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
plays power
It was huge. Some pretty important power plays were killed.
adjust seems specialty
It seems there's going to be a lot of specialty teams. Basically, how are we going to adjust to it is what it comes down to.
For me, 03-04 ... was it 03-04 or 02-03?
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.
almost compete puts
You put Pavel in there, it puts us almost to the upper echelon to compete with the high-end teams.
canadian edmonton forward heard kid looking playoffs special vancouver
I've never been part of it. I'm really looking forward to it. After Vancouver and Calgary and what we've heard about the way it is in Edmonton for the playoffs ... it's pretty special for a Canadian kid to be part of that.
division great hockey realize teams themselves tougher turned
So you realize that our division just got that much tougher with the upgrades that all these teams made. They've turned themselves into some great hockey clubs.
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,
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.
power
The first power play they were snapping it around pretty good. They kind of got some things going.
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.