Doug Armstrong

Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and read more

Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and will be a good fit for our hockey club as we prepare for the 2006 playoffs and a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup.

Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club, and we are looking forward to the next three years read more

Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club, and we are looking forward to the next three years with our organization.

You can't counteract whatever teams are doing. We were always worried at one point about what Detroit was doing, and read more

You can't counteract whatever teams are doing. We were always worried at one point about what Detroit was doing, and we haven't played them in nine years [in the postseason]. So it's really irrelevant, I think.

We got good news right after the game. He was walking around on his own. It's just a tweak to read more

We got good news right after the game. He was walking around on his own. It's just a tweak to an injury that he had before. He's day to day. I'm not sure if he's going to play [tonight at Phoenix], but it's nothing that is going to prevent him from playing next week and into the playoffs.

If you have two guys who are battling hard, who are in an emotional game and who drop the gloves, read more

If you have two guys who are battling hard, who are in an emotional game and who drop the gloves, to me that's a 'hockey fight,' and I have no problem with that. But if you have two guys who go out on the ice looking for someone to fight, and it has little to do with the game, there's really no reason for that.