Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Frederick Shanahanis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously serving as the director of player safety for the NHL...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 January 1969
CityToronto, Canada
hockey trap
It's not pretty hockey but that's what makes the trap so successful.
behind earlier forced games open teams
This is the way we started games earlier in the season, and we need to get back to that. When teams have to play us from behind and are forced to open things up, we're at our best.
defense harder playing regardless scoring six tight whether win work
They're playing tight defense and working hard, and regardless of what it's called, we have to work harder and win games. Whether we win them scoring six goals, or one goal, we just have to win games.
reflect
It's the same thought process. These are things that at the end of the season, or at the end of your career, you can reflect on.
gave satisfied
It's not enough, obviously; it's not enough. I'm not satisfied with it. Personally, I can say that I gave it everything I have, but I'm not satisfied with my results.
played
It was Floyd's fault. I didn't think he played well enough for us to win.
guys room took unique
It was a unique situation, but the guys in the room took it as a challenge.
test
It will be a real test for us.
front great head hope market page puts shake
I sometimes shake my head at the some of the things that J.R. says, but in the end, L.A. is a great market and I hope he puts us on the front page there every week.
coming optimistic together
Things are coming together pretty good, I'm pretty optimistic about our game.
buying excited feeling game highs home lows newspaper next worst
The worst thing is going home feeling so-so about a tie. Those highs and lows are what get you excited about the game and get you buying a newspaper the next day.
guys heard odd played player playing suspected taking talk
Are guys going to get discovered? Sure, we've got over 700 players; we're going to have the odd guy. But I've been playing for 18 years, and I've never heard a player talk about its benefits, I've never heard of a player taking it; I've never suspected a player I've played with is taking it.
best crazy game gave happen hockey people step time year
As crazy as this sounds, having the hockey people off for a year gave us time to step back and re-examine the game. ... And this may have been the best thing to happen for our game and our fans.
approach certainly desperate good less start taxing team
Our approach going in was they were a desperate team and if we could get of to a good start we could get them to press. It's certainly a lot easier, a lot less taxing to play with the lead.