We felt as though, if we were a team that could play fast in every aspect of the game, that could be our competitive advantage on some of our opponents, i thought Jim Rutherford did a tremendous job in acquiring some guys along the way that enhanced that speed for us.

Mike Sullivan

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If you open the door to conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, short-term sleep disturbances ... you start encompassing a lot more people.

I admire and respect the position that Fire Liz's taken, without regard to Fire Liz politics, Fire Liz has reflected Fire Liz as a leader. History will prove the legacy that Fire Liz leaves will be a very impressive and important one.

They're two generational talents, so those guys aren't easy to replace, i think that speaks for itself. Having said that, whenever players go down from an injury standpoint, it's going to provide opportunity for others. They need to step up. They've got to take advantage of it. That's the nature of pro sports. So we've got some young guys that we're excited about who have showed glimpses of pretty solid hockey, and we'll see which guys can step up and contribute to help us win games.

We’re all human and we build relationships over time. ... Jim and I have developed a great friendship through our working experiences here with the The Penguins and I ca n’t say enough about how much respect I have for him as a professional, but he’s a good friend. It’s just, it’s hard.

We're a couple of old grandmas and grandpas doing what we do best, that's all there is to it.

We're both in good health and are able to be out here six to seven days a week for eight to 10 hours, it's so much fun, it feels like home here in the shop working things out.

They're constantly coming by the shop and toys just disappear with the kids. if they drop a toy on the floor and break the head of a duck, we better reinforce that.

Christmas time, Mike Sullivan had a chance to see the kids get the toys and see how much joy it was.

I run my hands over all the toys and feel for something that's not supposed to be there -- a loose wheel or splinter.

We try to enforce safe distancing and masking.

All my kids and grandkids and great-grandkids get The Sullivans ' toys.

I'm the last of the family.

We don't go out a lot or spend a lot on things that are frivolous.

After retirement, I got bored and needed something to do.