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 let a good hockey player go to Atlanta, ... But I just felt it was time for change. We had two runs at the Stanley Cup, one was partially successful, last season we failed. There's a reason when you fail and those reasons have to be looked and tried to be rectified and this is what we're trying to do.
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He's a terrific player who's going to get better. It was just that the time was right for us to make the move.
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He was the best player on the ice. Jason showed a lot of poise for a young guy to be put in a position like that. The pressure did not bother him one iota. He didn't feel a thing. He just looked at it as a great opportunity and that's how it turned out for him.
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He's a gritty hockey player, he's got good vision, he's an intelligent player.
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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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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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We have a club here that has 105 points and we have a goalkeeper in Emery who is playing very well at this particular time. It doesn't make any sense to hurry Dom back. We do not have any hidden agenda.
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We've had a plan right since Dom got injured. The plan is to have Dom 100 per cent and when he's 100 per cent he will come back and he will play in the playoffs.
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You had to get rid of the other stuff before he started playing well.
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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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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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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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People should be excited because we've given them something to be excited about,
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I feel the Olympic experience is very important for the NHL, but I don't think it's all positive.