Pierre Lacroix
Pierre Lacroix
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.
addition convinced entire excited hockey position staff
Our entire hockey staff is very excited about the addition of Jose Theodore. With this acquisition we are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.
additional brad brings good leadership skater
Brad May is a good skater who brings us additional grit, leadership and experience.
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.
bad decision
That would have been a bad decision on my behalf.
anybody clear full gets last liability medical moore needs practice release steve taking train training welcome whether
We made it clear to him back then that we will welcome him when he gets a full release on his medical status. Last I heard, he didn't have it yet. A non-contracted player, whether Steve Moore or anybody else & we can't have a guy, for liability reasons, practice with us. He wanted to train with us. He needs to get his medical release, and he was very comfortable with that. He said he could train without taking contact, but we're in training camp.
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.
guy
But this guy has a lot of similarities.
adam era peter quality roots teams understanding
Peter was so understanding, just like Adam was. They were very understanding of the situation. They know it's a new era of the NHL. Other teams are doing different things, but other teams don't have the quality and roots we have.
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,
bad bit everybody great kid pull sad together tough
It's a bad break. The kid had a great year. Everybody is going to have to pull together a little bit more. It's sad to see and a tough thing, but we can't use it as an excuse.
assets difficult lose people
It was difficult to lose assets like that, especially people who have been with you for so long,