Mark Messier

It's just the way it is.

It's nothing personal.

It's just someone made a wrong decision.

Amazing.

I saw his goal the other day when he went wide and then he scored again in overtime.

The kid is electrifying.

You talk about bringing in a...

a player to energize a fan base, an organization that had been struggling for some time.

This kid is a legitimate player.

The compete level is off the chain.

He's literally bringing his team into the fight every game.

The consistency that he's played with, and of course, like Scott Stevens used to say, no defenseman...

Up until they played 200 games, really knows nuances of the position, because it's the hardest position in the league to play.

But this kid has just been amazing so far.

Yeah, some... You know, you got to look...

you know, into the parenting of a kid that grows up like that, that is that polished, that mature, that well-spoken, that aware of himself coming into the professional league.

I mean, that's, in my opinion, that's parenting.

And, you know, God rest his mom, but, and, you know, obviously he's given a lot of credit, but what a,

What a selection for the Islanders, and what a player to build the team around.

Wayne was.