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| Daniel ALFREDSSON (AHL-frehd-suhn, DAN-yehl) |
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On being voted as an All-Star starter: "When you're at All-Star weekend, it's a lot of fun no matter how you get into it. I've always enjoyed mine. It's been a pleasure to mix with the best players in the league, check out their sticks, what equipment they're using, kind of mingle a little bit. But obviously I'm very humbled by being recognized as a starter."
On playing with Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley: "I'm pretty spoiled waking up every day and going to the rink. To have Spezza in the middle and Heatley on the other side... not a lot of players are that fortunate."
On keeping up with the younger players: "We've got so many good young players now, and they're dominating. They're pushing everybody in the League – Sidney (Crosby), (Vincent) Lecavalier, Heatley and Spezza on our team. Young guys who are interesting and fun to watch. I just hope I can keep up to Crosby and Lecavalier."
On John Paddock taking over as head coach this season: "Style-wise, the system we play, it hasn't been a big change. We've practiced harder under John. He made it clear throughout the summer, making calls to everybody, that he expected everybody to get in real good shape coming into the season because he knew it was going to be tough starting up again, mentally and physically. I think everybody responded well to that challenge. That's probably one of the reasons why we started so well."
On his increased production: "When Jacques (Martin) was here, we played a more defensive style. The way the rules are called, same thing – it allows more offense. I think the rules have definitely benefited my kind of play, the way I like to protect the puck. And I get to play a lot every game. I've been given a great opportunity, no question."
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