Ekkora feszültséget ne keltsen már a rájátszás hiánya. 

  Egyébként ezt a csőlátású jelzőt igazán hanyagolhatnád. Tudnám kevésbé kulturáltan is írni, mi a véleményem ezen szokásodról, de inkább még csak szolidan... 

Carlyle thinks he knows the key to Selanne's success at an advanced age. It's not getting to the open areas, it's not Selanne's famous hands, not the timely goals, not the power play goals.

"If you turn the mikes off, I'll give you the real answer," Carlyle said, then paused and smiled to set up the punch line. "It's coaching!"

Selanne enjoyed Carlyle's suggestion.

"Funny, a couple of years ago, when my plus/minus was something like plus-26, he said that it was because of him. I said, 'I didn't see you out there.' He said, 'I was protecting you, playing (Teemu's) line against the line that can't score.'"

"It's like a wife or a coach," Selanne laughed. "You try to make your coach or wife feel that they're right, even if they are not."

"I never would have expected to play this long," Selanne said. "I would never have expected to score 600 goals in this League. To be honest, in Winnipeg, I thought I'd play three or four years in this League and go back to Europe. I made a bet with Tomas Steen and Fredrik Olausson. I totally forgot what it was. Hopefully they don't remember it, because I lost (the bet)."

"I always say, when I come to the rink every day to play hockey, I'm happy. It's still that way. But there's so much work, so much sacrificing, so much dedication (required in the offseason) to play at this level. You have to live for hockey – that's the hardest part. If the season started (again) in two weeks, it would be easy (to come back)."
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Whether captain Scott Niedermayer returns, Selanne said, also will influence his decision "a little bit." Ditto for Saku Koivu, his Finnish linemate and longtime friend, though apparently the latter won't be an issue.

"I went to dinner at his house last night, and he said, 'You can't retire!'" Selanne said, laughing. "He loves it here, really loves it."