Gretzky, the league's all-time leading scorer, downplayed the role he can play in getting hockey back on its feet. We all have a responsibility to the game, ... Everything I have in my life is because of the NHL. Yet I'm a small part of going forward with this game. No one individual is bigger or better than our sport.
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There's going to be a lot of good unrestricted free-agent defensemen (available) this summer. We're in the game for those guys now. We have the opportunity to bring in some impact players.Wayne Gretzky
We're going to get a lot of calls over the next four weeks. Obviously, we'll listen.
Wayne Gretzky
We don't have the depth or the skill level of Detroit so our work ethic has to be as high as theirs. Obviously, the first part of the game it wasn't . . . .Quite frankly it looked like we were enjoying the fruits of Thursday night's victory (over Dallas) too much.
Wayne Gretzky
The last uniform was unique. And it was so different from any other team in the National Hockey League. But this one is very much of a classic look. We wanted to make it something kids would want to wear and minor hockey league teams across North America would want to wear.
Wayne Gretzky
From the ownership perspective, the Olympics has done little to spike interest in the NHL after the last two Games and, from a marketing perspective, has done little more than expose the NHL product as dull and inferior. With the Games in Europe, the impact will be even less than it was in Salt Lake in 2002 and the travel will be much harder. The tough part now is that we're in a different situation than we were in 2002, ... We just missed one full season and I know there's probably some concerns from owners, probably more in the United States, in the sense of getting started again and trying to build that enthusiasm for the National Hockey League again and then having to shut it down for 17 days.
Wayne Gretzky
We are disappointed that Eddie can't participate for Team Canada at the World Cup. But we are thrilled that Jose is a part of our team.
Wayne Gretzky
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