Pat Quinn Quotes (235 Quotes)

The league will look at it. But it was a dirty hit from a player who has a history.

I am tired of watching other guys make plays right on our doorstep. We can't be giving gifts away. It is one thing to get beat, but another to beat yourself.

To see the little kids around looking at their heroes. That's one of the intangible sides of this business that is the good in the game. It was really a pleasure out there this morning.

We don't want to get into a spot with Steve where we're going to cost him an opportunity someplace. But he is still determined that he is going to play on this hockey club. We're open to that too. It has a lot to do with the respect we have for him as a player and an individual.

We have a talented team and I thought we got good individual play. But, when I say team, I think we have a long way to go before we're a good team. We're good individuals right now and we still need some work in that area.

It's very uncomfortable today and I think we have to have another look at it. It's probably not (a break), but there was enough there for some people to think there might be some damage there, which could include a break. It was fuzzy enough where our guys couldn't read it enough and from my standpoint, we'd like to have it looked at again later today. It's not displaced and if there is anything going on it would be a crack.

Mats was our great leader, Tie played with so much heart, and Tomas has developed into an outstanding all-around player.

They're not where they are (in the standings) because they don't compete or show up to play. You can bet they'll be ready to go Monday night.

He's one of the great goaltenders Canada has ever had. He didn't have a great start to the season but lately he's been on top of his game. He's a winner and the right guy to start.

I think he's probably disappointed frustrated might not be the word disappointed that he didn't come through and score in those situations the past couple of games. I think anybody would feel that way.

We weren't quick enough to adapt to that game.

We played a lot better and so that has to be looked at as an improvement, especially over Saturday night. We weren't that bad in the other games but it was not good enough to win, I guess. But the effort was better.

We had a lot of good things and at the end of the night (goalie) Eddie (Belfour) was good, we got a win and that's the bottom line.

My immediate answer (to whether Allison will play) is yes. But as the day wears on it'll indicate whether he will be able to or not.

Our hope for him is to become that all-around defenseman you can put out in any situation and feel very comfortable. Guys that are thinking offense put themselves in bad spots sometimes. And so I'd like him still to be working on his positioning and his play on covering people that could be in dangerous spots.

I see him as a more mature guy right now and he has that good ability to get around the ice,

His history has been to miss some games. With his history, you wouldn't think it would be something like a wrist.

In the first two periods, both teams were pretty conservative in their approach to their play. There weren't a lot of chances for either side. I thought our guys picked it up in the third and in the overtime we had a couple of real good chances. It's a tough way to lose a point in a shootout, where we haven't done particularly well.

I don't know if that's an appropriate question. ... I want to coach here. This is an organization that has been a real good part of my career.

You'd think it wouldn't be something like a wrist, but that's the bad luck of it.

We're thinking about what athletes have to think about, and focus on the job at hand. They have to put things aside, and whatever that distraction may be, that's exactly what they expect of themselves and we're all going to move forward.

We can't afford to not win anymore. It was really significant, those back-to-back losses (in Montreal). That's an understatement. But as far as we are concerned, it is not over and we are going to do our best to make sure we are going to play well in each game, and you never know what happens.

I try not to dwell on that. Criticism goes with all sorts of things in life. I don't think about that at all. My focus is on trying to help these young men be as good as they can be. By feeling bad or being distracted by what is being said, all you are doing is not answering adversity the best way you can. I try to put it where it belongs. I'm not beating myself up.

He used to kid us all the time because a lot of times we would go with the standard guys.

It looked like we were afraid to win. We're still thinking about this wide-open game and how pretty we can be playing it.

We still got to keep plugging away until we're mathematically eliminated. We know we need them to fall down a little bit, clearly, because we'll run out of time here.

I think they are pushing each other right now and it has helped them. I don't know if I'll play them together when the season starts, but right now in the exhibition games, they've been getting better and better.

It's a start and hopefully we can build off that. But we're capable of more.

These were a big two points on the board here tonight. We're right in the middle of a dogfight for the last playoff spot.

We figured 3-0, this is going to be a real nice night. I'm going to fatten up and I don't have to work and we're going to get lots of points. We end up getting squat.

We couldn't seem to get anything going with any passion. I guess tonight it just seemed not to be there. We had a lot of guys who just couldn't seem to get anything going.

You cross-check a guy twice you're going to get called. You have to play with discipline to be successful.

Often this year we got so stretched out we became a standstill team. Our guys have been so much more attentive in the past couple of games in getting into position to move the puck from our zone. We're coming together as a group.

I think the idea as a coach is you put out a lineup that can win that night. The present is more important than the future. You try to put the guys out there who will get us one more victory.

That's where we got into trouble before, playing him before he was ready ... we'll have to make sure we're on the same page with Darcy and the medical staff.