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Here's just a part of the NHL.COM interview by Dan Rosen, much more here
"We're hoping that with every decision we make, with every person we bring in here, someone is going to say, 'These guys mean business,'" McPhee said.
When you can walk away from a game and you've identified a player you really like, you start projecting and start thinking, 'Boy, we hope we can get him.' I think there is going to be a lot of that this year, and it's not for seven players in seven rounds. This is for 30 players. It's actually both. It's 30 players one day, and a couple days later it's another seven players in the entry draft. It's going to be a lot of work."
the way he (Foley) explained the job, saying, 'The manager is going to make the decisions. I want to be involved, but you're the expert and you're going to make the decisions.' Those are the things that appeal to a general manager."
"This is a market and set up of a franchise that is really going to appeal to players. There are 40 million people that visit Vegas every year. We've got 700-plus players in the NHL, of which 80 to 100 are elite players, and maybe less than that, maybe 50 to 60. We only need five or six that want to come to Las Vegas. We only need five or six. We have a fabulous rink. We have a fabulous practice facility coming on line in a great neighborhood. It's easy to get around. It's beautiful weather. There's no state tax. The travel is going to be much easier than it's ever been in the West because we've added another team. And the building is going to be sold out. So why not try to put a team together that can try to make the playoffs in the first year? We're going to be smart. We're not going to do anything silly, do bad deals or anything like that, but can we get a really good, competitive team with some really talented young players right away. Yeah, I think so."