[Czech team officials] told me they needed to know, that I needed to make a decision that day. I was sore and wasn't even thinking about playing. After five to six days now, I know I made the right decision. It's still sore and I wouldn't have been a help. |
A lot of people just wrote us off before the New Year. Even after the slide we had. You look a month, month and a half back, you won't see too many people who said that we had a chance. |
Everybody is just playing the right way right now. |
Everyone is doing their job right now. We're doing the things we have to do and we're playing good hockey. We're feeling good about ourselves. |
He didn't have to say that. We all knew what the score was. We all knew what was still on the line and every one of us tried to encourage each other here. Let's give 100 percent and we'll see where we end up. |
He doesn't talk much on the bench. And he's pretty positive. But then he'll tell you privately, unless he needs to get the team going. Then he tells you in front of everybody. |
He was just huge. I was afraid of him. Here I was a 175-pound guy coming here and this guy is 220, 225 with paws like a bear. I was pretty intimidated. |
He was just huge. I was afraid of him. You had a 170-pound guy coming here and he was 220, 225 with these paws like a bear. I was pretty intimidated the first few years. I'm happy he was on my side the whole time. |
I don't know about any of that. After New Year's, we've shown that we can beat anybody. It's just a matter of putting it together the right way. |
I don't know if I ever said that to myself. There were a couple of times that I felt OK and then all of a sudden I started feeling like (garbage). |
I don't see that as realistic. |
I don't think I got too frustrated, too down. You remember yourself, what you went through. |
I don't think we care. |
I feel good enough to play. I don't feel 100 percent. |
I got a pretty good check on that guy, and he lost control of the puck. |