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
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I think our first period kind of killed us, ... We came out flat and they came out with a lot more jump than us, and that kind of set the tone for the whole game, that we were constantly playing catch-up.
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I just try to stay ahead of my age. It means a lot. I think these are all things you reflect on at the end of the season and at the end of your career.
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Sergei is a great player with world-class talent. Adding a player like that, I'm sure Columbus is hoping it'll get a lot of their young guys excited.
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In this league, you can never look past opponents. You'll get yourself into trouble. Start thinking about the future, it's going to mess up your present.
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I haven't heard anything about the betting being on hockey, and that's a very important distinction. It sounds as if it's college football and Super Bowl betting, stuff like that.
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I really haven't thought much about it. I've just enjoyed going out there and playing. It's been enjoyable.
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I definitely missed the game and I was sorry to see it taken away from us,
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I don't think there was anyone on this team that didn't think we'd have to win in Edmonton. The road is a place where we seem to play our best hockey, so it's on to Game 3.
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I don't think there was anyone on this team that didn't expect that we were going to have to win games in Edmonton.
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I feel bad for Joey Harrington. I think he's taking a lot more heat than he deserves. He's a very simple, easy guy to point the finger at, and some people do it for good reason, other people just do it because they hear everybody else is doing it. That's not good.
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I don't mind that people are counting us out. My first year here was 1997 and that's when a lot of people thought the Red Wings had missed their window of opportunity and we won our first of three Stanley Cups together.
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The fans spoke, ... They told us what they wanted and we tried to deliver while minding the hockey traditionalists as well.
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In a lot of ways we missed the game, but we did our best to take advantage of the time off.
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The first time that there's going to be a shootout, the fans will be very excited,