Simmons Says - the usual collection of thoughts, shots and dots

There was always this wondrous relationship between Ken Dryden and time. Your 30-minute interview usually lasted an hour. His eight-year playing career — with six Stanley Cups won, five Vezina Trophies — never seemed long enough. The brilliant books that should have taken a year or two to write sometimes took three or four. His time in politics was not long enough. His time as president or general manager of the Maple Leafs — he brought Curtis Joseph and Pat Quinn to Toronto — not long enough. There were no short conversations with Dryden, not in person, not on the telephone. His time as lead advocate for eliminating head shots in hockey, the times he butted heads with fellow Cornell graduate Gary Bettman were not long enough. The late Dryden, who surprisingly passed away on Friday a