Actually, we met once when I was a little boy. It was outdoors in Finland with my buddies. I dreamed of playing that game against Sweden in the Olympic final. That time, we won. So hopefully, we repeat that. |
All the games he played in the regular season, he did his job well. We have lots of confidence in him, too, and that's a good sign. |
Anaheim Ducks feels great. The Ducks were part of the original name. Maybe the 'Mighty' was more about the Disney side of it. |
Bad passes. Absolutely bad passes. We panicked at times. |
But he's very relaxed, too. He's one of the guys who smiles and says, 'Oh, is there a game today?' He puts everybody else at ease. |
But I like our chances. I think it's a good situation to go there again as an underdog. I don't think we have that much pressure. But at the same time, we know how good we can be. The World Cup proved that anything can happen. So we feel pretty good about the whole thing. |
Canada is always No. 1, doesn't matter what tournament we go. They have so much depth and so many great players, backgrounds, history has proved that they are number one. |
Every game is like a playoff game now. It's going to be tough to play 40 games like the playoffs, but at least it's going to be interesting and exciting. It shouldn't be any problem to get up for the games. |
Everybody is working so hard and I've always said confidence is the key. I don't care who you are or what you do, you've got to have the confidence. This team is unbelievable right now. Every line is doing their job. |
Guys have accepted the roles given to them and they do not complain. They are not playing as much as they would in the NHL, but they are not complaining. |
He has all the tools. He has speed, he hits, he has a great shot, everything. It's fun to see a guy put it all together like that. He has made our line dangerous. |
He has scored a lot of big goals. This guy has been an unbelievable part of our success. |
He just needed a chance. He used to get pretty frustrated in San Jose. He's the kind of guy who needs to play a lot. |
He's an unbelievable goalie. I think the team in front of him is playing really well too so it makes our [job] a little more tougher, but we just have to keep battling and work hard. |
He's not noisy. He's always the same. Never high, never low. I think that shows how strong he is mentally. |