Larry Pleau
Larry Pleau
Lawrence Winslow Pleauis a former senior vice president and General Manager of the St. Louis Blues. He is also a former NHL player and head coach...
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Vladimir is the type of player who can excel in many different situations, including at both wing positions. We are excited to add him to our organization, and I anticipate that he will make a strong contribution to the Blues for the next couple of years as a solid forward.
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Peter's got a good feel for the puck in the offensive part of the game. He's a give-and-go player and he knows what to do with the puck. He's got good vision and he gets his stick on the puck. He's got some good anticipation. I think his skill dictates top two lines and that's where he'll get a lot of opportunity in those areas, and we'll see what he does with it.
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Peter's got a good feel for the puck in the offensive part of the game, ... He's a give-and-go player and he knows what to do with the puck. He's got good vision and he gets his stick on the puck. He's got some good anticipation. I think his skill dictates top two lines and that's where he'll get a lot of opportunity in those areas, and we'll see what he does with it.
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Eric Brewer has been a premier defenseman in the NHL for the past several seasons, and we are very excited about the talents he brings to the Blues. We are also adding two skilled younger defensemen who are clearly up-and-coming players at this level.
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The World Championships is important for us, ... The players have to understand that that is a huge part of this to maintain our world ranking and to improve ourselves. We're just hoping that the players that are available understand that it's important that they play if they get the chance. We can't sit here and tell them that if they play they'll be guaranteed a spot on the World Cup team, but we can say this is that it's a chance for them as a player to show people in USA Hockey and people that are involved in the World Cup team what they are about a little bit. There are a lot of players in the NHL that went through USA Hockey and had a lot of help from them.
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These guys never quit right from Day 1. We had a lot of things that didn't go our way, but these guys never quit. They came to the rink, the coaches kept them focused, and the players kept each other focused.
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We're trying to gather the information. At that time, we'll know what his options are and we'll make a decision.
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What I would tell them is stick with us. This franchise is going to get healthy again.
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We felt that it was something that if we could change it, we would. We've helped ourselves there quite a bit, but now they have to prove it.
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Until he tells us he's ready ... We'll see what he says on Sunday.
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We'd all like to know what are we going to do tomorrow. You live with that, but then again you have a job to do.
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We just wanted to let (Manitoba) know that the game wasn't over, ... We were going to be there to play in the third period.
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We weren't going to get tied up in long-term contracts. We're working off certain figures, and we'll continue to work that way.
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We've got a decision to make. I think it's good for all parties to get together and make sure that everybody understands where we're at.