Dave Andreychuk Quotations

Obviously, you dream about this day. You don't know how you are going to feel. I feel excitement more than anything else, I feel excitement for what has happened to our club.

Obviously, with the amount of ice time I was getting, the situation with our team, it wasn't a shocker. I've been around long enough to realize the situation I was in.

Obviously I've been frustrated most of the year. I want to continue to try to do what I have to do to make this team win. They're going to need goals from me. I have to contribute. I have to get better.

Certainly, if they are going to be calling the games the way they have been, then our power play is going to have to work.

I feel like I can contribute. I'm not playing the way that I want to. With the new rules and with the new systems we have, I'm not playing as much. I'm not playing up to my standards, that's first and foremost. I'm the one who has to look at myself in the mirror every day and I have high expectations for myself.

I think a lot of it was the up and down, and my game is not really suited for that.

I still want to be a player and I still felt that I was a player. Obviously as a competitive pro, it's tough to give that up right away. You still have that edge that you want to play.

We have to rally together. We can't feel sorry for ourselves because of the situation we're in. There's no finger pointing. It's all of us together.

We discussed that already. We're obviously going to go out on good terms. I want to be a part of the organization in some capacity. Hopefully, when the dust settles here we can talk about those things.

We just needed to find a way to win. Our (confidence) was a little shaky. Three weeks ago we were on a pretty good streak and things just don't change overnight. ... It comes down to believing in each other and finding a way to win.

We got some shots on goal, not a lot of quality chances. It's one of those games where the team hangs in there. Their goaltender gives them a chance to win the game.

They always say they're going to cut back my ice time. Well, I don't want them to do that. I want to force them to play me.

It was weird, very weird. There was just no flow. We didn't play that bad, but we didn't take advantage of our chances either. We let them hang around and hang around and we end up with this.

It was a little shaky. We talked about it. Hopefully that's behind us now.

It's been seven days in a row now that he's been on me about it, so I'll probably have to get it cut pretty soon.

I hope so. I'm not leaving the area. I've got to do something. I can't just sit at home and bug my wife every day. I'm looking forward to starting a new life and looking forward to being a part of this organization if they want me to. Obviously, there's got to be some settling and then I'll get back and see what they want me to do.

I really don't want this to be goodbye. I'm not leaving anywhere. I'm still going to be around.

I feel I went right to the end until someone else had to tell me that it was enough. It's fitting that I went down swinging. The Zamboni had to drag me off the ice.

A lot of mixed emotions. But that was 48 hours. After that 48 hours, I was able to reflect back on 23 years. So I'm not going to let 48 hours spoil my fun.