Derek Laxdal Quotes (16 Quotes)

Hopefully, he's going to be a guy who, when we go into Alaska and Vegas, nobody is going to take liberties with us. He will make us tougher.

We literally got outworked in every zone. It was a clear, simple, good ass kicking.

I thought from start to finish the guys put in a great effort tonight. I thought they kept buzzing, buzzing.

We have a big one coming up in Alaska. We've got to make sure we go up there and play solid hockey. It will be a good test.

The key was the shorthanded goal. I thought Dan Hacker did a great job of sparking the team.

The reason I pick the captain is a lot of the times it becomes a popularity contest in training camp.

That said, I don't want to disrespect their record. They're a very good team. We're definitely the underdog, and we'll take that underdog role.

This is the kind of series you could see in the finals. It's kind of sad, but it sets up great playoff hockey.

The playoffs are the best time of the year. The sun is shining. The plants are budding, and playoff hockey is in the air.

There's a great taste of playoff hockey right there. ... Tonight was probably more of a normal game you're going to see out of these two teams.

I don't know what kind of history they had there, but obviously we had some history tonight and last night. And it makes for some entertaining hockey.

You want your goaltenders to be good friends and want to work for each other and pull for each other. Competition is very good within a team, but it has to be the right competition. If two guys are battling and they don't want each other to do well, then it's not healthy for your hockey club.

It makes it easier if you can play both guys. If you get a guy hurt or especially if you get one called up, you know you can stick with a guy for four or five games. Right now, we're just trying to make sure both guys are competing down the stretch.

He's not going to do anything flashy. He's not going to skate the puck end to end. He's not going to have 15 hits a game, because his body just won't allow him to do that. But he knows how to play within his means.

I thought our guys played a great first period. You get a big lead and you play hard and sometimes it's hard to hold on to a big lead. But it will be a good character-building game for us.

The boys were all over him for the celebration.