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CRACK THE CODE - February 9, 2007 Looking Back Today Hockey Spy.com gets nostalgic and looks back at some old hockey quotes that we deciphered many years ago: "Bob Goodenow will kill me, but if we're going to be realistic about things probably 75 per cent of the league is overpaid. But we're not paying ourselves. There are people giving it to us and no one is putting a gun to their heads. Something has to be done if we're going to fix this. I don't think there can be a stoppage. I don't think the game can afford it, especially in Canada where it's vital we at least have this many teams up here." - Detroit Red Wings forward Brett Hull Hockey Spy.com translation: “I’ve been playing so long my bank account is overflowing, so I don’t care if salaries get cut back now.” "Contracts are broken every day by everybody around, including those people who open the biggest mouths in Canada, including the ownership of the Ottawa Senators. Where is the sanctity of the guaranteed contract when you can hide behind bankruptcy?" - Mark Gandler, agent for Islanders' star Alexei Yashin, on news that Yashin might never see the money owed to him by the bankrupt Ottawa Senators. In 1999, Yashin was suspended by the Senators for refusing to honor his contract. He was forced to spend an extra season in Ottawa to play out the final year of that deal. Hockey Spy.com translation: “There goes my damn commission.” A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” - Wayne Gretzky Hockey Spy.com translation: “I might have forgot to mention this to my out of the playoffs Coyotes team” " You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper's not there, it doesn't matter " - NY Ranger GM Glen Sather Hockey Spy.com translation: “This job was a lot easier when Gretzky was on my roster.” As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian. - Pro Golfer, Mike Weir Hockey Spy.com translation: “I can’t skate. Then again Gretzky can’t putt.”

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