Chris Chelios
Chris Chelios
Christos Kostas Chelios, better known as Chris Chelios, is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the Executive Advisor to Ken Holland, the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, a role that Steve Yzerman held before leaving to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is one of the longest tenured players in the National Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth25 January 1962
CityEvergreen Park, IL
doubt great hard shape
He's in great shape and he's a hard worker. I have no doubt he can come back and be the same player.
doubted playing
If you would've said 10 years ago that I'd be playing at this level, I would've doubted it very much.
asked dreams playing wildest
In my wildest dreams I would have never, if you had asked me 10 years ago, thought I would still be playing at this level.
bad coach energy finish love passion
The energy he brought. I love a coach who has that kind of passion for hockey. It's just too bad we couldn't finish it for him.
capitalize cost forced obviously
You want to come out of that with something and we didn't. We forced them to take some penalties, it's right what you want to do, but we just didn't capitalize and it obviously cost us the game.
goal huge pulled shaking tries watch
You watch him and he tries these things and sometimes you're shaking your head, but he pulled that off, and that was a huge goal for us.
playing watched
You watched the game. It was undisciplined. It was uncharacteristic of how we have been playing and of what we wanted to do. It was very unacceptable. We had our chances.
camp ease far feet gives great power speed struggle time training wet
And as far as on the ice, he gives us just that much more depth. It's going to take him a little time to get his timing, I'm sure. Hopefully, we'll get to ease him in on the power plays. ... Just let him get his feet wet here and let him get used to the speed again. It's been a struggle with him from training camp with the groin. So it's great to have him back in the lineup.
leadership
His leadership in the room, obviously, has been so important,