(NHL contraction would be fine if) mediocre European players ... typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not backing anything up.
- Jeremy RoenickSuffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.
- Andy VioletteI just can`t imagine what it would be like here without baseball. I don`t even want to think about it. ... I just hope that the last few years - you know, three out of four they were in the playoff hunt - that everybody forgets about that contraction stuff and that some way, somehow, there will be baseball in Minnesota.
- Ariya Tafolla