John Muckler
John Muckler
John Muckleris a professional hockey coach and executive, most recently serving as the general manager of the Ottawa Senators of the NHL. Muckler has over 50 years of professional hockey experience as a part owner, general manager, director of player personnel, director of hockey operations, head coach, assistant coach and player. He has been a part of five Stanley Cup championships in various roles...
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We were looking for somebody who could play on our second line and we feel he can do that for us.
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We didn't ask him not to wear the mask. We just had a discussion about what was right and what was wrong. He said he would take it off.
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It was the perfect fit. It was the perfect fit for us, it was the perfect fit for them. And we both made a great deal.
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I don't know if I've seen this kind of excitement in any hockey community since (Wayne) Gretzky went to Los Angeles ... especially in this size of a city,
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I know everybody has a different opinion on this, ... I know what Dominik Hasek brings to the game and he brings passion. He loves the game and I have no question this is going to work.
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That's a possibility. I'm not going to say it will be that way for a month, but we might start the season that way,
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It's above the groin on the backside of his (right) leg and it's pretty high up. Yes, it's a slight strain.
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That's one thing we do have going for us to change things around, is Marty coming back. That does make us a better hockey club.
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Everybody is in a mode right now where they want to look at what they've got,
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It's a severe suspension, five games. Marty is going to be a big loss to our hockey club, ... but having said that, there's no place in hockey for kicking. I'm very sure that Marty is very sorry it happened. I don't think he intended to injure anybody.
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The whole city is behind us. I don't think people in the States realize how important this all is to Canadian people.
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People should be excited because we've given them something to be excited about,
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Right now, we don't have any hot irons in the fire. Have we been talking to teams? Yes. Do we want to make a move? Only if it betters our hockey club. And we don't want to do it by subtraction, only addition.
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I had a lot of fun in those days. It was a great experience being in the Eastern Hockey League for the simple reason that you did not have a staff.