“I also thought I'd get a call [when former teammate Bryan Trottier was hired as New York Rangers coach in 2002]. The reason was, I remember having umpteen conversations with Bryan, having roomed with him for 10 years, that went, 'One of these days, Mike, we're going to take a team and do it our way.' I've found out since from Bryan [who was fired in his first season] that he wasn't going to be given that chance.”
“I guess as I get older I get tired of telling people I scored more than 50 nine consecutive years. Everything I'm saying makes it sound like I'm bitter, but I'm not whatsoever. It's just that when you do something well, like our team did, you'd like to get recognized for it.”
