Then-Anaheim Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei spoiled the Dallas Stars' Cup-banner-raising home opener in 1999 by smashing Stars captain Mike Modano into the boards from behind, breaking Modano's nose and concussing him. Ten years later, the pair find themselves together as Red Wings, and they insist that any enmity between the two has long since passed into the, "That was long ago, and stuff happens" category--and Salei got a little testy when asked about the incident by the Detroit News's Ted Kulfan:

Salei had this to say about joining the Wings and reuniting with his coach from the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons in Anaheim, Mike Babcock:

Salei also spoke to MLive.com's Ansar Khan about joining the Wings...

And he did admit that he's going to make sure that Modano knows he's sorry about the hit: