Gary Roberts
Gary Roberts
Gary R. Robertsis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning. Renowned for his physical fitness during his career, Roberts has become a high performance trainer for players at all levels of the sport...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth23 May 1966
CityToronto, Canada
banging bit bodies creating game good joe man spend style time traffic
We're different guys, for sure. I'm a little more bullheaded, probably, and have to be because of the style of game I play. My game's a little different than Joe's. Joe is a real good face-off man and a good shot. Me, I spend a little more time in the traffic banging bodies and creating a little bit of havoc.
bad buddies challenge enjoyed excited good sorry special treated
I've got a lot of good buddies (with the Leafs) and they treated me really well, so I've got nothing bad to say about the (Toronto) organization. I really enjoyed my time, it was a special place to play. I'm sorry that I'm not there, but we're real excited about the new challenge here.
good practice rust time
It's been a long time (since) even a competitive practice for me. It's good to get the rust off.
absolute good skates trade
The most important part of your trade is your skates, ... If you're skates don't feel good then you're in absolute trouble.
deflect front good great job joe position threw
Joe did a great job getting position in front of the net. I threw it in front and he's got pretty good hands, so he was able to deflect it in.
camp definitely excited guys joe looking meeting older realize
We were looking at the camp roster during our (team) meeting (the other) night, Joe and I, and I didn't see many guys (born) in the 1960s. There were some '80s, some '85s. You realize how much older you are, but we're definitely excited to be here and be part of this team.
game looking looks meaningful time wished wondering
We wished it would have been a more meaningful game. We were looking at that game a long time ago wondering if it would mean something. Now it looks like it's going to mean ninth, 10th, 11th place, unfortunately.
against game guys happy playing puck tough war
The puck drops, you got to play your game. It's still tough playing against your buddies, guys that you went to war with those years here in Toronto. It was a tough game for me to play. I'm happy it's over. I'm not happy we lost.
contracted manager nice rather ring taylor
It would be nice of their manager Tommy Taylor to ring us rather than go to the media, especially when it is a contracted player. Tommy should know better.
I wanted to get one out of the way.
effort fairly memory modern shot teams technical
Teams don't like to invoke those clauses. The only effort at that in my modern memory was shot down on a fairly technical procedural basis.
We've made strides. We still have a long way to go but we are getting better.
exciting
We made it exciting for the fans, that's for sure. But we don't want to do that very often.
against focus games team worry
Having two more games against Tampa, that's the team we're going to have to focus on. Just worry about our wins, our games, and see what we get.