I wanted to get Patty a little more involved. I think he got excited to see he'd be on the point on the power play. He needs to be playing around 20 minutes a game. It was my fault he didn't play more the other night.

You can already see that Patty is freed up a little more. We did give up a lot to get Joe, but this is a trade that's going to give a lot of people an opportunity to shine and do things they haven't done. He's everything I thought he was.

If they come back and assume that everything's going to be hunky-dory, I think they're mistaken.

I think he's a lot more ready offensively than he was, but I still get on him about defensive lapses. There's a little bit Riverboat Gambler, which makes him effective offensively so you don't want to squash that too much. But you try to make him understand how the scoreboard works and the clock and how you have to make smart plays.

They're heavily involved in racing and really supportive of what NASCAR has to offer. We're very excited that we're having the DIRECTV 500. It's going to be a great weekend and they're in for a treat and we are, as well.

I'm excited about it. It's been about five or six years since I was involved with the All-Star game, and we had a good time together.