Daniel Alfredsson Quotes (80 Quotes)

We're a very skilled team. When we move the puck the way we're capable, we're a tough team to play.

He's one of those guys that can win you a game. He runs the power play. It's a big boost for us.

I don't know why we would be over confident. We respect them and we believe that they're a strong team. We don't think just because we beat them four times during the regular season we should be taking anything for granted.

I said even before this tournament that I thought seven teams could win this and I really believed that.

It's one of those things where we look at it as a great opportunity. We know we have a very good team. Hopefully we can put it all together and make a run at the Stanley Cup.

Especially the Olympics in 2010, I'm sure some of us aren't going to be there. We had one goal from the start and that was make the finals and play for the gold medal. It's always tough to go all the way, we've had some good luck playing Switzerland in the quarters and tonight we had a great effort from 20 guys. That's why we won.

I think I'd never heard of him before camp this year, really, because there wasn't any (NHL) hockey last year.

He's going to play a big part on this team this year. I don't think it's fair to put too much pressure on him but we're looking for him to probably be a No. 1 centre and I think he has what it takes to do it and he certainly has the desire so it's going to be fun to watch him this year.

We tried hard today, there's no question.

Buffalo's goaltending wasn't the best they had, and we took advantage of that, ... When you get off on the wrong foot, it's tough to get back, and I think that's what we did to their goalies.

You could tell how tired they were. They couldn't get anything going. We knew as long as we kept the puck ahead of us and didn't take any penalties then they would have a tough time scoring.

We started off not bad in the first but after that I don't know what we were doing. We kind of started playing by ourselves ... and we got caught turning the puck over way too many times and couldn't really find our game.

Before the Olympic break he was struggling a little bit, as was the team. I think the break rejuvenated him. Knowing that Dom was injured and he was going to get some playing time helped him relax.

That turned the game definitely in our favor. When we got a 4-minute penalty after that, I think we controlled the game pretty good.

We made decisions in the past that were in the best interest of all the players in the union, not for ourselves, that's for sure,

I hope not, but I think he is. In a short tournament like that, goaltending is huge. He's one of those goalies who can get in other people's heads. If he starts shutting you down after two periods you start thinking, and he's really great that way. He can get in your head for sure.

Some games will have more chances, more goals. It's as long as we get the W (that matters).

The (penalty kill) has been doing a great job all year. It's something we want to improve down the stretch and it gives us confidence.

I'm sure everybody is going to support Ted Saskin because he is the right man for the job. He did a good job for us in the collective bargaining agreement negotiations and I believe everybody wants to move forward.

But you learn from it and you move on. Nobody can take this (pointing at his gold medal) away from us, either.

I think we were in a situation (with Martin) where we knew all the drills by heart. We'd do some different things, but you kind of knew what was going to happen day-to-day.

From the beginning our goal was to get to the final and play for the gold medal. It's always tough to go all the way, and we have had some good luck. Tonight we had a great effort from 20 guys.

We kind of expected him to be suspended. Kicking has no part in this game. I understand the suspension. It's tough. Things happen so quick, but you shouldn't kick anyone. I think he realizes his mistake and I don't think you will see him do that again.

It's a big difference in the standings between us and them. They are working really hard and I thought for the most part we did a good job. You try your best and they do everything to clog it up in the neutral zone. Overall though, I thought we did a pretty good job being smart and getting the puck by them and making them take some penalties.

It's not something that in this dressing room is on our mind. I totally understand the media making a big deal out of this, but the coaching staff is going to handle this the right way, I have no doubt about that at all.

We know they're going to be a tough test. They're a strong team, they've got a lot of speed. We've had tough games against them all year and this should be a good series.

We're definitely going to miss him. There are things that are more important than hockey. He's going through a tough time and our thoughts are with him.

We tried hard today, there's no question. We knew there's not a lot of time between tonight and tomorrow. It's not fun to lose anytime, but we have to be ready for tomorrow.

The biggest thing we had in this game was the passion. From the beginning, we wanted this game, and the Czechs felt that.

I used black tape the whole game, but switched to an old stick that had white near the end.

Obviously, it's going to get tougher, I think, in the second half because of the schedule and the Olympics. So, I think, right now, we're making the most of a good schedule for our team. I think we have only four road games in this month, and then December is tougher for us. But definitely after the Olympic break, we have a tougher schedule. But the way we're going now, I don't think we should slow down and we just have to keep pushing ourselves every night and keep trying to improve to be better.

I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When we do play 60 minutes, we're a tough team to beat.

I think it's just a coincidence that the North American teams are out. Most of us here have been playing in North America for a long time. Our knowledge of the big ice has been world championships here and there, same for the Canadians and the Americans. I don't see it as an advantage.

I thought we really played good tonight.

Everybody has the right to have their own opinion,

We have another gear to put out. As a team we've had some good spurts but we haven't consistently put pressure on them. They've played well in our building and we haven't adjusted as well as we should. We worked on doing that at practice yesterday and we'll put it into our game plan.

I would be very surprised if we were able to get an agreement. We're not going to accept a hard cap, but it's good we're talking.

I'm happy it was Fisher, ... because he's pretty good-looking.

We're definitely going to miss him. There's no question. But there's some things that are more important than hockey. He's going through some tough times and our thoughts are with him and his family, obviously. We'll just have to come through this as a team and work that much harder.

They played well in the first period and got up 2-0 on us. We scored some big short-handed goals that really got us going. It seemed like we were waiting for something to happen and when it did, we took over.

We definitely will miss him, no question, but some things are more important than hockey. He's going through some tough times with his family. We'll just have to pull together as a team and play well without him.

He played great and he looked really calm in there, not nervous at all,

It's great to see a fighting spirit in us and not quitting. It used to be a lot easier holding guys up in the neutral zone and making it a lot tougher for the other guys to come in to fore check. You can't do that anymore so once you get some momentum it's hard to stop it.

A lot of guys got a lot of ice time. It was nice to see everyone play hard. This was a big win.

We kind of game them two of the three goals in the first period with mistakes we made. It's hard to play on the road that way.

He can make things happen from nothing and from nowhere. He takes pressure off guys.

The integrity of the game is obviously very important. And betting on hockey is obviously something we don't want. Until you know all the facts, you don't know how it's going to affect the game or put a black mark on it.

It was painful and it knocked the wind out of me. It wasn't any fun, but it's feeling better now and, hopefully, in the coming days it will get better and I can start working out again.

We all smelled the fear of that game against Switzerland. Hopefully we can bring that out tomorrow as well.

There's quite a few of us that are a little over 30 and who knows this may be our last big tournament together, we want to make the best out of it.