George McPhee
George McPhee
George McPheeis a Canadian ice hockey executive. He currently holds the position of general manager for the Las Vegas NHL team. McPhee is the former general manager of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals; he also served as the team's alternate governor and Vice President and special assistant to the GM of the New York Islanders...
agent talked
We had talked to his agent about it,
bad bit breaks capable certainly division excelled farther felt gone good hope last missed objective playoff positive series team
We felt that we should've excelled and gone a little bit farther in the playoffs. But we think we are a playoff team and we hope to be better this year. There were certainly some positive things about last year. We missed out on the division by one point. We felt like we were having a good playoff series and got some bad breaks and it didn't go our way. But the objective is to go as far as you can, and we think we are capable of going farther.
avoid choice felt legal seek
We have done everything we could to avoid this step, but we felt we had no choice but to now seek a legal remedy.
defense half players score second
We could use some more goals. We like the way the defense has played, and the goaltending has been good. We think we have some young players who can score for us. We'll see what the second half brings.
aggressive remedy violation
At this point, he is in violation of his contract. We are going to be as aggressive as we can to remedy this,
good none players rated trade
We've had him rated No. 1 for a long time. We could have done a trade for volume, but none of those players would have been as good as this guy.
best hope
We told him to do what's best for his family, ... We just hope everything is okay.
close cover door jeff move sit wait
Getting Jeff was a move we may have made anyway, ... It doesn't close the door on Semin or Sykora, but we're not going to just sit here and wait for them, either. We are going to cover our bases.
anticipate excellent mike
Mike will be back, ... He had an excellent camp, and we anticipate that this will be a short-term move.
along hope pulling
We're pulling for him. We hope he comes along and is just fine.
carried expect good hoping team
We didn't expect him to be this good this early. We were hoping he could play as much as the veterans, but he has carried this team on offense.
agreed court taking
It's the first step. Essentially, the court has agreed with the Capitals that what's taking place isn't proper.
answer decision expecting hard looking time today
It's been a long time and a long, hard struggle. I was expecting a decision today but I think it'll be the answer we're looking for.
guys plan younger
We're going to play the younger guys. That was our plan all along. We're going to find out if some of these young guys can play.