Here are some interesting quotes from the Greatest NHL Team press conference featuring Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey and Charles Barkley.

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WHICH TEAM WOULD GIVE THE 1984-85 OILERS THE BEST CHALLENGE

"For me, it's the '91 Penguin team. The athletes have a lot of pride. Mario [Lemieux] and I would have battled against each other. We had so much respect for each other, said this a million times, that he was the best player I ever played against. That fires you up as athletes. You want to compete against the best."

"Whether I was 18 years old playing against Guy Lafleur or 28 years old playing against Mario, that's what the game is about."

"With Tommy Barrasso and Grant Fuhr, guys like that, the question would have been is Coffey on our team or their team? That could have been the difference (laughter). We would have taken them back." - Wayne Gretzky

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WHAT DO HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL ATHLETES HAVE IN COMMON?

"Number one, I told my favorite hockey player of all time is Ron Hextall. I want to know if my guy really cares. If you watch Ron play, you know he really wanted to win. So he's my favorite hockey player."

"You know, a lot of the brothers, we root for Seth Jones because his father played in the NBA."

"We don't know a lot about hockey. We probably should pay more attention to the regular season because there's nothing more nerve-wracking than Stanley Cup overtime hockey. It's the craziest thing you ever gonna see. That's one reason I just love the sport."

"The one thing that all great players have in common is teammates. What I mean by that is, you see what Kevin Durant is doing now? Man, when you play with great players, like this, the game is so easy for you. Kevin Durant has always been great."

"I give an example. I'm not comparing myself, it's not about me. I won MVP when I went to Phoenix. I was a much better player in Philly. When they gave me Dan Majerle, Kevin Johnson, Whoa, these are the easiest 25 points ever. When you get 30 points in a game, it's a lot of hard work. When you get 25, you're like, Man, I don't have to do everything."

"I think you're seeing that with Kevin Durant. He's a great player. When you play with other great players, it is the easiest thing in the world. Like obviously they are better than people. When they get teammates who take some of the responsibility where they don't have to get every rebound, score every basket, get every stop, the game is just so easy."

"That's what they have in common. They have some good teammates. Obviously Wayne, Michael, Larry, Magic, they're great. But the game is great for them when they're playing with other great players." - Charles Barkley

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ON THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS' DEFENCE CORE

"Pretty impressive. I mean, they're mobile. They make great plays. They defend well. To me, all six of them play the game the way the game should be played. There's not a lot of plays that are safe. That's the reason why their forwards certainly last game got a goal. They make a great first pass, stick-to-stick. They can play in any single era. It's nice to watch." - Paul Coffey