Doug Armstrong
Doug Armstrong
Douglas Armstrongis the general manager for the NHL's St. Louis Blues. He is also a former general manager of the Dallas Stars...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth24 September 1964
CitySarnia, Canada
club coach continue dave expect head job
Dave has done an outstanding job as head coach of this club and we expect that to continue for years to come.
almost coming launching pad party
It's going to be a coming out party for so much of our future. Really, it'll almost be like a launching pad for the new NHL.
affect changes good group move rule
It's a risk, but it's one we feel good about. A lot of the rule changes will affect defensemen, and we want a group of defensemen who can move the puck.
dwell game happened sure tapes
It's a footnote of history. But we're not going to dwell on it, and I'm sure we're not going to look at any game tapes of what happened two years ago.
crisis
When he first went down, it didn't look good. So a crisis averted, I guess.
bench close crisis good mike periods saw smiles sure talked team trainer winning
When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't have to get up to get off the ice, so I wasn't sure what happened. But I talked to the trainer between periods and he thought it would be good and then I saw Mike after and he was all smiles with the team winning the division. So a crisis averted, I guess.
club consistent contract dallas forward hockey looking next performer pleased sign stars three
We are pleased to sign Philippe Boucher to a new contract that will keep him with the Dallas Stars for the next three seasons. Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club and we are looking forward to his next three years with our organization.
building camp exhibition players start team time
We don't have the time to have a 30- or 35-man camp here because of exhibition games. We want to start building a team here, and to do that you have to have the players that will be a part of it around. We're going to let it play out up in Dallas.
boost gave shot
That shot really gave us a boost going into halftime.
credit grass happen point reached realized sacrifices situations
You're going to have situations like this in long-term relationships. Everyone has to do things to get to a point of being very comfortable. I think he reached that point and realized the grass isn't always greener. He had to make some sacrifices financially to make this happen and to his credit he did.
atlanta bit
I think we're a little bit like the Atlanta Braves.
both brings club dimension fit gritty happy hockey jeremy nicely physical player regular season valuable
Jeremy brings a physical dimension to our hockey club and will fit in nicely with our team. He is a gritty player that has some valuable NHL experience, both in the regular season and the playoffs, and we are happy to have him.
deal defensive depth experience great help high level player proven upgrade veteran
Janne is a veteran player who will help upgrade the depth of our defensive corps. He has a great deal of experience at the NHL level and has proven he can play at a high level in this league.
deal evaluation experience great help hockey immensely john pro success
John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely in our evaluation of pro prospects.