Mike Barnett Opportunity Quotations

Most of the big, physical defensemen in the league are capable of punishing an opponent along the wall, ... The good ones hit with balance and don't overextend themselves . . . . But of the many solid defensemen in the NHL that do that on a nightly basis, there's probably only 10 percent that actively look for open-ice hits because there's a lot more potential to get burned if you don't seize the right opportunity and, secondly, execute. Gauthier's one of those players.

He was such a cerebral player with an ability to dissect the opposing team, pinpoint its weakness and then exploit it. To me, this is an opportunity to get an insight into that mind.