Eddie Olczyk Quotes (37 Quotes)

I thought he played much better, that he is getting involved and has started to get more comfortable over the last couple of games.

He helps their team out immensely. He's been a top player for a long time.

He's starting to feel more comfortable. Guys of his stature, they just kind of let their ability and their hockey sense and anticipation take over.

I'm sure on the inside he had some nerves going, but they won't be as big as they will be eight days from now. That's all part of the process of becoming a pro.

I just know he had a stomach virus or flu symptoms last week and sometimes those things stick with you. And when you try to work through them and play at the level that he expects to play at, sometimes you don't let yourself get back (to being) completely healthy.

They kind of fit him in for a checkup. He said he was feeling fine, and just wanted to make sure he's being looked after.

He's a tremendous hockey mind, and he's been around a long time. I'm sure he's brought a lot to that team.

I'm extremely happy for the guys. They showed a lot of moxie and a lot of courage and I couldn't be more proud of them. There have been games we've been down before, and that's a credit to them (to come back). I couldn't be any happier for them.

We really feel good about the way we're heading into training camp.

I thought he did a couple of really good things. If you were really watching, he made two or three really good plays that just didn't get finished.

It's game we should have won. But the other night, the Kings led by four goals and lost. You're going to see games like this now.

He has the skill and the speed, no question about it, and the shot to play at this level. He's one of those guys who has a tremendous opportunity to be on our team.

Desperation is a good word, but just working smarter and doing the little things, especially in our own zone, will take care of everything else.

Tonight I was extremely happy with our penalty killing. I thought Marc-Andre played extremely well. I liked the way our power play started but I didn't like the way it finished.

The lineup we'll have in there, I think the people will enjoy seeing. It will be an exciting night, I think, for everybody.

There are spots available, there are roles available. It's whether or not guys want to accept and execute those responsibilities and the opportunities that they're going to get in camp.

By Sunday night, I'm hoping that we're going to have a pretty darn close look to what we're going to have on Wednesday. We're still trying some things, putting some guys in situations maybe they're not ready for, but the only way we're going to find out is to put them in there.

We weren't scoring a lot of goals earlier in the season and Dickie was playing a lot and plus-minus kind of goes hand in hand. The only way that you'd ever be able to really get an honest assessment is to have the National Hockey League hire someone on a nightly basis just like they do in Major League Baseball and give players errors instead of plus-minus.

Both guys played really well. Erik fit in very nicely and did a lot of good things, just really gave us a jolt in the middle. And Ryan played a lot of power play, did a good job killing penalties.

These are guys who are difference makers. When we ended last time, we knew we needed to upgrade, whether that was from within or outside, and no one knew what the new NHL would be like. We knew we had to improve our team and we knew we had some deficiencies. ... We're real excited.

I think the urgency and the desperation have gone up. We've gotten points in three straight games and we've had opportunities, now we need the consistency aspect. In order to win in this league, you've got to play 60 minutes, and I have the utmost confidence we'll do that.

There will be guys in this camp who might play really well but might not get an opportunity. But yes, there is room. Guys come in and out, guys are hurt, there's opportunity. It just comes down to where we think guys fit in for us.

He's been battling something the past few days. He will not play. We will see how he feels Thursday.

He was in playoff form the first game of the season. I don't know a higher compliment you can pay.

He's always going to get his number called on the power play. And he's experienced enough to be able to bounce from line to line.

That's what we expect of him. That's why we brought him here, to be a guy who can win us games and give us an opportunity to win.

You have to know the time, you have to know the score, you have to know who's on the ice.

He's going to do a great job. He's a knowledgeable guy, and I think he'll do a really good job.

We want to give him the opportunity to become the best player he can, in all three zones. When a guy wants to play all the time and he wants the puck, it's important for us to give him those chances.

The bottom line is, we've got to find a way to win a game. The lack of wins hasn't been from effort or work maybe it's just a matter of working a little smarter.

We're really happy with the way that he's played. I don't think there's any doubt he'll be heading back to Pittsburgh with us. He's earned that right.

Most guys want to get in a groove and play a whole game. That doesn't mean that if they stink the joint out, they won't get the hook after 20 minutes, but I just think the mind-set is important, that they know going in that the plan is that they're going to be there the whole game.

To be quite honest, since he got hurt, he looks more confident. I don't want to say he looks fresher, but it seems those couple of days off did him good.

Andy struggled. I don't think there's any doubt about that. We're going to let the goaltending kind of shake itself out in these exhibition games, and just kind of go from there.

We'll give guys an opportunity. That may be the difference for them being here, or not.

The guys played as gutsy a game as you can coming off a long trip and found a way to get it done the other night. It is disappointing to know we can play like that and then not have it tonight. ... It's going to be a long 48 hours before we play Monday night.

I played against Larry Robinson, the New Jersey coach a few times in my career, and very, very rarely was his stick up off the ice.