Darius Kasparaitis Quotations

We want to show that we can compete with the good teams and we can be there and we're (in this position) not by accident. I think tonight's game proved it, that we can play at a high level.

screaming at us, telling us what to do like the 'Full Metal Jacket' movie.

He doesn't look very happy and when he's cranky you don't want to talk to him. It's playoffs. Everything is kept secret, even from us, maybe because they don't want players saying something stupid. I know as much as you do.

He doesn't look too happy, and when he's cranky, you don't want to talk to him. Jaromir is one of the best players in the league and the reason we're in the playoffs. But if he's not playing, other guys have to step up. We can't rely on Jaromir. It means we have to rely on our team spirit and team defense and score maybe one goal and win a one-goal game.

He doesn't look too happy, and when he's cranky, you don't want to talk to him.

He's a great leader and he was the difference.

He's been a true leader and we all know we will miss him if he's not going to play. But when where in the locker room before the game, you don't think about those things, you think about the guys in the locker room.

We have to be more gritty, more hitting. We probably have to play much simpler hockey.

I think we all know the situation. We all see the newspapers and we have the standings in the locker room for a reason. It's never too early to look.

It feels all right. If it feels like this, I'll probably play.

Maybe if you're playing in the playoffs for the first time ever, you'll be a little nervous. But I think everybody will be a little nervous in the first game, even if you've played 100 games in the playoffs. You go out for the first 30 minutes and the intensity is high and it's fast. The first 30 minutes, it's important not to make a mistake.

That was our No.1 goal today, just come out and give him support, which we didn't do before. That's what's good about our team: we don't leave a guy behind. We did it a couple of times but this time we came out and helped him a lot and he played good. And that feels good.

You kind of look back and wish we had won at Pittsburgh (last Thursday), but that's not the situation right now.

You always see Mark as a hockey player. It's going to be odd to see him without the skates on. To me, Mark looks more like a GM, he always has this solid look. I don't see Mark throwing bottles and sticks on the ice.

When Jaromir is at his best, our team is going to look good.

We're all frustrated. When the game was over, you want to go after the referee - you want to go after anybody - because it hurts. We just have to stay positive and get our confidence back.

We see we can do that and that's pretty big for our team to see how we can play. It's just one game, but it's a good beginning.

We all are responsible. We all should help him.

Before, I think we had a lot of star players, and we had a system, but I don't think we followed that much.

Everything comes from the first 10 minutes. We have to come out hard, play simple and play our system.

Practices are completely different. We work hard and we concentrate on the details we have to do in the game.

It's going to be good (for) bringing back hockey in New York. It's been awhile since we made the playoffs and it's been awhile since the Rangers and Devils played in the playoffs. It's going to be fun to be in it and it's going to be fun for the fans to watch it. Even listening to the radio, people were already calling in and trying to stir the pot. That's what good about the playoffs.

It was just a hip check. I've done it my whole career. It's a lost art.

I played with a lot of guys in this room, ... And with the younger guys I worked out in the summer. And the Russian guys they know me from over there. I'm kind of a man of the world.

He's very serious about his job. He takes it deep into his heart.