50 Quotes About Drafted

If Ian gets drafted, that's going to hurt us, there's no way around it. What can I say? I don't think even if we find out he gets drafted in June, we can find someone to replace him in that short period of time, no matter where in the world we look.

I haven't seen anything that's surprised me, ... I saw him a lot before we drafted him. He's an impressive young man and an impressive young player. He's got a long way to go, but he's going to play in the NHL for a long time one day.

That's part of the reason Rex drafted me, because I value this job. It's my life. If somebody wanted to take that away from me, it's personal.

Getting drafted by these guys was a dream, and now being here is a dream. It's a great feeling.

This is a team that uses high picks on linemen. When they drafted us, they expected us to be successful. And right now that's apparent.

We'd sure take him. He's the type of guy you love because he handles himself with so much class. When you have a guy who does that as a rookie being drafted as high as he was, it speaks volumes for the future.

They used to play pretty much with the same four guys. But they've drafted well there, so their rotation now allows them to play at a high level consistently, and it's really benefiting them.

He should be getting some minutes for us this year. That's our expectation. That's why we drafted him. If we didn't expect him to play, we wouldn't have taken him.

Troy Williamson showed some signs of why we drafted him. He's got tremendous speed and he's a playmaker.