Chris Pronger Quotes (38 Quotes)


    We were a little bit more aggressive and they weren't taking quite as many shots from outside as they did in Game 1. We were just closing a little quicker. If you don't give them that time and space, they're not going to be able to get it to the net.

    My understanding, they're going to be calling it the same way. I can't really give you an answer until we really get started to see what they're going to do. But what they say and what they do, we'll find out.


    They pose a lot of problems but at the same time, we know how to play them. We need to get back to Canadian hockey and just chip pucks in, finish our checks, create our turnovers and get on the attack.

    It's our game we have to worry about. It's always our game.


    I know I've been constantly watching what I put into my body. I think this process has us on edge because it's not an exact science.

    The last few games against them, we've played a lot better and have been able to match their intensity. It's up to us to answer the bell for 60 minutes.

    We're going back to a building that's obviously going to be electric. I haven't played in Canada in the playoffs. It's going to be a lot of fun.

    It's a huge win for us. It pulls us ahead of Los Angeles in our conference. It's great to head into the break winning five straight, but coming from behind in all of those games might be tempting fate a little bit.

    You've got to face some adversity, hopefully, we've learned a lot from today's game. We've got to find our own identity and not look back to '02.

    You can look at a number of things with Al. Obviously the accolades -- the Conn Smythe, the Norris Trophy, the Stanley Cup, renowned as the hardest shot in the league. But the leadership in the room. The way he approached the game. The way he carried himself. That was the biggest thing.

    It's tough chasing from behind when you're on the road. It's a matter of us bearing down and trying to play a more disciplined game.

    He's been great at camp. He definitely has a great set of hands and he can sniff out the net, that's for sure. Hopefully he's going to be a player who can step in and show some scoring and pick up a role on this team.

    I think with the way everything went down last year and how we finished the season in the playoffs, it was definitely disappointing for everyone, not just the goalies. I think Ozzie went home with the mindset of coming back and proving himself. And I think Brent had the same idea. I think everybody here is looking for big things from both of those guys.

    We'll go in blind and, hopefully, won't show them too much respect.

    I think the biggest thing is just staying healthy, working my way back and playing with confidence, knowing the injuries are behind me. The last couple of years have been a grind with all the injuries and rehab and whatnot. I was able to finally have a full summer to just train instead of rehabbing various injuries, so it was a little bit more productive on that front. It was a lot more fun than rehabbing.

    Yeah, it does get old. And I'm sure it gets real old for the goalies. It just creates that much more for them, but that's the nature of the beast. Until you've proven yourself there are going to be those question marks, and hopefully this year is the year that they answer them.

    The so-called splinter faction in the union that is going a different direction has been drummed up by a lot of media members and people hoping a deal gets done. I can unequivocally say everyone is on board and understands the issues better.

    We gave them a lot of momentum early. It's tough to climb out of that hole.

    What happened probably was wrong and we have to address it so it doesn't happen in the future but we can't go back and change time.

    You could kind of see after that first game how important he was. Taking the focus off of us and putting it on him, he awakened the team and let us go about our job. It'll be great having him there from a leadership perspective.

    Guys like Dick Pound can't make blanket statements about our league like that. Just because baseball and football have problems doesn't mean hockey should be lumped in with those sports.

    We knew exactly what we were coming up against. They may have lost 13 in a row, but they were in every one of those games.

    It was pretty disappointing, obviously. To come out with two periods, in probably our most important game of the season, the way we did ... It's disappointing and disheartening to see the position we've left ourselves in. At the same time, we need to dust ourselves off and come out and play a good game against one of the best teams in the league in Detroit.

    I'm excited to be getting back on the ice and playing hockey. It's a new team, a fresh start. I look forward to having a lot of success here ... let's get camp started and get going.

    They have enough veteran guys over there who have won Cups. They understand what's at stake, what's going on. I don't foresee them looking past anybody. But anything that's thrown our way, we'll have at least seen it once or twice given all the ups and downs we've gone through through the course of this season.

    There is no 70- or 80-million-dollar behemoth that is going to run the table. Every player's dream isn't to get the Cup final, it's to win.

    I think it was bound to happen. I mean, you're eventually going to lose. What's important is how we respond to the loss. That's going to be critical for us. The makings of winning teams are how they return from a loss.


    When you're taking control of a game, you lose a lot of momentum killing penalties. Granted, you can kill them off and you're good.

    It hurts to walk but it feels pretty good to skate.

    At times we got caught up in what was going to be called and what wasn't, and what other teams were getting away with. It's a matter of adjusting and understanding what the referees are and aren't going to call.

    It really just depends on how the games go coming back. Once you get over the jet lag coming back and settle down it's just a matter of seeing how you're going to be able to handle the schedule.

    Al did such a great job as captain last year. I need to focus and concentrate on helping this team win hockey games. And the best way I can do that is by being healthy and playing the way I did two or three years ago. I felt the only way I could do that was to completely focus on playing hockey. Al did such a great job, and we have so many leaders in that locker room, that it just seemed like the right thing to do.

    It's one of those things that with that comes excitement and that thrill that you're going to have that opportunity to hold the Cup at the end of the year, and your team is going to do everything possible to try to do that, but within the salary cap framework. I'm sure fans are going to be very, very excited as the seasons go on and the CBA starts to work.

    I think everybody wants to end their career the way they want it to end. For people in Al's position, a high-level player who had a lot left in the tank, to have your career end that way is ... very difficult.

    It doesn't matter what happens with the other games and the other teams as long as we keep our destiny in our own hands.

    When you play six games in eight days, there's not a lot of time to practice and get that cohesiveness. If you look around at a lot of the countries, they are so familiar with each other and the ice. It's tough to make that adjustment in eight days.


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