He was having a good year, and he's proven he can play. It's just his personality is complex and it clashes with other personalities.
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We just played three (games) against Chicago and we had two with Columbus, so we still feel like we haven't played our best hockey. That's what we're working on right now. We've had lapses during games.Kirk Maltby
He's an important part of this team, and it really didn't look like he was going to get the form back. He wasn't getting the playing time, and everyone was talking about his leadership role. 'Blah. Blah. Blah.' But Steve wants to help us with his play, not just his leadership. And now he's one of our best players again.
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He's got all the tools in the world and all the skill in the world, it's just a matter of whether he's going to be happy being there. From a personal standpoint, you hope he likes it and he enjoys it and he plays well, but Sergei is Sergei and we'll see how it goes.
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It's a nice achievement. You set out at the beginning of the year to finish as high as possible. That's what we've done. (But) we don't think of it as an advantage or teams are going to quiver because of it.
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As quiet as he is, he's subtle about his jokes, but you know when he's saying something to you because he'll say it in Swedish first to one of the other Swedish guys. But then they usually rat him out, so they help us out with him. He's a nice guy easygoing, just goes about his business. We have fun with Johan. He's a good guy and he takes it all in stride.
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Playing with him at the worlds (world championships) in Austria (in 2005), guys were breaking their sticks trying to bring him down and he was still finding a way to score goals. The guy is a natural goal-scorer.
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