class act


"In some of his first duties as Capital, Justin Williams appeared on a conference call with the media on Thursday morning to discuss the circumstances that led him to sign a two-year, $6.5-million contract in Washington. In regards to conversations with the Kings on Wednesday – and there were some – he noted that the club’s salary cap pinch complicated negotiations.

“Obviously we enjoyed [success],” he said about his 500 regular season and playoff games with the Kings. “We made the playoffs, except for the first year when I came midway through, we made the playoffs every time except for last year. I enjoyed a pretty good stretch there of three years with two championships and a conference final. Obviously things got derailed this year because of a lot of occurrences and things beyond individual control. Hey, that’s part of a team. No team stays together the whole time if you don’t win. Obviously there are some changes in L.A. this year because of that, and everyone’s looking to get better. I know Washington’s looking to get better, and I hope to prove that I’m going to make them a better team.”
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I had the best success I’ve had a hockey player in Los Angeles. Certainly not to take anything away from the Stanley Cup I won in Carolina, but year-in, year-out, team success and individual success was great. We obviously made a lot of friends. After six or seven years, you’re going to make a lot of friends. Hopefully friends for life, but the name of the business is hockey, and it’s about winning, and now it was just time for me to move on. Obviously I spoke to L.A. a little bit yesterday, but they’ve got this thing called the ‘salary cap.’ It comes into play a lot, especially with a lot of teams spending to the cap. It is what it is. I’m going to move on, but I’m always going to have fond memories."


állítólag megpróbáltuk aláiratni amikor Richardsot kiraktuk, de ő már döntött a továbblépés mellett.

Gooooood luck Mr Game 7!