Harry Sinden Quotations

The position we find ourselves in relative to the post-season has dictated that a change would be made. Our judgment was that it would be unfair to Mike O'Connell to continue working at this job once this decision had been made.

When you think something has to be done ... you have to do it. It was not proper to let him keep doing what he was doing -- signing players, making plans for the future -- when we knew that at the end of the year we were going to relieve him of his job.

When you think something has to be done, you have to do it.

When you think something has to be done, and you believe it has to be done and the consensus is that it has to be done, you have to do it. And Mike, in some of the things he did when he was here, believed in the same principle.

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. What if they decided to improve scoring in the NBA and made the hoop 4 inches bigger in diameter? You don't want to artificially improve scoring. What if the NBA developed a half-court shot that was worth 5 points? You can't do things like that.

He was a gentleman as he's always been. He said it was not unexpected and he felt no animosity at that time.

He was a gentleman as he's always been.

Management traded away whatever they felt would improve the team.

We'll probably address that at some later date.

Within the past few days. Prior to the Olympic break it appeared we had a chance to get back in the playoff hunt, but when we fell out pretty substantially in the last 10 days we went back to our original thinking that we'd probably have to make some changes.

Boy, can he skate. For a big guy, look at him go.

As they use the expression, Mike was dealt the nine of hearts. We couldn't expect to start the season with three signed players and really not have an opportunity to sign or select a team from a group of players we thought we would have available.

This didn't have a purpose to it. It was becoming a rather awkward situation with the general manager of the team and myself and ownership. We were contemplating making this move just recently. We knew we were probably going to make it and asking somebody to continue on is just not the right thing to do.

Cam Neely was the hockey player the other hockey players wanted to be. He was blessed with a rare blend of talent, strength and determination and inspired other players to play as he did - hard and unrelenting.

Bobby Orr was a star when they played the National Anthem in his first game.

Two out of every three goals you score come from checking. One out of every three comes from sheer finesse.

The thrills, the turmoil, the passion, the stunning surprises of that roller coaster ride in '72 caused our emotions to run wild

The remedy now is two scotches and an aspirin, I think.

Goaltending is to hockey like putting is to golf. It really has no relationship to the rest of the game.

Putting on the same jerseys doesn’t make a team. You’re still just a collection of individuals until you find a common goal.

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.