Bill Guerin
Bill Guerin
William Robert Guerinis an American former professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Guerin played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, winning two Stanley Cup championships with the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins. Internationally, Guerin represented the United States in the Olympics in 1998, 2002 and 2006, and participated in two Ice Hockey World Championships. Guerin was the first player of Hispanic descent to play in the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth9 November 1970
concepts fine gary given gotten longest pages presented proposals six willing words
We've given (the owners) well-thought-out proposals and ( Gary Bettman is) not willing to negotiate. What we've gotten back is just ridiculous. We presented a proposal with hundreds of pages of fine details. What we got back is six concepts and the longest one may have been 230 words and some were 30 words. You know what that is? That's no effort. (Bettman) is not being serious.
couple lose paid plays price tonight tough
We hadn't paid the price for it yet. Tonight we did. A couple of tough plays and we lose the game.
good might players premier smaller surprise
I don't think it's a surprise to anybody. They have some of the premier players in the league. They might be one of the smaller countries, but they're as good as anybody.
But we still have the idea that we can be better.
buy guys jump next older players ready younger
I don't feel that it's a phasing out, they just feel like they feel these younger players are ready to take the next step, ... You can't tell me that a lot of our older players are out of gas, I don't buy it. But you can't tell me that our younger guys aren't ready to jump in there, either, because they are.
hard maybe players sorry team
I feel sorry for those guys. They've got a lot going on, a lot of issues, maybe not with the players on the team but things in the organization that are hard to put aside.
ask consider feedback partners selling system team tremendous
What's been tremendous about the new system is the team really does consider us partners in this and they ask for our feedback on things, so that makes us feel more a part of selling the game.
toward year
(When) you have a year like I've been having, you just want to contribute. I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm working toward it.
absolutely agree good guys talk together
There are absolutely guys who are going to want to get things off of their chest, and that's why we're doing this. We have more than 700 people, and we're not going to agree on everything, so it's good to get together and talk about everything that's happened.
along deal issues worrying
We had to deal with a lot of other issues along with worrying about the game.
gets gives score start system team
To score first is big. It gives your team confidence. Gets it out of the way. We can relax, get in your system and start to play.
behind bob extremely guys hard
With Bob behind the bench, their guys are going to play extremely hard for him.
against canada culture surprise
It's no surprise to play against the U.S. or Canada. It's not as much of a culture shock.
early marty reason
You think the only reason we get out of there early is because of the shooters? It's because Marty doesn't give them anything.