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
added pressure
They're part of this team. We're not going to put any added pressure on those guys.
best columbus good half league playing records regular second
That's something we can't control. Columbus had one of the best records in the league the second half of the season. We feel good about what we accomplished during the regular season. Now everything counts, and we're playing for real.
guess happened left players time
A lot of players have changed. I know (Colorado) doesn't have a lot of players left from the '90s teams. A lot of what happened was a long time ago. I guess it's a little different now.
bring game nice people plan schedule start successful
We're back where we should be. This is always a game when the schedule comes out where you take a look at who you're playing, and it's always nice. It's something that people plan to bring their New Year's in on. It's always a nice celebration, a nice atmosphere. To make it a successful night, it's up to us to go out and start it off right.
hockey hung veteran
We're a veteran hockey club, we know better than that. We hung Manny out to dry.
everybody great guy popular wants
He's such a great guy and he wants to be there for everybody and that's what made him so popular in Detroit.
best decision great guy hockey hope playing works year
He's a guy who can play a lot of minutes. He had a great year two years ago. We hope he's back. We hope it all works out and he can be part of this hockey club. But he has to make a decision on what's best for him and his family. We just hope it's here playing in Detroit.
next sitting
Why are you sitting next to me? Get out of here.
games meant playing playoffs
We've been playing some games here for a while now that haven't really meant anything standing-wise. Now everything's over and done with. The playoffs are coming.
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.
five four games night ourselves prepare start tomorrow
Tomorrow night is the start of four games in five nights, and we have to prepare ourselves for that.
good stops tonight
Ozzie (Osgood) made some good stops tonight and we had a lot of jump.
active money teams tied
Out of all the teams in our division, we were the least active because of how much money we had tied into players,