32 Quotes by John Muckler

I think there's a little negativity in this town because they don't look at themselves as winners. It's doom and gloom, there's no doubt about that. They need some sunlight.

We were looking for somebody who could play on our second line and we feel he can do that for us.

We didn't ask him not to wear the mask. We just had a discussion about what was right and what was wrong. He said he would take it off.

We let a good hockey player go to Atlanta, ... But I just felt it was time for change. We had two runs at the Stanley Cup, one was partially successful, last season we failed. There's a reason when you fail and those reasons have to be looked and tried to be rectified and this is what we're trying to do.

We've had a plan right since Dom got injured. The plan is to have Dom 100 per cent and when he's 100 per cent he will come back and he will play in the playoffs.

We have a club here that has 105 points and we have a goalkeeper in Emery who is playing very well at this particular time. It doesn't make any sense to hurry Dom back. We do not have any hidden agenda.

You had to get rid of the other stuff before he started playing well.

It was the perfect fit. It was the perfect fit for us, it was the perfect fit for them. And we both made a great deal.

Right now, we don't have any hot irons in the fire. Have we been talking to teams? Yes. Do we want to make a move? Only if it betters our hockey club. And we don't want to do it by subtraction, only addition.