Brian Leetch
Brian Leetch
Brian Joseph Leetchis a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played 18 National Hockey Leagueseasons with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. He is generally considered one of the top defensemen in NHL history, being particularly noted for his skating, offense, and playmaking abilities. He and fellow Rangers teammate Mike Richter were inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008. Leetch was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto the following...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth3 March 1968
CityCorpus Christi, TX
It's always exciting to come somewhere you wanted to, an 'Original Six' team, and of course, the Bruins, ... It means a lot to me.
That's one of the reasons I took a one-year deal here. If the Bruins decided the best thing for the organization was for me to go somewhere else, I would only have the rest of this year in a different organization. And then I could make a decision again next summer. It would be Mike's (O'Connell) call, just like it was (Rangers GM) Glen's (Sather) call in New York.
It's not anything serious. But it makes more sense to miss a couple of days now than have it drag on through camp.
I'm not looking forward to it. I thought I'd be a Ranger for my entire career. So to go back, I'm not looking forward to it the first few times back. It's not something that I'm excited about. It'll be uncomfortable.
I'm not sure what it is. I've never had a knee injury as a pro. Eighteen years ago, or something like that, I hurt my left knee, but . . . we'll have to see, I'm not sure what it is.
Tonight was a big difference from the preseason. Guys were letting players skate by instead of hooking them.
Tonight was a big difference from the preseason, ... Guys were letting players skate by instead of hooking them.
Eddie played good but with the position we were in there was no excuse for us not to have two points at the end of it. It was a bad result, to give up a short-handed goal and to not score on a 5-on-3.
Well, I certainly don't expect to be booed.
To get to 1,000 (points) is nice, but it was a disappointing game.
They're two of the reasons that I came to this team, along with Thornton and Samsonov and (center Patrice) Bergeron. The young guys on the team are their best players and we need them back.
Pretty much every year that I've been involved in the NHL there's been some player that hasn't been in camp or some contract dispute.
I wish I could have played better. But how can you forget something like this?
I didn't want to leave. I played my first game as an 18-year-old here and I got traded on my 36th birthday.