“They’re all people,” said Roman Horak, 22 years old and a veteran of 81 NHL games. “Obviously, they

"I learned not to have any respect anymore," Backlund was saying doubletree castle hotel Thursday after the Calgary Flames' first on-ice session of main camp. "When I was younger, I had too much respect. Now I've learned that, if I play my game, I can be as good as them. So I'm not going to have respect for anybody. I learned it last year (during the lockout) in Sweden, playing against (Anze) Kopitar and those guys and trying to be better than them every night — and I was (some) nights, too.
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For starters, the Michael doubletree castle hotel Cammalleri experiment appears to be over. ("I'm unaware of whether that will be asked again," Cammalleri said of shifting from left flank to centre. "I have an inkling that I'll start back on the wing, maybe because last year I ended there.")
"We are going to have some young guys who are going to have to step up and log some minutes down the middle — I'll be there for those guys," said Stajan, 29. "Hopefully they adapt quite quickly. Once they get some games and get their feet wet, they'll get used to the pace."
"Sometimes it takes a while to learn, but you've got to be patient, you've got to support the puck," he replied. "You can't cheat. As a winger, you sometimes have some leeway to cheat if you sense a turnover is going to happen. But, as the centreman, you've got to be the safety valve. As a centreman, you have to make sure you're support for your defencemen in your own end.
"A lot of the young kids coming up are smart players. You see their tendencies just from the few times I've been out there with them, so I think they'll come along quite nicely. But (puck support) is the one thing they've got to focus on. Everybody on the coaching staff is going to stress that."
"It's obviously a huge, huge opportunity for the guys here, right?" said Horak, now wearing No. 21. "There's a lot of spots open ... and a bunch of guys battling for the spots. doubletree castle hotel I know I'm probably doubletree castle hotel not going to play first or second line even though I want it. So I'm just going to aim to be a good two-way centre and be responsible defensively ... but I want to produce more offence, too.
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