"I love the game too much, but I think I got burnt out mentally at the end there. think it was important for me to stay away. I didn't really do too much with the game this year, I didn't really watch a lot of it. But I think I love the game so eventually, I'll come around again, but it's still too early and fresh right now.

"I think if I had the choice between being a [general manager] or a coach, I think I would rather be a GM. There's a part of me that wants to kind of assemble a team and see it through that way vs. from behind the bench."

-retired NHL player Dan Boyle. Kaitlyn Kaminski of NHL.com has more on Boyle.