Jeremy Roenick Quotes (41 Quotes)

It's a shame. These guys have been, for the last 12 to 15 years, the catalyst for what the league is all about.

I know nobody on that team has more points in the National Hockey League than me. So if they want to go that way, good luck.

I don't really think there's going to be as much of a backlash from the fans as there was in baseball,

To not have the opportunity to go back one more time and try and win the gold is obviously, in my opinion, very disrespectful. They can beat me down and say I'm over the hill or say that I don't have it anymore, but to me, I know that I do.

I think the deal is not great for the players. It is definitely an owner-friendly deal. For the last 10 years, the players have made a lot of money and now we are in a position where everybody is going to make money. Unfortunately, it had to take a whole year to get to a point where we could have been last year.

I say personally, to everybody who called us 'spoiled,' you guys are just jealous . . . we have tried so, so hard to get this game back on the ice.

It's unfortunate (the lockout) got as ugly as it did. I think our fans, hockey fans, are true blue fans. They love the game and they love the fact that the hockey players are probably the best athletes out there, in terms of being personal, and they're going to come back in droves.

My heart is really hurt, ... Philly is a tough place to leave because it's one of the best organizations in pro sports. They have some of the classiest people in management and without a doubt the best owner. It hurts to know that they are going to have a

I think they were holding the fact I haven't played in the last two World Cups against me. I'm a lot better player than my points indicate. I'm one of the guys that have (got) the USA to where it is today.

So look for him to come up with something. I know in Minnesota, Jacques is trying to do the same thing. It's interesting to see what's going to work. We're going to have to work in a lot of systems to try to counteract no red line. It's probably going to drive me out of my mind, but they're going to have to find something to counter long-ice passes and guys cheating through centre ice.

I found out this morning. I have to go back (to Los Angeles) for surgery.

I think our team put forth a hell of an effort. I thought we dominated the hockey game.

Let's put it this way The owners are having a hell of a great time saying, 'We have a partnership now.' You're not going to hear the players saying that.

They just love to complain about me because I'm an American who gets more press than their Canadian players.

I don't think it takes the brain of a rocket scientist to figure out that they had more jump than we did. We didn't have any kind of work ethic that they did. You have to start off with a guy like myself . . . and it goes right down the line.

My whole point was that there's a time and a place to make hits like that. I'm a firm believer that pre-season isn't the time for those kinds of hits. And both of us are guys that been around, our jobs aren't at stake.

I knew it wasn't going to feel good, but I was excited and I love the opportunity to play again.

That's the most you've seen Bryan McCabe hit anybody in a long time,

It's a huge win in that it allows us to see where we are at this time of the year, ... We played a very controlled game. Our defense was very good with the exception of four minutes in the second period.

The owners can sit there and do giveaways and lower ticket prices to get the fans back to the game knowing that what they are really doing is taking it out of our pockets, ... It's important to get people back into the arenas to watch hockey, but it is a lot easier to do when (the owners) know they still get money back because they are taking it out of our paycheck. In essence, the players are paying for all the giveaways and free stuff that the owners are doing. Which is all well and good, but you don't hear about it.

We're a strong union, but we are frustrated with the lack of communication, the lack dialogue and negotiation by the NHL,

We have no confidence in our ability and no confidence that we are doing it right. We just made too many mistakes. We are afraid of failure and doing something wrong.

But the media picked out the negative stuff. ... Don't show snippets of the interview show the whole interview, the whole message. My message during the interview was How do we make the game more appealing to the fans

I think it's going to be a circus for them. I know Ken Hitchcock was sitting in his office for the last year and a half trying to come up with a system to defend against the no red line (two-line pass). So look for him to come up with something. I know in Minnesota, Jacques is trying to do the same thing. It's interesting to see what's going to work. We're going to have to work in a lot of systems to try to counteract no red line.

Last night was really deflating. For us to come back with an energy-filled game shows that this team is ready and poised for a lot of hard work. It's really gratifying.

It was a fluky goal they (the Wings) scored on the game-winner. But they're a good team.

We spend the whole night killing penalties, it's going to catch you, ... It wears guys out.

I'm a little shook up. When you take two shots, point blank to the face like I have in the past two months, it's a pretty scary thing. I have to see how the neurological stuff turns out and how my body reacts before I do anything.

Having him stand behind the bench is a great thing for the game of hockey, and we need that coming out of the lockout. He has so much pizzazz, and he brings so much leverage to the game that it's a perfect thing for the National Hockey League to have Wayne more involved.

Our special teams have to be better, not so much our penalty-killing but our power play has got to be better. We need to work on that. But that's not what lost us the game. They got the bounces, we didn't.

Our team has been awesome, ... I've been very pleasantly surprised at how awesome every guy in our locker-room is. I've just had a great time with these guys.

But seriously, ... I love doing all this stuff and I try to do as much for the team as I can. Like tomorrow, we're going on a few lunch dates with some guys to renew their season tickets. Hopefully my being there can help sell a few season tickets. I want to do as much as I can to promote our team.

Dan Daly of the Washington Times, on the future considerations ... In hockey that usually means a roll of tape, a couple of cracked sticks and the backup goalie in Moose Jaw.

If I can help Bob Probert in any way, you know I'm going to do it. There's probably a lot of money sitting in the PA bank account right now that could really help him.

We're going to try to make it better for everybody, period, end of subject. And if you don't realize that, then don't come.

NHL contraction would be fine if mediocre European players ... typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not backing anything up.

It would be a travesty if I'm not. I know they want a youth movement, and they need to have one, but it'd be disrespectful of the guys who have gotten Team USA to this point internationally.

I'm trying to calm him down a little bit. He goes to a different level than I do, ... I don't think I would ever single out one specific group of people and demean them. But hey, I've lived by the media and I've died by the media.

I'm an L.A. kind of guy. Those who know me will understand that.

It's a total lack of confidence. We make too many mistakes because we're afraid of doing something wrong. You've got to play to win. You can't play like you're trying to prevent losing.

When we watch hockey games and see 8,000 fans in (Washington) D.C., you cringe as a player, ... Those cities that aren't pulling their weight in terms of drawing fans and revenue are hurting everybody as a whole, not just that city.