Rick Stephens

And when he was asked about cracking down and trying to reduce the number of penalties that the Rocket take, he said, no, I don't want to change their identity.

I don't want to intervene in, sure, I'd like fewer penalties, but I'm not going to, yeah, I'm not going to get into that.

So perhaps, and we're just inferring here, Marty has the same sort of view about penalties and therefore you need a strong penalty kill.

Really interesting, because Gallagher went on.

Gallagher kept stressing how things... The media kept saying, oh, he'll just slide right in and just play like he's always played.

And Gallagher corrected them a couple of times, saying...

Wait a minute.

Things have changed around here.

The players have changed.

The coaching staff has changed.

The systems have changed.

And both Gallagher and Evans said yes.

he's going to take some time to transition, but he's a smart player and he should be able to do that.

But he, he, I think they've both advised him.

He's not going to be playing the same kind of game that he played five years ago when he left the Canadians, that there's been a lot of changes in that time.

Clear that Phil Deneau is going to play center.

Is he going to play as a second-line center with Demidov?

No, I don't think so.

You're not going to want to put in a guy who kills offense with Slavkov.

Well, Kapanen, Demidov, that combination has been great, and Slavkovsky has added to that line.