NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND

January 24, 1999

Theoren Fleury

THEOREN FLEURY: There were great scoring opportunities and there was a -- it was a very well-played game. We got off to an early lead. They're a pretty young team. I think they were nervous, some of those guys. Once they got their feet wet, they started to play a lot better. We played a lot better too.

THEOREN FLEURY: Not at all, I think maybe at the beginning of the season, you know, when the rumors started. But, you know, I just got to resign myself to the fact that this is the way it was going to be the whole year and I guess the one thing that, you know, all of us guys can control is how we play on the ice. And so far, you know, it's been a fun year.

THEOREN FLEURY: Not really. I think everybody can hear those comments. It's not true. It's not necessarily true. I thought our team moved a lot better than their team. You know, on the breakouts. We had more odd-man rushes than they did and the defense played great. They stood up, you know, they took away the blue line and they had turnovers for the forwards.

THEOREN FLEURY: Get a little bit pride back hockey-wise anyways. But we'll see. Hopefully we can go back to the Olympics in a couple years here, and, you know, reestablish what we lost.