Kris Draper
Kris Draper
Kristopher Bruce "Kris" Draperis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current special assistant to the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, the team with which he played 17 seasons for during his 20-year National Hockey Leagueplaying career...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth24 May 1971
bothers complete dressing everybody good
We've done a lot of good things but a complete game, we haven't done that. That's something that bothers everybody in this dressing room.
adjustment body choice defence good guys happen huge open skate speed step teams
Here at the Joe, guys are getting used to the speed and the body positioning. Teams that can skate and have a good defence will be a step ahead. You won't have any choice to open up. But this is going to be a huge adjustment and it won't happen overnight.
committed guys letting opening pat time
Guys are committed to opening up the game, making it a lot more entertaining and letting guys go out and use their talents. But I don't even think we'll have it down pat by the time of the openers.
best dominate force gifted guy offensive players
He's a guy that can dominate a game. He just makes players around him that much better. He's a guy that can score, and he's a very gifted passer as well. The best thing to do is try to force an offensive player to try to play in his end as much as possible.
certainly five four realizing regular scoreboard sure teams watch
Yeah, now we're on the scoreboard watching. We're realizing there's probably about four or five teams that are going to keep flip-flopping from here right on up to the end of the regular season. For us, you certainly watch that but the one thing we want to make sure is that we're concentrating on what this team does.
anyone deep extent former friend realized teammate tough
I don't think anyone realized the extent of how deep it went. It's tough when you see a friend and former teammate go through something like that.
camp coach coaching guys meant obviously time training
I don't think we're there yet. I think this is really the first time at training camp that it's meant as much as it has in a lot of years for this team. Not only the new NHL and the new rules, but obviously the new coach and the different coaching philosophy, but I think guys are getting there.
love
Obviously, we would love to have him in our lineup,
shooting specialty talked teams
One thing we wanted to do was take away Blake, with that big one-timer he has. We wanted to get into some shooting lanes, and we did that. We talked about how important specialty teams were going to be in this game, and they were.
hear hope word
Let's hope we don't hear the word 'trap' anymore,
chris simon somebody
Chris Simon just sucker-punched somebody in the face!
game guys skate
To be able to go out there and let guys skate and make plays, ... that's how the game should be played.
couple
We've got to get better. We haven't done it for a couple of games, and we've got to find a way real quick.
exciting kids rules
Those two kids are special. And the new rules are going to be exciting for them.