Thanks Matt!
I am that guy. Finally able to post on my own!
They are scheduled to practice again on Wednesday at 1:00 at Big Bear Ice Arena in Lowry. Monday's practice was very brief so I would recommend getting there at 1:00. I was a little late and a lot of players - Lids, Hank, Cheli, Rafalski, Stuart - had already left the ice. They were basically done by 2:00 with a few guys lingering on the ice just messing around. Dom was one of the last to leave the ice as well.
Every player stopped to sign autographs for the ten or so people who were waiting outside by the bus. Of course, there I was, with nothing to sign. Missed out on the entire team! But it was cool just to be that close to the guys.
The players were coming out at their leisure which made for a funny situation. After waiting for about a half hour for the team to board the bus, Babs and the first wave of players left for the hotel in the bus. There was only one bus so as the rest of the team (about half the players) came out, they all said 'where is the bus?' Well, the bus left without them. And since there was only one, it had to drop off the first wave and return to pick up the rest of the team. So they were all just hanging around outside waiting for about a half hour for the bus to come back to pick them up.
I was very impressed with the guys. They all took the time to sign everything that everyone had. Many of them posed for pictures. They were very approachable. The only player that didn't sign anything and hurried to the bus was Lidstrom. I was a little surprised that he wouldn't stop to sign a single item. But he was on the first bus so there may have been some urgency to get on before it left.
