Lou Lamoriello Quotes (103 Quotes)

That, to me, was the most impressive thing of the whole night. On the bench, there was no frustration. There was nothing other than, 'All it will take is one shot.' I was extremely impressed with the attitude, being there firsthand.

I really wasn't thinking about it, to tell you the truth.

He brings the total package, ... He brings hockey sense, enthusiasm, a passion for the game, 100 percent effort all the time and tremendous character. We couldn't be more excited to have him in the organization. He's a prototype young Devil.

I thought all the lines did the little things that had to be done. Turnovers were minimal and I thought our power play moved the puck and had great chances.

I think a couple of those calls were from players being aggressive, real emotion. I don't think we lost our discipline.

We have to be pleased. It was a big win for us. We've gone through an intense six weeks and have been focusing well. Not losing sight of the big picture and not letting anything get us off track.

There's no question there are some hang-ups due to the arena -- it's one of the oldest buildings in the league, and there's no mass transit. But we made gains in the second half -- all we had to do is keep winning.

When you're getting chances, that's great and that's all you care about, but right now what we've got to do is take advantage of those chances and maybe spread them out and try to get a couple of people going.

I think we had been as focused as you can get from any group for a substantial period of time. The schedule is demanding, but you can't ever use these things as an excuse. We got a little bit away from the basics and when you play a little tired, whether it's mentally or physically, you can't get away from what makes your game go. When you do that, you make mistakes.

We just felt that total control was a better way of running a Devil operation.

That's what make teams. That's what teams are all about. People accepting a role for the good of the team and doing it to the best of their ability and not looking back.

We're a better hockey team today with him in the lineup than we are without him.

We were a half second behind both mentally and physically. For whatever reason, we just didn't seem to have the mind and legs going at the same time. You can describe it any way you want. We just weren't ourselves.

I've said all along that I'm pleased with the way the players responded to the overall situation of change and adversity that they had to overcome, no matter who was (coaching). I give them tremendous credit.

I don't think right now that we're looking at anything other than playing well every night and letting the end results take care of themselves and chip away at points. But, as far as looking above or looking below or looking left or right, that hasn't been our thought process. Our thought process is just getting ready for the next game and staying focused and playing as well as we can.

We look forward to having our top development team play in front of the Lowell fans. At the same time, we'd like to thank the fans in Albany, who have supported us during the past 13 seasons.

He didn't get less ice time because of that. We just tried to generate something offensively.

I think the biggest compliment that I could pay this team today is that that they're not looking at this streak as something totally exceptional. They're more focused on doing the things maybe we weren't doing to allow us to have the opportunity to win. ... I sense a tremendous maturity in that room with the core character. I couldn't be more impressed.

I'm sure, but right now what we've got to do is focus on what we're doing well and what we can do to get better. We can't be concerned about what other teams are thinking, but I'm sure we were a target today. That's logical.

He is not any further back than he was. We're going to use the time right now.

People were doing a much better job without the puck of getting in position and having patience and moving it quickly. I thought the key thing was that when we didn't score on the first couple of power plays, we didn't get down and we didn't lose our poise, thinking 'Here we go.' You could feel that there was a confidence.

Scott got to like New Jersey so much that he now makes his home here. His children go to school here.

Throughout the years we've been involved in every situation in regard to buildings. It's how you play.

Vladimir told me he was going to retire and then his representative asked that he be allowed to have some time off to go home. I told him it was not in the best interest of the club for him to do that.

He certainly did play well. I thought we made him look good at times by not being sharp. Take nothing away from him. That's an excellent hockey team we played.

Any time a milestone comes, you feel good about it. I don't think anybody was thinking about that or worrying about it, including Marty, if you know how Marty is.

I don't know if it's satisfying, or if it's a reward to the players who kept their focus and their commitment to each other. They never looked back, never criticized, never complained. Just did their job.

That's something that we believe in our organization. We want every player who ends up with us to be part of us, no matter who it is.

He's made real progress. It's just a matter of time before he returns. The back is the back, but it's been extremely positive the last few days.

What we will get out of them is quality minutes every time because they are going to try to do everything to the T, ... So I look at it as them making us better overall because of the enthusiasm they'll bring to the other four.

It was never a thought of who was going to be first, but whenever you did put that first one up there it should be an individual who was the prototype of the philosophy of what the organization stood for. All you had to do was watch him practice day in and day out and watch him compete and that was what you wanted to be the foundation for the players to follow by example. What he's done for this organization, it was only fitting with the timing that he would be the first.

Gomez has been scoring lately. We could have gone with anyone, but he's had a hot hand.

We put together three pretty big games in succession. We've been doing the intangibles that play such a big role. We're staying within the system when everyone is committed and the end result has a way of taking care of itself.

All you had to do was watch him in practice day in and day out and watch him compete, and that was what you wanted to be the foundation for the other players to follow by example.

After the first seven or eight minutes, we started to use our speed and started to take the body in order to generate opportunities.

You make those quick decisions and you go for it.

Stevens, 41, has had a history of concussion problems in recent years, but said his health if fine now. He's been an integral part of all the success we've had, ... He's been a leader on and off the ice as a hockey player and a person. He feels he's accomplished a lot of things and now wants to devote a lot of time to his family.

Attention to detail and focus have been a signature of our team for many, many years, the way we match lines and play. We started to get back to that and playing a patient game.

That happens when a game is going like that, when someone is doing the job that Jay is doing on an individual player.

I'd rather just let things be and then wait until tomorrow.

We came up with big plays at the right time. Timing was everything.

It's always important to score the first goal. There's no question here tonight with the excitement (in Madison Square Garden) that the first goal was important.

John gives the same game night in and night out. Tonight he got a couple of bounces and got a couple of goals. It's nice to see players like that get rewarded.

Any individual accomplishment that's achieved is a compliment to the team and the player. But that's something that happens. It's not something that's in a thought process.

I've said all along that the door has been open for Scott to make the decision that's right for him. We would have welcomed him back and wouldn't have thought twice about it. He didn't want it to be a distraction during training camp.

He's been a leader on and off the ice as a hockey player and a person,

The most important thing is you have to believe that you have the ability to get it done. Once you believe that, then you have to find a way to get it done.

Tradition is not something you erase overnight.

If and when Scott Stevens does make the decision to play, we have Plan C to make room for him, ... It will be his choice. But there is a spot for him should he decide to play, whenever that might be.

He's always been a scorer, no matter what level he's been at. The question was, would his size get in the way. We found out quickly that the size of his heart never changed.