Jarome Iginla Quotes (73 Quotes)

It awakens something you never even knew you had when you're that close - so we'll have to work at finding that chemistry again,

We've played a lot of games lately and it was good to get a win.

We didn't like the way we woke up this morning and saw they had jumped ahead of us. That's what makes these back-to-backs so much fun is if you lose, you get a chance to get right back at it.

I think the confidence is coming back, for sure.

We do think we're going to be a really competitive club and we want to be one of the top clubs, but we know it's not going to be easy, ... We're not going to get ahead of ourselves.

They're very disciplined. They don't give you a lot of chances.

We knew after they beat the Czech Republic it was going to be tough. We knew it was a good club and not an easy team. We respected them.

Everybody thinks about it a bit. You try not to. This year it seems a little bit quieter around our place, which is good with us.

A couple years ago we were very excited just to clinch a playoff spot because we hadn't been there. But back then we also didn't go in thinking we just wanted to have fun we wanted to win a series. This year we start just wanting to win one series.

I love playing here. There have been some growing pains over the years, and I want to be here for the good times, and I think they're coming I really believe in what the ownership is doing and the commitment they've made and I'm very thankful for that and also with our teammates. It's amazing who we brought in and who we have.

It's a nice compliment. It's nice to have different expectations at the start of the season than being picked just out of the playoffs,

It has a lot of implications in the division. We can be five up on Colorado with three games in hand or we can be three down, so it could be a big difference.

After the first period, it was anybody's game. In the last game Thursday, they out-competed us and deserved to win. In this game, our power play out-competed their penalty kill.

It doesn't feel good at all. We know we have to get better in a lot of ways. You look around our locker room and we know we have the talent and ability to score goals, but right now we're being a little tentative. We've got to relax and let our talent take care of it.

He's a big part of Hockey Canada, he's probably the biggest part, and it's great that he's coming over to lead our team again.

It's always a shock, you never expect these things. All the guys, we wish them well. We know they're very good players and great teammates. It's part of hockey and we respect the players that are coming back in the trade.

It's personal, ... I want to be in the best shape I can, so I can have the best season. We do view it as a competition. It's fun. Once it's over, it's a pretty good feeling to look back and know the summer paid off. And with us being professional athletes, fitness is one thing was can control.

It's been a close series the whole way. We take the positives and get ready for Game 5. From our point of view, the third period was a good period for our club. Right to the end, we had some chances. You've got to give the Ducks credit.

There's no question, pretty much all areas of our game need to improve,

We think we're going to be a really competitive club. But we know it's not going to be easy.

I think it's great. You can just see he's competing. I thought he gave us a boost. We scored pretty shortly after that.

We're right near the bottom of the league in offense and as forwards, we take it personally. If you look around the room, every single one of us has more to give and wants to be better.

You can see that's not as good as we can play or the type of game we want to play. We're going to work to improve it. It's as simple as that.

The company he's in -- I just saw something on TV the other day -- it's pretty impressive. It's not just his goals. His physical play, his composure ... it's his whole game. He's been unbelievable here.

We weren't as ready as we should be. If we take 'em, we've got to kill penalties. They had pretty much the whole first period in power plays, and they earned that.

It was sure nice to see it go in, being my first in five. I just shot low post. Going in with that one, I didn't make up my mind, thinking maybe top glove, wasn't sure. Maybe I should have something in my head.

We got ourselves into penalty trouble. They had five in the third period, or something like that, and two five-on-threes. You can't give any team that many chances.

We'll learn and adjust from that game. Teams are too good around the league. You can't start like that.

I think definitely all the way around the league there's more parity. The movement throughout the league has been exciting to watch as a player and a fan.

He's a big key to their club and he represents a lot of their speed. We try to make sure we all finish our checks on him . . . even the smaller hits, hopefully we wear him down a little. The more hits we can get on him the better.

In the third, we were a lot more determined hockey club.

I'll have to work on some breakaway moves. I think there's going to be more two-on-ones and more breakaways. It should be fun to watch though.

As a group, we do spend a lot of time on buses, at lunches, and politics does come up. I don't know if we know what we're talking about.

I take pride in it and I do think about it. It's hard to put in words, but watching black hockey players when I was growing up made me feel it was possible. So knowing what it meant to me and thinking that maybe there are other young black kids who want to play and are in the same situation that I was and wanting to follow that dream... it's a neat feeling to think maybe I can make a difference.

We know we have to get better. We have the talent and the ability to get a goal. Now the main goal is to get better.

We're around the same age. He's a good power forward. He's got good hands in front of the net. He scores his share of goals. He can get really hot too which is a good thing.

But we can improve. It was not a good road trip, but it's good to come home and start over with the home opener.

Being the only black player on my team growing up, I dreamt just like everybody else to be in the NHL, ... When I would say it, some other kids -- not trying to be mean -- (said) 'There are not that many black players in the NHL. What are the chances'

Learning to play in big games, Game 7 and Game 6, all of it is a whole different level. It's different hockey, it's great hockey. On the other side of it, we were that close (to winning the Cup), (so) we're hungry. To get that close and hear the other team celebrating, and know it could have been us, that does enter your mind.

In that area there's a lot to live up to -- what a machine Gelly was,

We're a union of 700 players and there are going to be different opinions. But I personally appreciate the job Trevor, Ted and the executive committee have done. Ted is a big part of this deal. He's had a huge say in getting us back on the ice.

I really like the position of our team, ... We're a young team that has a young core that's still intact and now we're one of those teams that's going to benefit from having free agents become available. If a team like ours is missing one piece, now we're able to go out and find that piece that puts us over the top.

I thought it was going to be a penalty shot. I was upset with the whole play.

That one wasn't so funny because he got hurt.

It should be fun to watch, though.

They're a good team, they're fast and we knew they would be. We've got to match that and unfortunately we didn't.

It's the toughest loss by a thousand times. It's a very good season and I'm so proud of everybody but that hurts more than anything else I've been a part of.

I sent (wife) Kara to try and find one but it wasn't in the stores. It will be cool to see.

In our last couple of games, we've just been a bit sloppier than what our game is and we've given up way too many goals. We've got to get back to doing what we do and that's winning the defensive battles. In the last couple of games, we've been losing those and everybody in our room knows it. That's where well have to start in order to get better.

I get excited about playing in Edmonton, it's such a great atmosphere, and the games are fun to play in. We know the importance of these games, and coming away with two points is big for us.