Pat Quinn Quotes (235 Quotes)

We'll talk about it ... there are no certainties right now. We'll try between us all to make the right decision for Tuesday (against the Bruins).

He has some pain still on the inside (of his knee). I don't know exactly what ligament that is, but he has some pain in his dry land training that shows up. Until that disappears, he won't be cleared to do anything.

He has a concussion. ... He went for an MRI and there was no facial damage other than a cracked nose, so he'll be under observation.

The eyeball itself is fine. There's damage to the surrounding areas, but they weren't able to report if there is serious damage. I don't know what the time frame is for him to play again. I would bet there is significant swelling.

There were lots of times the Ottawa team was better than us and (Belfour) made the difference.

It takes time. Hopefully it doesn't take too much time because you will be out of here.

He had a couple good games right out of the chute and I think he played so well because he was so hyped up after being out so long,

It certainly could be a theory, no question.

Even though he was here just one year he really helped people come along. He has that empathy that great leaders do. He knows how to help his teammates through tough times. ... He was part of our leadership package along with Roberts and of course Mats.

(We like their) youth and enthusiasm.

Eddie got good at the right time - he was awesome. They (the Bruins) were, by far, the better team.

The recognition alone can make one feel better about where they are and what they've been doing to make themselves better.

And we have another guy in O'Neill that plays off the puck well who will get himself open and knows how to get clear to get in scoring position.

He promotes it, that's his history, ... If you're (losing big) and you're allowed to respond that way, there's something wrong.

We're playing eight games in 12 nights here.

One of the silly ones, in my opinion, is the automatic (penalty) for flipping the puck inadvertently up in the stands. We all know, and so do the officials, when it's intentional, so call the intentional ones.

We've got to start playing playoff hockey now. We can't wait until the playoffs, or we won't get there.

The first goal, that was very dissatisfying from the standpoint of a group that's talented enough not to give up that kind of goal. That's also an area we have to be better. You can't draw that up on a chalk board. We have to compete better.

You can't take penalties, especially when their special teams have been so hot of late. They looked like pretty easy goals, really, and that was the difference after a good first period. You can argue whether they were decent calls or not I don't even know what McCabe's penalty was but they were bad and they cost us the game.

He promotes it. That's his history.

I don't know how serious it is. It is his back and it is the area he had surgery on in the past. He's getting an aggressive treatment and that's as much as I know. We all know Ed has had a cranky back for a long portion of his career and he has dealt with it successfully and we hope he can do it again.

Everybody believes it is going to settle down as far as minutes go (coming from special teams play). You do get concerned when you have five games in seven nights.

I have yet to have a conversation with anyone (with Hockey Canada) about this issue, so all this speculation is premature to talk about.

Well, I know we'll be probably thinking about it a lot. I know we looked at all the tapes every night and thought that we're a talented enough group that has scored, does score at the National Hockey League level. But the real bottom line is you have to come together as a team and we didn't do it as well as we needed to.

Do you remember what happened the night of March 23

They're looming ahead of us as two key games.

The biggest thrill for me is to watch young guys get better and start to achieve what they're capable of, ... It's a lot like being a teacher, when you see young students start to blossom, that is the real thrill I get in the job.

Too many times we were trying to make the great plays, instead of the simple ones that are more effective.

I just felt we needed to make a change tonight. He (Belfour) wanted to fight his way through that game (in Ottawa). I said fine that night, but tonight I just made the change.

I can't speak for (the Finnish team), but if he can't play for us, I can't see how he can play for them. He's still having considerable pain in the rib area. Something is going on there.

I guess they're doing what they're taught to do. The nature of those kind of hits are not something you want to see.

He's probably the biggest reason they won gold in 1998, and he would have been the dark horse to carry them to gold again.

Clearly, I've had a wonderful trip in this business,

Time is our enemy here. This small amount of time that we have here this week is the start of putting this team together. These guys have to find a way to come together and it starts here.

Would the sellers have been motivated had we not had that power I can't answer that.

(Ottawa) did all the things that winners do and we're not doing those things. They're a heck of a team. They showed, in my opinion, why they've been and still are a good team.

He was a guy that was discussed right down to the end, I can verify that, but wasn't selected at the end. But he's a guy that's shown the talent that he can compete at the international level and (Team Canada's brain trust) is going to watch him again.

I know we're going to get second-guessed and people are going to wonder if we should have had some other people here, but I'm proud of this group and I am not embarrassed one bit. We played our hearts out. We had a lot of young players on this team who are going to be there for this country in 2010 (in Vancouver) and they're going to learn from this experience.

Professional athletes are used to dealing with situations that require focus and discipline. That's what we're going to ask these professional guys to do.

You hope that nothing happens, but it has happened. I think it's fine. Bryan has been looking forward to playing. He's been having a terrific season and he's been a good player for a while.

I believe the guys that we selected - and it's certainly arguable, there's going to be a lot of discussion - are the guys that we believe are going to be able to put us in that gold-medal circle at the end of the day.

Our scouting report was they work hard.

Our coach has our full backing. Pat's track record here speaks for itself. He's an integral part of our championship vision.

Our defensive zone coverage cost us the other night (against Ottawa) and it cost us tonight,

I guess we're just going to have to fight through this. We have some adversity with our special teams. We paid for this game by taking penalties.

No, it is not alarming. He has been doing fine, and it seems like this team, at least on special teams, either finds a way to score some or give some up. I look at it as team thing.

I don't think we competed hard enough on the road this year. There were some games where we were in them and we let them go because we didn't know how to compete.

You don't usually see leadership qualities from a goalie but he has it. He's understanding, wise in how he treats his teammates and a leader on the ice with his great play.

You have that kind of thing to discuss among the group. We said it wasn't very pretty and we have to do some things better. We have been getting better and maybe that had quite a bit to do with catching everybody's attention.

For the time being, that would probably be what we're looking at for Saturday and we'll see where that takes us.