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
couple firing games goose last
The last couple games we were firing goose eggs, and that's something you don't want to do going into your elimination game.
plays power
It was huge. Some pretty important power plays were killed.
buy ray whitney
Not only were we not able to get Pavel signed, we also had to buy out Darren McCarty , Ray Whitney and Derian Hatcher ,
four points took
After they took four points from us back home, we wanted to come back and answer, which we were able to do.
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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.
choice open rules
I don't think they're going to have any choice but to open it up with the way the rules are,
son hockey wings
Hockey was such a part of my life, as well as my family’s, that I knew we were all going to miss it. For the first few weeks my son was in tears sobbing, ‘I miss you being a Red Wing daddy.’ I didn’t know what to say so we just cried together. Nobody prepares you for that kind of stuff.
morning team winning
Actually it was easier than you'd think. We were the guys who had the opportunity to play for something. Only 26 players on the eight teams had that chance. We would wake up in the morning and have a reason to train. We are able to have four weeks to play at this level. Since the first day our policy was not to talk about the labor situation. Our goal was to win. We'll enjoy it for one night. Then the reality of the owners locking us out sets in.
extent laugh
I laugh at them. I think they're pretty funny, but that's about the extent of it.
power
The first power play they were snapping it around pretty good. They kind of got some things going.
advantage enjoyed four last played positions three
The last three or four years I've played all three positions and I've enjoyed that. It's a different game, a different look, and it's an opportunity, hopefully, I can take advantage of and get things going.