Mike Knuble Quotes (44 Quotes)

We had huge success against them the last time we played up there, because we made sure we didn't give up a whole lot through the middle and made them play on the outside. That made it hard for them to drive the net and be around the net.

They showed us where we need to get at. Theyre priming for the playoffs and we might be waiting to throw the switch a little bit and were running out of time.

If we're guilty of anything, it's not getting all our pucks on goal. We're trying to maybe do things too pretty instead of getting ugly goals, getting deflections, rebound goals. Not tic-tac-toe goals around the net. That's not where we're going to be successful. We've got to try and score more dirty goals.

I don't know if it was nerves or what, knowing this was an elimination game.

That's kind of convenient to say, but we had a chance at first place. At this point we have to find motivation somehow, whether it's first place, whether it's a day off tomorrow, you've got to find motivation somehow. I'm not going to lie to you and say it wasn't a demanding week, but who doesn't have demanding weeks in their job... That's not an excuse.

We can't bet on hockey. That's grounds for getting kicked out of the league. Some club rules say you're not allowed to bet on any sports, but it's a dirty little secret everybody has.

I don't know. I haven't had time to digest it. But we lost the home ice and that's going to be a huge factor. It's probably going to be a little harder.

They play us extremely hard. A break here, a break there, and it's a different record. We seem to get the final break against them.

It's a matter of bang-bang and getting something ugly. We're trying to be too pretty right now. We need ugly goals.

That was an absolute embarrassment. We're at the low point of our season. As far as reasons why, that's what we're all searching for. There's not a guy who doesn't look in the mirror and wonder what they're doing.

It's really weird. We're all taken aback and in shock. It was done and it was over. It was improbable. You've got to give New Jersey for coming back when it was on the line. Obviously, home ice would have been a huge factor.

To not get anything on those five-on-threes, that's the game in a nutshell. We can keep them out, but we just have trouble getting them in there.

The crowd was ready and they helped us get into it.

They lick their chops each time we give them an early power play. We must stay out of the box.

It was really weird. I think we were all taken aback. Because it was done, it was over. Give (New Jersey) credit for coming back. They're rolling.

We are at the lowest part of our season. As for a reason why, that's what we are all searching for here. There's not a guy on the team that's not looking in the mirror, wondering what's going on. It's up to us nobody is going to help us out.

I think it's a stretch to think I'll put up 50 goals like he did, ... But I'd like to see myself in a role where I'm counted on to score goals.

He's everything that the Philly fans can appreciate, ... He is everything that was advertised. He's doing it every night now. He's one of those gifted, gifted players.

The Bruins had different (cost-cutting) orders from the top, ... The Flyers came calling and they were one game away from the Stanley Cup finals. I wanted to get on board.

It's frustrating that we had a chance to determine where we end up and now we have to wait to see what happens with other teams. We wanted to have a game like we did (Saturday), but it's tough. They have our number right now.

It's great to get out, especially down here. Anytime you come down here, it's not vacation, but it beats the hell out of being up in a northern city with a day off.

I don't know what the master plan was there but the change sure didn't last long. It was kind of comical. It's good to be back, I guess.

It's just a matter of getting a bang-bang play. We need a couple ugly goals right now. I think maybe we're trying to be too pretty with it.

It's all been kind of building up to the quarterfinals. The games were kind of 'easier' at the beginning. Now they're getting tougher. Tomorrow is going to be our biggest test so far.

It's not a question of shutting him down, because you know he's going to get his shots. You just want to force him into terrible angles to give your goalie a chance. You can't put Jagr out there eight times on the power play and expect to kill it off every time.

We had some bounces going our way tonight. Of late, things have been clicking more on the power play.

Losing in the first round, there is nothing positive you can take out of that. Part of being an athlete in Philadelphia is there are extremely high expectations and demands from the fans and organization. When you don't deliver, you question yourself as a

Our power play hasn't really done that well of late, but I think we should be proud of the difference we made.

I don't know what to say. Everyone in the world was completely embarrassed by the game, by the effort, by the way we came out. I'm not telling you anything that isn't already obvious. We were out-everything-ed tonight.

That was something else. Just knowing that four years ago people were going about their everyday lives when that happened right where we were standing was... something else.

Today was typical of what we did -- a goal late and a goal short.

We kind of left that arena disgusted with ourselves a bit and found it a long flight home, ... We've found ourselves in that position a lot of times so far, with a good lead going into the third. Tonight we added another goal and hung on there, so it was something that we had talked about and wanted to make sure we did right.

As we all get older we look for transitions, find out if we like that side of the game, too. But it's good, it will keep him busy, keep his mind off what is wrong with him. It gives him something to do everyday.

This building was really jumping, the crowd was really into it.

They catch you in over-pursuit. They give you one wide pass and everyone closes in on that side and then they say goodbye, going to the other side.

As a player, this is a challenging time in the season and you want to step up.

I think we're all in shock right now. It's really weird right now. We're all taken aback and a little bit in shock because it was done. It was over. Give the Devils credit for coming back when the game was on the line. They're rolling.

It's just one of those freak things. It's fine. Today was just a formality. They were just checking for a possible abnormality.

It's been a difficult week, an emotional week. And we have a tough week ahead.

No matter what kind of chance they got, he was able to get a piece of it and keep us in the game. As a player and bench, you have to feed off the fact he is on tonight and we better be on, too, and help him out. He was phenomenal tonight. If we can get that every night, we'll do well.

I was a fourth-line guy just going out there trying not to make mistakes. Sometimes you need some people believing in you and Joe (Thornton) became very demanding. It was career-saving stuff that happened in Boston and it allowed me to come to Philadelphia.

It was kind of a disaster toward the end of the game. It was a bad way to end the night. Overall, it's a tremendous day. It's an honor today.

After 14 months, you just get tired of talking about it. The bottom line is, we hate what happened and we're excited to be back.

We need to move on to tomorrow and not dwell on this. We have two huge games coming up.