Our team has a lot of talent. I hope that soon we will break out with four or five goals and avoid overtime. |
Right now we're putting all our energy toward (Sunday's) game, and there's been proof in this tournament that anybody can beat anybody. |
Sometimes that happens. I know how it feels to lose eight or nine to nothing. It can be frustrating but it was good for us. This was a team that was hot the last nine games. It seemed like any puck we touched went our way. |
That's probably what a game is going to look like. A lot of special teams, penalty killing and power plays — you've got to take advantage. |
The Bobby Holik goal was the turnaround tonight. This game feels good, but at the same time that was not our best game and we know it. So hopefully we will learn from this game and get better. |
The tournament starts now. You can't calculate anymore and you can't choose your opponent. We hope to play the best game ever in Slovakian hockey history and we'll write history tomorrow. |
There's leadership here, ... After the trade with Marian ... I think this is an unbelievable trade to add Marian's caliber of player. |
This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it. |
To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all. |
We are not too high because we know the tournament starts now. |
We dreamed of winning a medal. Maybe we wanted it too much. We should have relaxed a bit and maybe we would have played better. |
We had a verbal agreement with the [Capitals] that if they are going to trade me, they would give me a chance to think about it, go over it with my family, ... But that day, they just told me. I asked if I had a choice. They said, 'No.' |
We scored a lot of goals, a couple on the power play, ... We did the little things right and got rewarded. |
We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee and ask, 'Hey, what do you think about this play? Was it a foul? Was it the right call?' Not in a mean way. We want to learn all the game and play the best way and take to our advantage. |
We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be. |