The dispersion shows this is one well-networked country with big social networks.

Their line was the difference today. Our fourth line was playing great and you're going to need that.

Herbie has us skating all the time, all over the ice. There's much more movement than before. That's fun for us.

But you have sort of a pattern now.

He's one of the only guys who could have challenged (Wayne) Gretzky had he played long enough. Gretzky had a longer career and was fortunate to play more games than Mario. As a pure point-getter, he's right up there with Wayne.

I'm sure he was a little sore. He played well. There was no reason for him to get hurt more.

These things have always happened organically. What we don't have experience with is a contrivance of this, where it's engineered.

They have two qualities that allow them to receive so many people: They're big and they're close. They're also part of a cultural zone in the South that people would feel most connected to.

It was a good check (of) where we stand,

It's gone from a circus act to a regular city. The experience of Las Vegas now is less Rat Pack and more brats in the car, from Dino (Dean Martin) and his friends and swingers to minivans and shopping malls. It's just a big Western city.