Simon Gagne Quotes (44 Quotes)

He's looking for me all the time, even when I'm not open. I told him on the bench to think about himself sometimes and just shoot it. It's amazing what Peter can do with the puck.

He's the best player in the world. He's amazing one-on-one. I just try to get open. I know at some point he will find me.

A lot of players have different opinions about the way we've played, so sometimes you need to maybe bring what you think and take the best of it. That's something we had to do and I think there are a lot positives from what we talked about and we should see a difference on the ice tomorrow.

It's been a long stretch and lots of games, but we pulled it together and got some big wins.

It's really tough to know when you're ready to go back with those kinds of injuries. They're so deep inside. You feel good, but sometimes you need to make sure it's healed and it's ready to go.

In the second and third periods, we didn't compete. It was pretty much one of the worst games we played this year.

Some nights it's like that. Some nights it's mental. If a couple guys aren't ready, that makes a big difference. In hockey, you need all 20 guys.

I had no idea the puck was in. But when I went to talk to the referee, he said the puck was in. He said they called that one in from Toronto. I dont know if thats a new thing in the NHL, but its always fun when youve got those kinds of goals on your side.

I'm enjoying playing the game again. I'm having fun, getting chances every night and it's certainly fun playing next to a player like Peter.

It was a great win for us against one of the best teams right now. We need these points. Winning at home is huge for us. We haven't really had a good stretch at home the last few games.

It would be an honor to be a captain in the future for this organization, but when you look around, there are different people having more experience than I do and have been there before. I had two persons in front of me. One was (Eric Desjardins) and the other was (Hatcher). Those were the two people in my mind that were the best people to have that job. That was one reason I was not comfortable with it.

We're still in first. We lost a couple games recently and they won their games so they got closer to us. It's going to be a big game. We want to stay at the top.

It's a little surprising, but it's early in the season. Hopefully that puck will still go in every night. I'm sure it's going to be tough to do it.

They are playing very well right now, and we had a couple good challenges against Detroit and Colorado and this one is just as tough. They are a surprising team this year and they are winning hockey games. We want to show them what we can do and get back to first place in the conference.

I think it would be surprising if my name was on it. Its always the same guys. A guy on the third line who plays against the best lines every night. Its tough to tell.

After they scored, we decided to play. It's playoff time. It's not acceptable for a team not to be ready to play. We need to find a way to get momentum right away.

I've always believed that when you play here, the best thing to do is be honest and up front. You'll never see me sneaking out the back door.

It's not supposed to be like that. But I think everybody knows that this game was maybe looking a little bit easier than Ottawa, New York and New Jersey. This may have been our toughest game this week. That's not right when you come in like that. It doesn't give respect to the other team and maybe that's what we did (Tuesday).

It's special when you face them Ottawa and we try to send a message. Both teams know if you want to win the Stanley Cup, we're going to have to face each other. So every time you face them we know that game's going to be special.

When we try to chase them that's what they want. They want us to open that (four-man) box.

A lot of the guys were going to bed early because there were guys who had slept on the plane and guys who hadn't. I talked to a lot of guys (yesterday) who were able to sleep until 9 a.m. Hopefully, the adjustment isn't going to be that difficult and we're able to get the rest we need as we go forward for the rest of the tournament.

You need to get a couple moves in your head. The move I did was the first move in my mind. I haven't had much success in shootouts this year and I was a little nervous on this one. Maybe this takes off some pressure and the next one will be sweeter.

I haven't had much success with shootouts so I was a little nervous. Maybe next time will be a little smoother.

It looks like every night it is tougher and tougher to score goals, and you face the best line on the road.

It's been great. It's been a while since we had a chance to do this stuff. The last time was at the start of the year in Montreal. A couple days away, putting our minds on the side and not thinking about hockey a little bit may be enough to help us rest mentally and it's something we needed right now.

I haven't thought about it really. I was looking to have a good year and that's still my goal. Right now, it's a little bit higher than I expected.

That's a big number. It was good to get this one. I don't want to say I was not focusing on the game, but it will be a lot easier to focus.

When you have everybody, it brings some confidence for the other lines. We had success with that (line) at the start of the year and hopefully it can help us win games the rest of the way.

I talked to the doctor (Saturday) and it's (more) positive that I originally thought.

I like the way the team's playing right now. It's tough, you go on the road and the games are tight, especially against New York, and we found a way to win a game on the road in overtime again. It shows the character the team has.

It's tough news to take right now, especially with the start I have had and everything was going well. Right now, we're going through so many injuries and my turn came.

Sometimes the energy drops after that. A lot of teams are tired now, a lot of games in a short period of time, and we just need to battle and fight through it.

We wanted to get back on track. You go two games without scoring a goal and it gets in your mind a bit.

You dont want to think about it, but its in the back of your mind. In the last two games I had some great chances. It was good to get this one tonight and now I can turn the page. It will be a lot easier to focus now.

You get a great feeling when you make a nice hit, or a nice play or a nice pass. But when you're the guy who puts the puck past that red line -- it's pretty much the best feeling you can have.

It's something you don't like to see. Hopefully the league is going to take care of it.

Practice was more relaxed. We need to be more relaxed. Last week was too intense. (Tuesday) we were relaxed and had more fun on the ice laughing and all that. Sometimes in hockey if you play too intense or too tight you don't play your best game. (Monday and Tuesday) were more relaxing days and I think that's going to show in our game (tonight).

This is a sport we love. We play this game for a reason it's fun. We have our backs to the wall right now, but we don't want to stop here. We want to keep going. It's pressure, yes, but I like it. We'll see what kind of character we have.

It's a tough time right now we're going through. We look like a tired team, but it's not an excuse. We need to play through it.

We need to get back to what we were doing good. We need to figure out what we're doing wrong.

I would love to come back as early as possible.

Its not the way you want to come out here in front of your fans. Its not the way you want to lose. Its a tough night.

We tried to start better and score a couple of quick goals, and it was a big plus when we did that. Overall, I think we played pretty well defensively.

It's always fun when you got those lucky goals on your side.