Glass Half Full? Not So Fast...

Friday April 2nd, Montreal Gazette:

"We were optimistic... But we vastly overestimated our goaltending."

Burkeosphere

Sunday March 14th, Toronto Star:

"Why does everyone in Toronto assume they know hockey better than I do?

I know hockey."

When Doing Nothing For Nobody Means Something To Someone

Thusday March 4th, National Post:

"My inclination is to do nothing with the defence...

We worked very hard to put this group together.

And my inclination is to do nothing."

Bringin' The Crazy Back

Tuesday February 23rd, Toronto Star:

"As far as I know, he's healthy. Stupid but healthy."

God Bless

Wednesday, December 2nd, ESPN.com:

"I had a million good reasons to love and admire Brendan."

An Easy Decision

Sunday, January 31st, TSN.ca:

''Not taking any shots at Vesa,

we felt we had to make this move.''

Death Of A Salesman

Saturday, January 23rd, Toronto Star:

"Why not pay deadline priceson February 3rd instead?"

For The Last Time, No

Thursday January 14th, Toronto Star:

"The notion that players are treated fairly

rises above trades."

Truckulence?

Wednesday November 18th, Canoe.ca - SLAM!Sports:

"Everyone talks about playoffs like it’s a dirty word. I never promised we’d make it this year, but if that’s not your goal every year in this business, do something else, go drive a truck."

He's A Good Hockey Player, Okay?

Wednesday, November 4th, Toronto Sun:

"He won't win any public speaking contests."

We Really Just Need One, But...

Monday, October 19th, National Post:

"Neveragain will I be short ongoaltending."

On The Right Track?

Monday, October 12th, Toronto Star:

"I think we'll put it together."

Show Time

Friday, June 26th, Toronto Star:

"I will tell you this –the best hockey fans on the planet are not in Montreal,they're in Toronto,"

For What It's Worth

Tuesday, September 29th, Toronto Star:

"I believe in Vesa."

Ever Been To Prague?

Friday, September 25th, Wall Street Journal:

"I tell them to go watch a game in the Czech league, where every shot comes from 12, 14 feet away from the net and no one checks anyone the whole damn game. It drives me absolutely nuts."

You Can Be Fearless

Thursday, September 17th, National Post:

"I told them we've got toughness here.

You go play.

You want to run someone?

Do it."

And Now It Gets Serious

Wednesday, September 16th, Toronto Star:

"We will afford them

opportunity to fight

non-teammates,"

Shoulders Of The Vesa

Friday, August, 28th,National Post:

"It doesn't matter how good the rest of your team is,

it doesn't matter how good of a job you've done as a GM,

if you don't have goaltending

you can't win."

Five Minus Four Equals Zero

Thursday, August 20th, Canoe.ca - SLAM!Sports:

"You got Mitchell,

you've got Stajan,

you've got Primeau,

you've got Wallin, you've got Grabovski... You look at the list of centres, it means someone is going to be sitting next to me on opening night."