Brendan Witt Quotations

We wanted to stop our losing streak and the guys were up to the test.

Times have changed. It's time to move on. This labor problem hurt both sides, it hurt the game, but now we've got to move forward.

I'm not going to say anything. He sends a guy after me, and that's fine. Him and I had our words, so that's all I'm going to say.

We didn't play last year, but they're still the Stanley Cup champions. It's a good test every time we play them.

Everyone needs some time to get used to the rule changes. We arrived late today so we didn't get briefed. The officials came in after the second period and discussed it with us; it was supposed to be before. You can't clutch and grab anymore.

We haven't gotten off to good starts, so that's important for us to do in both games. We want to come home on a good, positive note. L.A. is struggling, but is still a good hockey team. And San Jose, with Thornton in the lineup, that makes them even more dangerous offensively. The good thing for us is we've seen Thornton a lot, so we know his strengths and weaknesses.

The good thing is the group here could've given up being down 2-0, but we didn't. We just kept going and gave ourselves a chance.

There's a lot of jobs open. More than any other camp I can remember. When I came up, there was only one.

The more time and space he has, the more he can make plays. You have to take that away from him, try to shut him down. But he's really good. It's also going to take a whole checking line and four or five guys doing their jobs.

The game was played one way for 100 years or more, and now they are changing it.