John Shannon

It goes to your head.

And I think the amount of time away from the game and then this year standing beside Joel Quenville and watching a true legend of the game coach, I think has made Jay Woodcroft a better coach.

And I think anybody that hires him will see that instantaneously.

Oh, I tend not to pay attention anymore.

I've been called too many names, and you get thick-skinned about it, and then you just use it for your...

For promotional uses anyway.

You do a good job with Twitter, Bob, because your information, you always, you know, after other games, you do a good job with the amount of information to go out there and people to understand the game better.

You're a better man for it than I am.

Players crumble too.

That's why one of the great things about what we're watching in Vegas with what John Tortorella has done

with their organization and how much respect he's garnered with the players.

But they haven't really seen the wrath of John Tortorella yet.

No, they've not.

We're in the honeymoon phase.

John Tortorella right now is along for the ride much more than the players are.

What he has done is instill confidence in the guys, and he's stayed out of the way.

And by the way, the first person to tell you that

Hey, so another great week.

On Friday, we've got Steve Valliquette, the goalie whisperer, to talk about.

And next week, our hope is to have Larry Robinson to talk about what it was like to walk in with the torch at the Bell Centre and maybe a coach and maybe a general manager of