Darryl Sydor Quotes (12 Quotes)

He's so calm back there. He jokes back there and just relaxes everybody.

It's equally as hard to get back. I think the one thing that you have is the knowledge of the ups and downs, you have the experience of what you just went through. You know when to expect the different surges that happen and how quickly things can change. So I think you can go out there and understand the big picture, while obviously looking at the little things you have to do.

I think he made my career. Playing with a guy who can move the puck like that and control the game like that ... just to be part of it was unbelievable. I'm glad I'm here tonight.

We had a lot of chances and a couple empty nets. Luongo made a few big saves on shots that are normally goals.

We control our own destiny, because we play the teams below us. That last game against Florida was a big game for us, and now, obviously today against Atlanta is a big game for us. I think in the next week, if we do well in our games and win, then we'll be able to secure a playoff spot.

It was great back then because hockey in L.A. was the big thing. We would have Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford coming into the locker room. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were there all the time and all kinds of other celebrities. It was cool.

This is a Game 7 for them and for us, it's huge. We need that win for our playoff bid. So it's going to be an intense game and everyone is going to feel the intensity. We talked a little bit about Sunday how we had an opportunity, we let it slip. Now our focus has to be on tonight's game.

It's a tough question. You want to go in being hot, but you also want to have that comfort of being in the playoffs.

It gets you hyper, more than anything. And how good is that on the ice, especially when you need to control the puck and be calm in certain situations

It is a lost opportunity for us to make our playoff position better. We can't come up with a sloppy effort like that, not this time of the year.

All you can think about is hockey. Sometimes you try to get away from it for a bit, but you can't go very long and you start thinking about it again. Everything, I mean everything, is hockey.

You're upset you lose, but we battled back and forth. We kept punching away, and it was still a loss. But I think you can take a positive out of tonight. Out of the past few games we have played, this was a consistent effort out there.