from Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic,

“Ultimately I still think winning is the No. 1 thing that drives him,” Getzlaf said. “His mentality, his compete level, still always has come from a place proving himself and proving people wrong. When he was younger, a lot of people told him he couldn’t skate well enough — stuff that I’m sure is still pushing him to this day.

“But I think, again, ultimately he enjoys being out there. He loves to be competing. And he’ll do it until they ask him not to.”

Perry doesn’t take a single day in the NHL for granted.

“I love the game,” Perry said. “I love the day-to-day stuff. Being around the guys and laughing, being on the airplane and joking around.”

And well, spring hockey.

“As soon as the playoffs come, that’s why I play the game.”

He’s an absolute beauty, that’s what Corey Perry is. They don’t make them like him anymore.

Cherish every playoff game we have left with him, hockey fans.

Well, hockey fans outside of Toronto.'

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