Brian Burke
Brian Burke
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I'm not interested in adding names, I'm interested in adding hockey players. I signed Teemu because I think he makes us a better hockey team. We're anticipating he'll play on our top six. Certainly, I'm counting on him for top-six ice time and the power play.
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This is a very difficult situation for a young, brave man to go through. Our thoughts are with the entire Smith family, and Jordan will always be a part of ours. He will rebound from this, and we will be there for him and his family as they move forward from here.
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I'm told his knee is fine. He struggled a bit in his last year at Colorado. With the style we're going to play and the rules, he can play a number of years after this year. It's up to Teemu. I made it clear to his agent we're certainly not looking at this as a one-year thing.
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I'm not surprised in anything that has happened.
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Not a soul, ... But if you'd have said to me in Vancouver, 'You can win a Stanley Cup but you can never do an interview and you can't be in the parade,' I'd say, 'Where do I sign?' My ego's a lot smaller than people think.
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We expect Teemu Selanne to be an impact player for us, both on the ice and in the community. His skating and goal-scoring ability should fit nicely with our new style of play.
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First off, I want people to understand I work for great owners here and have no interest in leaving. Second, no matter where I've worked, I've never signed a contract that contains an out. I don't believe in that.
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We've got 9,300 (season ticket holders) here and we were at 6,000 when I was hired, ... I believe this is a great hockey market. I remember when you couldn't get a ticket for games here. Then we gave people reasons not to come, and they stopped coming.
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Bobby Ryan is an exciting player that we are happy to officially add to our young group of skilled forwards. He has a rare combination of size and skill and we look forward to his continued development.
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I've spoken to his wife (Sandra) and made it clear that anything and everything they need from us is theirs for the asking. Essentially, this is a disease that requires three things for an individual to have a chance to successfully battle it, top medical support, second is peer and family and friends support. Third is determination and willpower of the individual.
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This deal does two things. It gives us some cap room, and it solves what really is almost a crisis right now. We had set aside, as many teams did, a reserve of about a million and a half dollars to deal with injuries. That was inadequate.
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Addressing the insider threat is becoming more complex. The increasing use of corporate e-mail, Web e-mail, instant messaging, peer-to-peer, and other channels for distributing data and the proliferation of mobile devices that allow employees to carry sensitive information outside the organization's boundaries make the control of outbound content increasingly difficult.
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That's not enough to make me panic. I don't see any major changes we need to make at this point. We need some guys who can score goals to start doing that.
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OCC plays a key role in enforcing corporate compliance with both external regulatory requirements and internal corporate policies.