Jordan Leopold Quotations

We have to get off to a good start. It's one of those things of whoever wants it the most is going to end up getting it.

We'll be changing pairings but we'll find a way to do it.

Mac said he thought he got a piece of it so it wasn't a surprise. We got the win and that's all that matters.

Second (disallowed) one of the year so yeah, it's frustrating, but we'll keep working hard and it will happen one of those days.

I got about eight hours of sleep total because of all the drilling and banging going on.

We're not working as a cohesive group of five, including Kipper,

He's been here a long time. As a teammate, we wish him the best of luck but I guess there'll be more opportunity (for the remaining d-men).

I was actually kind of surprised but it's OK. We get all of the attention.

We had too many men on the ice, simple as that. It was a mental mistake and it ended up costing us at least the tie and going into overtime.

You look at the years he's played, the experience he has -- he knows all the Xs and Os in the NHL,

We came here focused that we're going to get a medal.

But the neutral zone will be shrunk by a few feet so I think it'll have a minimal impact compared to some of the other changes.

Toni's a good guy and has been a good teammate,

We were probably going to play together again but, now that he's hurt, things will change,

Everybody wanted to see a tie so they could get on their feet for about 10 minutes and watch the 1-on-0 against the goalie.

It's a huge home-and-home for us point-wise, division-wise. We're both tight in the standings and it's gonna be a difference here.

It's kind of surreal at that time because you know you're going to be here but you really can't into the element and get in the zone until you're here.

I'm sure they're frustrated. I wouldn't be too happy to have an eight-hour flight over here and then either have it canceled or delayed another eight hours. It's part of that hurdle you have to get over.

I knew Hammer liked 4 and we had a couple of discussions and it meant something to him so I ended up switching, ... I've got a lot of respect for the guy. He's played a lot of years and been a good player and a great pick up for us so I thought I'd welcome him here. If it makes him play better, I guess it's worth it.

I'll take Kipper any day. He's had a great season this year and definitely has been the backbone of this team.

I'll probably end up finding myself on the left side with somebody else instead of the right but whatever comes our way, we just have to weather the storm.