68 Quotes by Kris Draper

It's definitely affected us a lot, ... It kind of handcuffed Detroit. We had a lot of money tied into a lot of players. (General manager Ken Holland) had to step up and make some changes to free up some money. Even though we did, we didn't quite get enough.

It went well. It was a lot of fun.

It was huge. Some pretty important power plays were killed.

Not only were we not able to get Pavel signed, we also had to buy out Darren McCarty , Ray Whitney and Derian Hatcher ,

After they took four points from us back home, we wanted to come back and answer, which we were able to do.

The last couple games we were firing goose eggs, and that's something you don't want to do going into your elimination game.

I laugh at them. I think they're pretty funny, but that's about the extent of it.

He's such a great guy and he wants to be there for everybody and that's what made him so popular in Detroit.

He's a guy who can play a lot of minutes. He had a great year two years ago. We hope he's back. We hope it all works out and he can be part of this hockey club. But he has to make a decision on what's best for him and his family. We just hope it's here playing in Detroit.