KOIVU　BROTHERSコミュのSaku、Ducksと１年契約 (5月9日付け)

世界選手権に注目していた間、動いていたのですね
http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=631215

Koivu Agrees to One-Year Contract Extension
with Ducks　Wednesday, 05.09.2012

どこかでTeemuが「６月にスオミに戻り、ゆっくり
(引退の再翻意＝契約に関し)考えるよ」と語った
記事を読みましたので。
Sakuは彼が残る如何に関わらず、プレーする
決定をしたわけです。

●個人的にはもうNHLはいいんじゃないか？
苦しんでいるTPSを助けに、若手に経験を伝える
ためスオミに戻って欲しいと思ってましたが。。。

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以下契約後に語った内容です
Koivu spoke to media via conference call
Wednesday afternoon:

I’m really happy about it.
For both sides, it’s a positive thing that we
got it done at this point. I don’t have to worry
about it and think about what is going to happen
for next year.
From the team’s perspective, getting into the
summer and the free agent market, knowing that
I am going to be back is probably going to make
their plan a little less complicated and a bit
easier to approach.

＜On wanting to return＞
The one thing that I asked was that either way
if I'm included in their plans or not,
I would like to hear something from them before
the end of May when we go home to Finland.
I've been in the business long enough
and Bob certainly has been in the business
long enough, it was more just to be fair
and straight forward.
When we started talking, things happened fairly
quickly and we got it done.
I was really pleased with the way things went
with the team and Bob Murray.

＜On being in Anaheim’s plans for next season＞
I met with him early in the week and I felt
they strongly wanted to have me back.
That was all before we really started talking
about the next year's deal.
I think it was very mutual. I told him that
I want to be back. The same thing went with them.
Everybody wants to win and at this point
in my career, that is the number one priority.
Talking with Bob and hearing his plan and also
getting a very positive from the ownership,
I'm confident that they are going to make a push.
When you have a core group of young players
as we do, the future looks bright.
It's tough to say at this point, when you miss
the playoffs this year.
But if I didn't feel confident about their view
and their willingness to make the push,
I would have looked somewhere else.
It was very clear they want to get a team
to make the playoffs and make the push
in the springtime.

＜On possibly looking elsewhere＞
The one thing for me to really look and see
what a team is really going to look like nowadays
you have to wait until the end of July-August.
You have to build a trust. My trust is 100 percent with Bob Murray. When I sat down with him
and he laid down the plan, I'm confident and
really optimistic with the moves they hopefully
can make. I didn't need more time to wait and
see where this team is going to go.

＜On whether Teemu Selanne will return＞
That is a question that all of us,
especially Teemu, had to answer quite a number
of times. Last year before he signed and
when I spoke to him, a lot of times he needs
a bit of time off and away from the game.
Automatically at one point in late June-early
July, he just gets the feeling if he wants
to be back or not.
You saw this year again, his production
and the way he plays. I'm sure he's going to
sit down with his family and see how they feel.
We would love to have him back.
He was again a huge part of our offense.
You cannot replace a player like that.
We'll cross our fingers and see
what can happen with him.