Mike Modano Quotes (96 Quotes)

I feel alright, I just tweaked it. Everyone keeps telling me it looked worse than it is, so luckily I'm OK. We'll treat it on a day to day basis. If it was the playoffs, I'd definitely be in, but we'll see how it feels tomorrow.

It's just that the Hawks have made a lot of changes. A lot of their great players have moved on. They have a lot of new faces and a lot of young guys who are going to be a part of this team for a long time. It'll take time. They've got a nice little core to start with.

We thought we had a great team. We had a great bunch of guys. We've all had success together.

We dug ourselves out of a hole. That's the bright spot. But they just kept coming. We came from behind all year and had solid finishes to games. To lose that one is tough.

We're still having squeaky-type games but we've pulled them out in the end. It's been tough to score goals, especially when you're playing on the road but we were pretty opportunistic tonight.

We did exactly what the game plan wanted us to do. But a bounce here, a rebound there, and our standings would be pretty different.

Maybe they need some new blood in there to run things a little differently. It's probably time some things changed.

He was right in what he did, ... He got his message across. I think after five or six minutes sitting there, you get the picture. You know the point he's trying to make.

You always want to get off to a great start and kind of settle into the season and kind of take a deep breath and relax. It's a plus to get those numbers early.

We had some issues on some things out there, but this team finds ways to win. Those were two disgusting goals, but that's sometimes how we do it. We did it with defense, some luck and Marty.

Those were tough games to get up for motivation-wise because of our situation we couldn't go up or down. There was no way to approach those games against those teams.

It was in the back of my mind. I thought there might be a chance.

We had a good start but Osgood made some great saves. They don't panic. They're a real poised team. You've got to be patient. You can't take chances.

A lot of crazy things have happened. When you get into this situation, anybody can beat anybody on these nights. You look at the Swiss, teams like that, they're coming together at the right time, and they're playing great hockey. They're playing well as a team, and it shows.

Pushing through a lot of things, making that second or third effort, maybe not relying on some of the other players to make great plays, ... I think there was a lot of standing around, watching, rather than being a little assertive myself.

It's ancient history. It is what it is. It's been two years since that series. We've been looking forward to just the chance to get back in the playoffs and kind of put something together that we think could be fun and rewarding for everybody.

For those guys, it's been kind of a habit in Detroit.

A lot of what we've done has been beating ourselves, the untimely penalties, passes off skates, goals off sticks and gloves, it's a combination of things. You feel like you're doing everything right but the end result, you're still losing.

There's a lot of expectations now throughout the league to kind of resurrect the game and make it exciting.

Their country doesn't exactly roll off the tongue like a great hockey nation. But they did play a mistake-free game.

It's a thrill to be chosen and a great honor. There's a lot of high expectations for our team.

Once the deal was done, you just had to learn to live with it. I think everybody put it behind them right away. No one talks about it. You don't hear a word about it in here.

Losses are losses. In the playoffs, it doesn't matter whether it's 6-0 or 5-4 in overtime. It's still tough to swallow. We thought we had finally figured out what we had to do.

It was going to be a matter of time before it happened. We played a solid game from start to finish. We were smart and made the most of our opportunities.

He's had his share of ups and downs. Our approach is make it tough -- traffic, lots of shots, draw some confusion and work for second and three chances.

You don't think about it. It just seems like it happens overnight. All of a sudden you're 34 or 35 and you're kind of thrust into that situation. It's amazing how fast careers can go and how fast time can go. And you're faced with a different situation, but you still feel like you're 21 or 22 at times.

We're just kind of easing into things and getting a feel for the new rules, which I think is going to make a big impact on the game.

I saw the voting and it would be tough to accept that, considering the way I played, ... But being voted in by the fans, it's a little bit of an honor and a commitment. And being here made it an easy choice.

Honestly, I just want to play hockey again, ... Obviously, money is important to everyone, but I've learned you have to put that stuff behind you. Since the lockout was resolved, I've pretty much stopped thinking about all of the business of the game and just decided to concentrate on playing.

I would like to be a part of helping USA Hockey, but I'd like to do it more behind the scenes, more privately. I've been a part of this program for 20 years, and it means a lot to me. I don't want to leave it like this.

Good position, good pressure, being patient, being assertive. There was no rush to do things, we were patient. We've grown accustomed to that kind of performance, otherwise we wouldn't have won our division.

Even with the way the last season went, I still love this game -- maybe even more than I did when I first broke into the NHL,

We're basically on our own for flights, hotels, tickets. That should be taken care of so we don't have to focus on it.

I'm sure he's looking forward to that responsibility, that competition. He feels he's done enough in the regular season, but great players are remembered by how they do in the playoffs.

They're all 19, 20, 21, the same age we were when we were coming in for the Canada Cup in '91. Either this one or the next Olympics will be their time to take over.

We did exactly what we wanted to do, we got great looks at the net, we moved the puck around well, we had good point blank shots, we did everything but put it in.

A loss is a loss. It doesn't matter how you get there. It's a loss. Any way you draw it up, you are still down, 2-0. We had the lead and to give up one like that was kind of tough.

The name doesn't roll off your tongue. But they played a mistake-free game. ... No one should be taken lightly in this tournament.

I go back to the ability to make plays with the puck and being creative and doing things we had done all season long. I don't know if that's nerves or being scared to make mistakes.

It was a matter of shooting the puck on net and seeing what happens.

We're always underdogs in one of these tournaments. The brains that figure out where we fit in, that's their job. We've always flown under the radar. Hopefully we're able to surprise some people and change some opinions.

Time is of the essence. Not much hockey left. We just have to come out and play our best game yet.

The refs remind us every week or two about it and you can tell that they're getting reminders themselves. I feel pretty good about it. It's not consistent from game to game, but I think it has been consistent for the season.

We always talk about time and space, ... All a good player needs is a split-second more to make the perfect play. I think that's what you're going to see this season.

It was good to salvage something.

It's a good time to start playing well, personally and collectively. Guys are starting to feel that excitement.

If zero tolerance is what you're going to press for, then do it, ... That's what we've been preached to for the last five months.

I don't know if that's nerves or being scared to make mistakes. You can sense a little tentativeness to our game.

We play our best hockey when our backs are against the wall.

That's just a killer. An innocent play in our zone ends up being a goal against. There seems to be a lot of those.