It's a total lack of confidence. We make too many mistakes because we're afraid of doing something wrong. You've got to play to win. You can't play like you're trying to prevent losing. |
It's good to have a break now. We've been struggling and battling, so to get two wins before the break is nice. We need to step back away from the game and re-energize ourselves. I've got a couple of wounds I need to heal right now, and I think everybody else does too. |
It's not that I want to get paid. I'm trying to decide if I want to play this game again, and right now I don't think I can. |
It's precautionary. They don't want me to skate with a blade on, and I don't know that I have that good of willpower to not shoot a puck. |
It's unfortunate (the lockout) got as ugly as it did. I think our fans, hockey fans, are true blue fans. They love the game and they love the fact that the hockey players are probably the best athletes out there, in terms of being personal, and they're going to come back in droves. |
Just when I was starting to get into a groove and getting things in the right place, this happens. But, oh well, what are you going to do? |
Last night was really deflating. For us to come back with an energy-filled game shows that this team is ready and poised for a lot of hard work. It's really gratifying. |
Let's put it this way: The owners are having a hell of a great time saying, 'We have a partnership now.' You're not going to hear the players saying that. |
My heart is really hurt, ... Philly is a tough place to leave because it's one of the best organizations in pro sports. They have some of the classiest people in management and without a doubt the best owner. It hurts to know that they are going to have a good team this year and I'm not going to be a part of it. |
My whole point was that there's a time and a place to make hits like that. I'm a firm believer that pre-season isn't the time for those kinds of hits. And both of us are guys that been around, our jobs aren't at stake. |
Our special teams have to be better, not so much our penalty-killing but our power play has got to be better. We need to work on that. But that's not what lost us the game. They got the bounces, we didn't. |
Our team has been awesome, ... I've been very pleasantly surprised at how awesome every guy in our locker-room is. I've just had a great time with these guys. |
Playing with Cammalleri and Frolov, I have to work a little harder, ... They're speedy. |
So look for him to come up with something. I know in Minnesota, Jacques is trying to do the same thing. It's interesting to see what's going to work. We're going to have to work in a lot of systems to try to counteract no red line. It's probably going to drive me out of my mind, but they're going to have to find something to counter long-ice passes and guys cheating through centre ice. |
That's the most you've seen Bryan McCabe hit anybody in a long time, |