All you can think about is hockey. Sometimes you try to get away from it for a bit, but you can't go very long and you start thinking about it again. Everything, I mean everything, is hockey. |
He's so calm back there. He jokes back there and just relaxes everybody. |
I think he made my career. Playing with a guy who can move the puck like that and control the game like that ... just to be part of it was unbelievable. I'm glad I'm here tonight. |
It gets you hyper, more than anything. And how good is that on the ice, especially when you need to control the puck and be calm in certain situations? |
It is a lost opportunity for us to make our [playoff] position better. We can't come up with a sloppy effort like that, not this time of the year. |
It was great back then because hockey in L.A. was the big thing. We would have Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford coming into the locker room. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were there all the time and all kinds of other celebrities. It was cool. |
It's a tough question. You want to go in being hot, but you also want to have that comfort of being in the playoffs. |
It's equally as hard to get back. I think the one thing that you have is the knowledge of the ups and downs, you have the experience of what you just went through. You know when to expect the different surges that happen and how quickly things can change. So I think you can go out there and understand the big picture, while obviously looking at the little things you have to do. |
Not too bad. The result has been pretty good. |
Nothing was broken (in my face). And the scar, hopefully, won't be too bad. |
The last few games, we had been getting a lot of shots and chances, tonight that didn't happen, but as long as we find ways to win games. |
They seem to be getting too many odd-man rushes lately, and good defense is going to lead to good offense and we just have to concentrate on that. |
This is a Game 7 for them and for us, it's huge. We need that win for our playoff bid. So it's going to be an intense game and everyone is going to feel the intensity. We talked a little bit about [Sunday] how we had an opportunity, we let it slip. Now our focus has to be on [tonight's game]. |
We control our own destiny, because we play the teams below us. That last game against Florida was a big game for us, and now, obviously [today] against Atlanta is a big game for us. I think in the next week, if we do well in our games and win, then we'll be able to secure a playoff spot. |
We had a lot of chances and a couple empty nets. Luongo made a few big saves on shots that are normally goals. |