He's a character guy, a loyal soldier, and he's been good for the organization. There was a lot of pressure on Patrick when we lost to Toronto, and a lot of that criticism shouldn't have been on his shoulders. But going to St. Louis will be a good thing for him. He'll have a fresh start. |
He's a quality player. Guys get beaten up - an accident or an eye injury - but the wonderful thing about the human body is that we recover, given time. He's such a young guy, you just know he'll get better and better. |
He's a terrific player. People talk about him as the MVP and I can't imagine anyone doing more for their team than Daniel is doing for ours. He does everything. |
He's excited to be back. I saw him in the power-play and penalty-killing meetings. He's going to play a role for us. |
He's had to make some stops and he's done it. I can only imagine that as we go forward here he'll feel more comfortable and play pretty well. |
He's made a lot of improvements, but he's just not there yet, |
He's on our top line, he's going to get a great opportunity here, |
He's such a good player, who gets the puck to the net and helps in particular on the power play because he finds the open man. It's hard to find players who see the ice as well as he does and can make that pass. |
He's very focussed and I don't think he's going to be nervous about it at all. |
History is always important and I don't think you should ever kick in this league. I agree that when you do, you pay the price for it, but this is an extreme price. Using your skate is a problem, no question. |
Hopefully he'll feel good (physically) and will be in the lineup. He means a lot to our team. He's a skill guy, an experienced guy, a guy who everyone has great confidence in. When he steps in, our lineup is automatically better on the back end. |
Hopefully, (Hasek) will get a little skating in the next few days and we'll leave it to him to tell us when he can do more. We want to be careful and make sure he's 100% before he goes back in net. |
I asked a couple of guys if they could meet a challenge and they responded. |
I asked a couple of guys if they could meet a challenge and they responded. It was a team hockey game, a team effort. A lot of people did a real fine job. That's what hockey is. |
I can't imagine there are many guys who have done more than he's done this year. He does everything. |