Andy McDonald Quotations

We have a pretty good balance of new guys and guys who have been here before. You look to the guys with experience to tell you what to expect. It should be good.

On a different occasion, maybe when it's not our second night, I think we have a little more jump. We were not as sharp mentally as we normally are. They're a good hockey team, but so are we. I think if we play them in the playoffs, we'll be ready and I think we'll give a better performance.

Right now every win feels great. Were playing for the playoffs it's right there for us if we continue to play well.

We've got to put this one behind us. We've got one more game on the road against Vancouver. You can't stress the importance of these games. We need these points for getting into the playoffs.

He's just so smart out there. When you're on the ice with him, he makes everything easy for you. He continues to amaze everybody on this team with the plays he makes.

He definitely has that intensity on the ice, a desire to win. When you see that it's contagious, everyone follows him. He's the leader. You learn something every day watching him on the ice.

I think I'm the most surprised out of anyone.

The advantage is we finished on a good note, so that winning feeling is hopefully instilled in this locker room.

We've put ourselves in fairly good shape now. We're not in the top eight, but we're right there. If we want to do it, we can do it.

We tested Turco and he made the big saves. We can't complain about how we played.

We had some fun and got away from the rink.

Ryan did a good job getting it started. I thought we had really good puck movement on that, and it wound up not being a pretty goal, but we'll take it.

It's always good to get the lead early. We've struggled a bit with that this year. Tonight I thought we played well once we got the lead and we shut them down.

It's playoff hockey for us. We can't take any night off, it's such a tight race.

It's disappointing. I know we came back to tie it when we were down by a goal and go into overtime, but right now that's not good enough. The way this conference is going, it's probably going to be a point difference for that last playoff spot.

It's disappointing. I know we came back to tie it, but right now that's not good enough. We had the 4-on-3 (power play) in overtime and had some chances. It's a bit of a letdown.

I've just been getting chances and the puck just seems to be finding the net.

I try not to think about it too much. Usually if you do the other things, the little things, the one-on-one battles, and focus on some of the other things, things take care of themselves. When you're on a streak, you try not to evaluate it too much. You just go play your game.

I just think we have to get the intensity up at the start of the game and get motivated. Treat these like playoff games, because that's what they are for us.

I'd probably like to keep going (with games), but I'm going to use the break to my advantage. A few minor injuries will have the chance to heal up, it's a chance to get refreshed and rejuvenated and to do some off-ice conditioning.

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The coach told me to work on the right side and up the middle, but I just saw one down the middle every time and stroked it, I guess.

The day off yesterday helped. We had a little bit of fun and it showed tonight. We were fresh on the ice and we had a little jump to us.