Brendan Shanahan and Lou Lamoriello’s In Depth Interviews with Bob McCown — Transcript

Brendan ShanahanPassing along the transcript of the in-depth interview by Bob McCown and Michael Grange with Brendan Shanahan and Lou Lamoriello from PTS on Thursday. Some of the more interesting passages are underlined.

Brendan Shanahan

On the thought process that’s gone into assembling his management group:

Shanahan: First and foremost, it was about finding who I thought were the right people and the right fit and the best people for this job. I think, in my short history here, the one thing that I really haven’t done is I haven’t just gone out and surrounded myself with a bunch of buddies of mine and friends of mine. But if you’ve been in the game a long time, you do end up crossing paths…