More Scott Niedermayer.
The highlights of Scott Niedermayer's conference call with the national media today...
On the difference between contemplating retirement this year vs. last year:
On having more kids vs. more Stanley Cups (a truly great question):
"We've got the kid this year and the next thing would be a Stanley Cup."
On having apprehension about costing anyone their job by coming back:
"It wasn't a part of it. With the salary cap, that's going to happen. Talking with Brian (Burke) and other people, there's going to be changes one way or another. Things are going to change one way or another. I'm not going to take too much responsibility. It was something I thought about, but this is professional sports, and it happens."
Did you think about wanting to end your career on top?
"I never really have thought a lot about finishing my career a certain way. That's pretty difficult to orchestrate, to have work out how you like it. I don't think a lot about that."
Do you think this will be your last season?
"If I had to place a guess, I'd say yes, but I've been wrong before in my thinking. If I had to make a decision, I'd say yeah, this would probably be it."
How is your brother, Rob, recovering from the injury he sustained in the playoffs against Dallas?
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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