Jeff Halpern
Jeff Halpern
Jeffrey Craig Halpernis an American former professional ice hockey player...
business company core delivered earnings fourth high momentum people quality saw worse
I think when you look at what the company delivered for the fourth quarter, what you saw was significantly worse momentum in the core business than I think people were expecting. It was not a high quality earnings quarter.
gave respect result room time
If anything, it was more us than Thornton. We gave him too much respect and as a result he had room to operate. We can't give him that much time and space.
determined evidence paperwork smell
From the preponderance of evidence in their paperwork alone, we determined that there was too much going on that didn't smell right.
cut definitely eyes happy mistakes
We made some mistakes at the end by pressing a bit. When it's 5-1, guys' eyes got a little big. We need to cut down on those mistakes, and we will. There's definitely some things we need to do better, but I was happy with a lot of things as well.
adam advantage games hunter invaluable job looked steve talk took year
I always looked up to those guys, ... I was able to have Dale Hunter to talk to my first year when he had a job in the organization. Just being able to talk to him after games and after practices, it was an invaluable experience. And to play with Adam Oates and Steve Konowalchuk, there was a lot to learn. Hopefully, I took advantage of that.
played
When we weren't in the box, I thought we played pretty well.
dollars estimate hundred million risk several total
We estimate Qwest's at-risk revenues from this arrangement total several hundred million dollars annually.
giving needed
We were giving up between 35 and 50 shots, so something needed to change.
couple late penalties played team
We need to be able to put a team away. We weren't able to do that, but we were able to get a late goal. Two breakdowns and a couple of penalties in the first, other than that, we played pretty well.
team
We need to be able to put a team away. We weren't able to do that.
deserve played sold
We probably didn't deserve to be in the game. Olie played so well. We sold him out.
economy-and-economics exposure sector
The telecom sector has significant exposure to the economy.
erase four games goals guy next type
He's still getting chances. I know as well as anyone, goalies are good. You are not always going to score. He's the type of guy who can go out and get four goals the next two games and erase the drought.
camp excited forward looking week
I'm excited to get back out there. The first week of camp is always tough, but it's been so long, everyone's looking forward to it.