1.   Bob offered muted praise and showed his bosses he could handle the ticklish assignment.

2.   Madden offered praise for the Rangers and an evaluation of the streak.

3.   The majority of players declined to endorse Rambis, and certain influential players clearly had problems with him, but a few offered praise.

4.   British Prime Minister John Major offered unsolicited praise of Canadian peacekeeping efforts and said Chretien would be left to decide on his own.