"That was just such an honor for me to go up on the stage and shake his hand," Fowler said of Niedermayer. "He just said, 'Congratulations.' I was like ‘Oh my gosh, it’s Scott Niedermayer.’ The rest kind of blacked out from there. Hopefully, I can get to talk to him a little bit more and pick his brain on some things."

"I’m definitely going to put all of my effort into it," Fowler said. "It’s a goal that I set for myself. I want to try to play next year. I have to go into training camp and prove myself. I have to continue develop and get stronger."

Said Murray, "It’s against all my instincts ever to do that to a young man, but if he makes our hockey, he makes our hockey team. That is the way it’s going to be. The way the game works with the cap now, you can’t wait like you used to. We’re going to do our best to get him ready to make that team next year."