Ron Francis did a Q&A with nhl.com that is pretty far from earthshaking but an interesting read nonetheless.
About the most dramatic part was his comments about Brandon Sutter -- again, nothing new, but still interesting:
I think he can do it. Whether he does or not, we’ll have to see that at training camp. He is an exceptionally smart player. His hockey sense is tremendous and he’s played at some pretty high levels at the World Junior Championship and in the Canada-Russia series last year, which was pretty unique. He stepped into Albany after his junior season was done and looked like he had been there all year. He worked hard to put some muscle on. He’s up in the 180s. We think he’s big enough. He’s gotten strong enough. We think he’s ready.
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