Dallas Drake
Dallas Drake
Dallas James Drakeis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger in the National Hockey League who last played for the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, Drake played for the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, and St. Louis Blues. Drake played his college hockey at Northern Michigan University...
build goals guy marquee points produce terms
He's your marquee player. He's a guy they can still build around and he's a guy that can still produce in terms of a lot of goals and points when he's healthy.
carolina cup expected nobody rangers stanley sudden teams today year york
I think you've got to look at teams like Carolina and the New York Rangers . A year ago nobody expected them to be where are today and all of a sudden they're Stanley Cup contenders, especially Carolina.
knew skilled
He's a very skilled guy; we always knew that.
looked practice short
He looked good. We had a pretty short practice but I thought he looked really good.
credit defensive dynamic great
He was just a dynamic player, and he didn't get enough credit for his defensive play. He was great in his own zone.
expect great ice knows
He knows how much we expect out of him every night, and he's been great on and off the ice for us.
bit confidence couple early games last lost played threw wolves year
We threw him to the wolves a little bit early in the year and he lost his confidence a little bit. But he went down (to Peoria), played really well, and the last couple games he's been outstanding.
expect hurt next players playing playoffs six weeks
We really battled back for about six weeks there. We didn't expect to make the playoffs but we had a lot of players playing well for next year. And then we got hurt again.
refused shoot
That was unacceptable. We just refused to shoot the puck.
figure guys ice moving rather
You could look at it two different ways. You could look at it as being relieved, we're moving on. But for guys like me, the way I look at it, it's frustrating because you'd rather find a way to get back on the ice and figure it out.
easy hardest kids night trying
The hardest thing to do sometimes going down the stretch, especially when we're not going to make the playoffs, is to focus. It's easy to say that we've got nothing to play for. But our young kids have been great, trying hard every night to win.
advantage came goals puck three took turn
All three goals came on turnovers. They took advantage of us. We've got to find a way to not turn the puck over.