"All of our signed players are already going. But we tried to keep a couple extra spots available for guys that earned an opportunity to come to our main camp.”

"How many coaches can this guy chew through and this team chew through before, you know what, you’ve got to take a real hard look at whether or not change is required and maybe it’s time to move him on."

"Certainly it’s not something that we’re averse to and when the time is right, something will happen.”

"There’s a perception out here that we have the Holy Grail – some magic formula – that that’s why we’re winning, and Lombardi’s got this blah blah blah."

"I watched this kid grow up as a player. And he never dominated anything."

“Jonathan Drouin is somebody that I think a lot of people need to pay attention to."

"It’s all part of being a professional athlete in Canada."

"It all comes down to does Johansen have the will to miss games."

"They’ve got an over abundance of some really, really good forwards."

"He talks about a Stanley Cup attitude and I think that’s the way our young guys think."

"Hopefully he’ll score a lot of goals and play the same way he does and not quite cross the line this year.”

"The visual alone is ... impressive."

"He said that one of the reasons they did draft these guys is they were opposite-side shots, Drouin and Stamkos, and he said that would make it easier for them to pass to each other."

“He’s always doing extra stuff. He’s always on the treadmill. Even after a tough workout, he’ll be running. Even before, he’ll get there early. It pushes me to do the same thing.”

"I think Jimmy Benning and Willie Desjardins will be smart enough here that if they’re going to do it they’re going to do it for the right reasons and not the wrong reasons."

"I’ve told him and I will tell him in Traverse City that we expect everybody to be there the first day in camp. It’s very important.”

"They paid a good return to acquire him, but Bob Murray had Kesler in his sights for a long, long time, as we know."

"I've seen the contracts that are going out now and the comparables, and I'm not going to sell myself short."

“I can tell you this: I think this is really difficult for Babcock. I think he’s gone back and forth all summer long."

"I think they’re fascinating guys because it’s incorrect to say they’ve never accomplished anything and it’s also incorrect to say that they’ve done anything that’s that impressive. It’s sort of in between."