“His (amateur hockey) team was there long before anyone else. He doesn’t get enough credit for that. Grudging respect. ... We just have different philosophies. It’s like oil and water at times. It doesn’t mean it’s bad. We just don’t mix.”

-Peter Karmanos Jr, owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press has much more from Karmanos including the offer he made to Sergei Fedorov.