Pierre Lacroix
Pierre Lacroix
account acted careful clear complete continues convinced elements fair league main parties recovery steve
I'm convinced the league was careful to take into account all the elements and acted with a clear sense of what was fair for all parties involved. Steve Moore's complete recovery continues to be our main concern.
alex continue expect played players since top
Alex has played well for us since his first day in the NHL and we expect him to continue to be one of the top players in the game.
avalanche depth key players putting represents rights step team together
This represents another step we must take in putting together the 2005-06 Avalanche team while maintaining the rights to players key to our organizational depth chart,
believe career club milan prime strongly thrive
At 29, he is in the prime of his career and we strongly believe he will be a strong contributor to our club and Milan will thrive in this new NHL landscape.
convinced fulfill high obvious order showing team time
We are an organization with very, very high expectations. It's no different this year. It's obvious the team is not showing any emotion, the team is not doing the things they need to do in order to fulfill these expectations. It's nothing in particular, other than I am convinced it was the right time to make the call.
additional brad brings good leadership skater
Brad May is a good skater who brings us additional grit, leadership and experience.
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But this guy has a lot of similarities.
athlete great human peter tremendous
We did everything we could to keep him. Peter is a great athlete and a great human being who has done tremendous things for this franchise.
bad decision
That would have been a bad decision on my behalf.
ahead bright capable excel future player skilled
John-Michael showed us that he is capable of being the kind of player that will excel in the new NHL. He's a very smart, skilled player who has a bright future ahead of him.
sitting
That day was like sitting on the ice. Now we're sitting in the whirlpool.
announce commit decided excited extremely five franchise milan next rookie season since success
We are extremely excited to announce that Milan Hejduk has decided to commit to this franchise for the next five seasons. Since his rookie season in 1998-99, he has been an instrumental part of the success of this franchise.
forward great man potential wife
He's a great man with a lot of potential after hockey. He's got a great wife and a great family, and he's still got a lot to look forward to.
convinced position
With this acquisition, we are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.