Derian Hatcher Quotes (23 Quotes)

It felt good. It's been frustrating. If I had been here and we hadn't been locked out for a full season, I don't think it would have been quite as bad. With the circumstances, it made it a little worse on me.

I want to say by being consistent, but that really doesn't say anything, does it I guess I don't really know. I don't know how you can guarantee something like that, an intangible like being consistent. But I know if we're not consistent, we're not going to win this series.

That's why I have a hard time believing the season will be canceled. The owners are smart businessmen. If it gets canceled, you don't even know how long it'll last because I doubt anything would happen over the summer. I think the players understand hockey isn't baseball or football or basketball. But I don't know where it goes from here.

It's about the system we're supposed to be playing and a voice in the room. Someone to preach that and hold players accountable.

It's only going to get tougher and tougher to score goals. The later we go into the season and into the playoffs, the tougher the games are going to get.

This team has played like this for years and years. They wait and wait and capitalize on mistakes. There's no secret. They've been playing this way for a long time and they're good at it. They challenge you to beat them.

There are times you want to take your stick and whack people and you just can't.

We know what lies ahead of us. We know who we're playing and where we stand.

If the NHL wants to see 10-9 hockey games, I guess that's what we're going to be seeing a lot of. I'm serious. From the videos we saw, you really can't even tie guys up in front of the net. There are going to be a lot of goals scored. We could see a 100-goal scorer this year.

It was disappointment more than frustration.

I thought that was inappropriate. The playoffs mean too much to take unnecessary penalties.

We came in with the right attitude, but once we got that first goal, collectively, I think we felt it was going to be an easier night than it turned out to be. It was our own worst enemy. There's no excuse for it, but it was pretty evident that that's what happened.

I think its something that (Hitchcock) and maybe some of the players and the organization felt that (with) some of what was going on there needed to be a captain. One of (Hitchcocks) biggest concerns was to have that voice in the room. The voice about the way were supposed to be playing and the system were supposed to be playing. Someone to preach and to hold guys accountable toward the team.

There are times you go through the season and, I'll say it, it starts dragging a little. The playoffs, every game, every shift means more. It always means something, don't get me wrong, but in the playoffs it just means more.

Missing the playoffs hasn't been talked about yet, but I thought about it a little after the game. Bottom line, we need to get more desperate. I mean, we had eight shots with three minutes left in the second period. That's not gonna cut it.

We can't play good for one game or one shift and then not play well in the next one. We've been up and down a lot this year, and that has to stop now. We have to be consistent.

We have to be consistent, because consistent teams win in the playoffs.

He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms of the deal mattered, too. I have a family and I didn't want to be moving around every two years.

I was standing buy (O'Neill) when he scored. I thought I had him but I didn't. I need to be better (there).

It might be my all-time lowest defeat. We were flat-out beat, out-competed. Every player should be embarrassed. I mean that. To have that effort at home is unacceptable. . . . We should be embarrassed to show our faces in public right now.

We needed the two points that's for sure. There is no question about it, no one is happy about blowing the lead in the third period, but we needed the points. We got the win, and everyone wishes we didn't give up the lead, but we found a way to win the game.

Playoffs are an emotional roller-coaster ride. One minute you are on top of the world, and the next you are down deep somewhere. That is exactly what it was tonight.

We found the net tonight and I think that allowed us to put some spark back into our play. We will be ready tomorrow night.