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To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.

The owner's job is to hire the general manager. The general manager's job is to run the hockey team.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.

My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the captain earns that role; it's not because he's the coach's son. These are all things we know, but in today's world, it's not a bad idea to remind ourselves.

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.