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    While Vancouver is sold on Luongo, one of the top goalies in the game, Gillis also said there was another factor at play. "In my mind, the defining feature of doing a contract at this length was the fact he plays goal ... We saw two 40-year-old goalies playing in the league this year. Dominik Hasek was a dominant goalie late into his 30s and early 40s ... there's a lot of precedents at this position. We didn't have any of the discomfort we might have had with a skating defenseman or forward." Battling for the right to back up "Bobby Lu" are two men taking decidedly different career paths. Full Article at National Hockey league | NHL.com
    In my mind, the defining feature of doing a contract at this length was the fact he plays goal ... We saw two 40-year-old goalies playing in the league this year. Dominik Hasek was a dominant goalie late into his 30s and early 40s ... there's a lot of precedents at this position. We didn't have any of the discomfort we might have had with a skating defenseman or forward.
    – Mike Gillis SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
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  1. I think probably for the first time in his life . . . he is in real good shape. Until that happens to a professional player, you don't know the limits. I think now we're going to find out.
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  2. As far as I'm concerned, I haven't earned a spot here, and I'm out to do that ... I have to earn my spot, earn my ice time. This job is not secure, especially not for me.
    – Mason Raymond SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  3. It's a salary cap era ... If you do get a little bit of a pay raise and things happen where they can't slide you under, the next thing you know you're on waivers.
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  4. If I said no, I'd be lying
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  5. He's really upbeat, with a lot of energy.
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  6. There's a lot of bitterness in the way things ended ... Guys really feel like we left something on the table.
    – Ryan Johnson (footballer) SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  7. My goal has been to make this team the entire summer
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  8. Every time he steps on the ice, there have been moments where he really caught our attention
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  9. He's a players' coach ... You don't take anything for granted, because he knows how to push the right buttons and get guys fired up.
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago
  10. It's the new NHL. We're not used to that. They're not used to that. Nobody is. But for the general manager and coaches and the organization, what better way is there to have it, to have guys fighting for it?
    SOURCE: National Hockey league | NHL.com 2 months ago

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