Bryan Hayes: We were having a conversation with Matt Stajan actually, and we were talking about how Stajan [is] a really smart player — maybe not the fastest guy in the world, but he gets the job done because of his smarts. Noodles was throwing out that conversation: Would you rather a guy with blazing speed who isn’t the smartest player in the world, or a guy who maybe isn’t as fast but is loaded with hockey smarts? As a coach, what is your preference?
Ken Hitchcock: Well, it’s a league of speed now, but to me hockey sense is everything.
Ken Hitchcock on Mike Babcock: “His team is going to do a lot better than people think”
