A lot of mixed emotions. But that was 48 hours. After that 48 hours, I was able to reflect back on 23 years. So I'm not going to let 48 hours spoil my fun. |
Certainly, if they are going to be calling the games the way they have been, then our power play is going to have to work. |
I feel I went right to the end until someone else had to tell me that it was enough. It's fitting that I went down swinging. The Zamboni had to drag me off the ice. |
I feel like I can contribute. I'm not playing the way that I want to. With the new rules and with the new systems we have, I'm not playing as much. I'm not playing up to my standards, that's first and foremost. I'm the one who has to look at myself in the mirror every day and I have high expectations for myself. |
I hope so. I'm not leaving the area. I've got to do something. I can't just sit at home and bug my wife every day. I'm looking forward to starting a new life and looking forward to being a part of this organization if they want me to. Obviously, there's got to be some settling and then I'll get back and see what they want me to do. |
I really don't want this to be goodbye. I'm not leaving anywhere. I'm still going to be around. |
I still want to be a player and I still felt that I was a player. Obviously as a competitive pro, it's tough to give that up right away. You still have that edge that you want to play. |
I think a lot of it was the up and down, and my game is not really suited for that. |
I've never been up here. |
It was a little shaky. We talked about it. Hopefully that's behind us now. |
It was weird, very weird. There was just no flow. We didn't play that bad, but we didn't take advantage of our chances either. We let them hang around and hang around and we end up with this. |
It's awesome. It took me 29 years [of hockey] to get here, and I'm so proud of our guys because we got a Game 7 at home because we worked hard all year long. |
It's been seven days in a row now that he's been on me about it, so I'll probably have to get it cut pretty soon. |
Obviously I've been frustrated most of the year. I want to continue to try to do what I have to do to make this team win. They're going to need goals from me. I have to contribute. I have to get better. |
Obviously, it's not a good situation. Nobody wants to see [a work stoppage] happen, and it's always looming over in the corner that we may not be playing hockey. And that scares me more then anything else. |