Olli Jokinen Time Quotations

It's hard to put into words. It's pretty similar to when Canada and the Soviet Union played the Summit Series. It's like that every time for us against them.

It's been pretty tough the past two weeks, with everyone asking questions about what's going to happen and not knowing about the future. Now it's time to focus.

It's a lot more fun to be in the playoff hunt than out of it. This time of year we've usually been 10-12 points out.

We were able to do damage every time they turned over the puck.

He's the greatest to play the game, he and Gretzky. It's tough to see those old guys go. But Mario's smart enough to know when it's time to move on and step away.

We got a penalty every time we tried to take a puck off them. In the new NHL, special teams will win or lose you games. For a while it looked the other way around for us, but we bounced back.

And there were a couple of guys that were smiling over there a little bit. But we're this far and we're enjoying our time right now. It's an unbelievable feeling being in the gold-medal game. I don't think there's been a single person outside our locker room who believed we could go this far.

I'll tell you what -- this is my fourth year here and seventh year in the league, and I'm sick and tired of losing. Next time we have a meeting like that, we're going to be out of the playoffs.

We have to enjoy our time right now. The next Olympics are going to be 2010. We've got a few more games left, and it's a good feeling to be playing for a medal and be in the semifinals.