured. The plan is to have Dom 100 per cent and when he's 100 per cent he will come back and he will play in the playoffs.
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This team has the most character I've been associated with since Edmonton. Now they have to prove it. They came to camp believing that they can win the Cup.
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