Adrian Aucoin Quotations

We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with their chances. Defensively we weren't where we wanted to be.

We're real fragile now. We're working hard. We've just got to get our confidence up.

He helped changed my attitude. He was so intense and so hard on himself. Early on in my career, that wasn't one of my qualities. I think that's why we were such a good mix.

I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done sooner than later,

I think there's a handful of guys that ended up being lucky in that way, ... Some guys who were free agents actually had to take a little bit of a hit but it just all depends on who's available and at what time. There was only a handful of defencemen in my situation so it made things a little easier for me, I guess.

Some of our defencemen here in the first couple of games have been just outstanding,

Marty will be great. He's been a leader the whole time. It's not that big of an issue.

Just knowing you have Khabibulan, that confidence in the great goaltending, you seem to just play better.

We obviously didn't hit it off all that well,

There are a few aspects of the game where we've really got to grow up and it showed tonight, like the sticking penalties. We have to understand we're not going to win unless we all play together, unless we all take shorter shifts, unless we put the puck on the net and unless we play as a five-man unit.

A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.

They made it pretty clear where their priorities were.

It was different. There were a lot of whistles, and some of the guys who got penalties didn't know they got them.

It was really tough, not having the routine like we're so used to. Basically living a different life than we're used to.

It's tough when you work hard and the results aren't there. You start to second-guess yourself.

It was no secret that I loved living there, and I liked just about everything about the Islanders. But obviously I talked to enough teams to know there were lots out there willing to go out of their way to get me. And it seemed the Islanders weren't half as interested as the others, which was frustrating. That's what pushed me to leave.

It was just one thing after another, not only for me but for the team. It has been a rough year on the organization as a whole.

I liked what he had to say about where the team is going and what is going on in Chicago. And Chicago has always been one of my favorite cities.

I had no problems with the old rules, but I think taking the red line away will hopefully add to scoring and make the game faster, ... As a defenseman, I look at scoring negatively, but it works both ways. I wonder about the expectations though. I played in Sweden, without a red line, and I don't think the game was faster. On the other hand, I wasn't playing with the best players in the world, as in the NHL. We'll adjust to the new icing rules and in a few years we won't remember what it was like before. There's always calls for new rules, but I just hope the game doesn't change too drastically.

If there is any doubt, normally you go upstairs. He's not giving us any leeway. That's accountability on his part. You gotta be a man about it. Clearly, everybody thought it crossed the line.

Hopefully it's not as bad and it's just some scar tissue breaking up and it will stay loose.

Columbus, bringing in Adam Foote was a huge pickup for them,

The first one he (Heyer) said he lost sight of the puck, so he blew it. Our guys work hard and finally get some offense going and something like that happens. It's really frustrating.

All the guys they brought in ... every one has that good character on and off the ice, which is huge,