Pat Morris Quotes (6 Quotes)

I do love fall, ... It's beautiful here.

I think NHL teams and fans should know that if a 33.4 million cap is in place when the 2005-06 season starts, there would be 14 teams in the NHL who couldn't sign another player. Eleven teams would still lose money. The Toronto Maple Leafs, for the '05-06 season, would have 35.5 million and they would have nine players to play the games.

Like all the things he's gone through in the last two years, he'll take it in stride. If it doesn't happen then you haven't built yourself up too much to be let down.

He's told me that once the season is over he will make a pitch to keep Ed in Vancouver. His statement to me was they would try in earnest for a week, and if it doesn't happen, then everyone takes their chances. I would anticipate July 1 is going to come pretty quickly.

I think everybody's frustrated that a deal hasn't been reached but at the same time not all the information is on the table as to why that is, and I'm sure that will come into play on that day. 'There's been lots of innuendo in comments behind the scenes from varying people and I'm sure the air will get cleared.

I call it push and pester, or grab and clutch, ... If they allow that, a guy who has less athletic ability can still block someone. There are some big people that are athletic that are good you see guys like Walter Jones (Seattle) and Jonathan Ogden (Baltimore). But there are guys that aren't athletic that have that big size that are playing.