Russia has the best individual players in the tournament. We know we can't get into a scoring race with them or it will be over early. |
Some guys are smiling all the way. And some are not. |
Speed is our key, we've got lots of young players. We're playing pretty well and have the confidence. |
That would be dream come true. We have been joking about, or talking about, Sweden-Finland Olympic final. That sounds too good to be true. But, I mean, both countries have a lot to do. |
That's very important. In the whole tournament, we know how important (the power play) is going to be. We have to do that really, really well to get some success and be happy. |
The first two periods I was feeling great. I had so much energy. I ran out of gas a little bit in the third, but the best thing is I didn't feel any pain ... It's a great feeling to be back. |
The ice has never been good here. It is OK. Nothing special. Not like in Canada. |
The medal was inside my carry-on. You don't take a chance with that. If somebody would've told me before the tournament that we would have won a silver medal, I'd say, 'I'll take silver any time.' Of course, you get a little greedy when you start 7-0 and you play well. The way we played, it was amazing. |
The reason we have seen so many penalties in the playoffs is they (referees) started calling everything again. They were not calling everything in the last 10, 15, 20 (regular-season) games. |
The silver medal is never going to turn into gold, even when it's 100 years old. I think a while later, it'll be a little less disappointing, but I thought we deserved better than this. |
The silver medal, it's going to taste better a little later. But right now, it's very disappointing. |
They eat the same food. They drink the same beer. They're not better than us. |
They have more talent and more skill than we do. But there's only one puck, so that's the good news for us. We just have to play tight. If we give them too many turnovers and too much space and time, we're in trouble. |
This game is a lot about chemistry, and when three guys can find good chemistry, it makes the game so much easier. To play with Paul and Joe, it's going to be a huge pleasure for me. |
This schedule is unbelievable. I don't know what kind of Superman you have to be to stay healthy. |