Craig Berube

On-ice chemistry and winning puck battles matter far more than how well players get along off the ice.

Once we really started to come together as a team and play for each other on the ice... It doesn't matter what you do off the ice. You can be buddies with your teammates and do all this shit. But if you don't play [well] on the ice, you won't win. You won't go anywhere.

Gary Bettman has done an excellent job of evolving and improving the game of hockey.

Gary Bettman has done an excellent job of that—of turning this game, changing the game, I guess. You know, there's still fights in the game and things like that, but it's not as important as it was when I played... it was a different mindset back then.

I would likely be the survivor if every NHL coach was thrown into a royal rumble style fight.

If we had say like every NHL coach gets in a big fight and it's almost like Royal Rumble. We throw everyone in the ring—who survives? [Berube]: I'd probably come out of there. Yes. Hell yeah.

Alex Ovechkin is arguably the greatest goal scorer ever considering modern goaltending

Gretzky's for me, he's the greatest like what he's done. It's hard to knock that. But Alex Ovechkin is right up there for goal scoring. I'll tell you what, in an era to score as many goals as he does in this era of hockey, and the goaltending is ridiculous—this guy is an amazing player.

Success in hockey comes down to 'playing heavy' and winning stick battles

The way I want to play the game, we need size and strength. Being physical... You can play heavy, it's just winning puck battles. That's what it boils down to. Using your body winning puck bottles, having heavy sticks. That's what I mean by heavy.