68 Quotes by Kris Draper

A lot of players have changed. I know (Colorado) doesn't have a lot of players left from the '90s teams. A lot of what happened was a long time ago. I guess it's a little different now.

They're part of this team. We're not going to put any added pressure on those guys.

It seems there's going to be a lot of specialty teams. Basically, how are we going to adjust to it is what it comes down to.

For me, 03-04 ... was it 03-04 or 02-03?

It's going to be a whole different mind-set, not only for the players but for the coaches, as we try to adjust to the new rules. Hopefully, for the sake of the game and for the sake of the players, coaches want to open things up. Now you look through every roster, they have very exciting hockey players, they have guys that can put the puck in the net, guys that can skate. Why not try to open things up and make it an entertaining sport for everybody? I think that's going to have to be the case.

It's going to really open up the game, make the game a lot more entertaining. Training camp this year is going to be more important than previous camps and the exhibition games are going to be very important to get a grasp of how the refs are going to call things.

That's something we can't control. Columbus had one of the best records in the league the second half of the season. We feel good about what we accomplished during the regular season. Now everything counts, and we're playing for real.

It's something I definitely want to build on.

Everyone's going in on a whole new learning curve, ... Figuring out what the rules are going to be, what the roles are going to be with the new coach, and that's all going to come pretty fast.