Craig Patrick
Craig Patrick
Craig Patrickis an American former hockey player, coach and general manager, the son of Lynn Patrick and the grandson of Lester Patrick. During the 1980 Winter Olympics, Patrick was the Assistant General Manager and Assistant Coach under Herb Brooks for the United States men's national ice hockey team, which won the gold medal and defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice". From 1989 to 2006, Patrick was the General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins where he oversaw back-to-back...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 May 1946
good hoping
We want to give him a good look here, see what he can do. We're hoping he can show us something.
good hockey players worked
It's good for hockey, and it's good for his area. It's interesting, the way it worked out. It's good to have this many hockey players in town.
giving goals good lead starting wish
We're starting to get used to each other and play more like the way I thought we'd be able to play. But we get a good lead and we're still giving up some goals I wish we wouldn't give up.
believe bit chance city coaches good meet prospects series summer time town training
We did this for the first time in the summer of 2003, and we believe it's a good way for some of our young prospects to come into town and get to know a little bit about our organization and our city before training camp. We'll put them through a series of tests, and they'll also have a chance to meet with our coaches and trainers.
good hard played staff
I thought they did very, very well. The whole staff did. They had a lot of energy, they played hard and they did a good job.
future good job opportunity player playing possibly year
He wasn't playing like he was two years ago, and I didn't see us re-signing him. This was a good opportunity to get a player for the future and someone who can do the job defensively this year and possibly beyond.
dialogue everybody seeing team
I know we're having dialogue with everybody and seeing what's out there. We've had dialogue with just about every team one way or another.
quickly rather
Not necessarily. He does have to get it surgically repaired, and he is going to get it done rather quickly. We'll see how quickly he can come back.
talk
I'm not going to talk about our discussion.
anticipate deal hard might time worked
We were positioned well for what we had to deal with, and it's worked out very well. For the first time around in this, it was hard to really anticipate what might happen, but we're very, very pleased.
paper
We look pretty on paper but what are we? What are we? I don't know, but we're going to find out.
starting
We look pretty on paper, but what are we? We'll find out what we are, starting today.
begin brief days exercising expect matter period return
We expect that he will be able to begin exercising in a matter of days and return to the lineup in a brief period of time.
adjust players third time work
This is our third time around at it. It's going to work this time. The players will adjust and there will be a different game. Definitely.