Mattias Norstrom Quotations

With the new rules, if you've got the puck with some speed, it's tough for the opposition to stop you.

When things are not going right, we have to still come to the rink and love it. That's not a time to be hanging our heads.

I am really happy to be staying here with the Kings and excited about the direction we are headed. This organization is committed to winning and I am thrilled that they want me to continue to be apart of it.

For us there is only one way to look at it, we know we have 10 more points available for us out there. We put ourselves in a position where we don't have any other options.

I thought we played a good second period. But from there it was downhill. We were giving them the puck and there were too many turnovers. Three quick goals and that cost us the game tonight.

I think three of their power play goals were scored on the rush, that's not the most common play on the power play, but they executed it well.

Last year I wore one for four weeks when I played for my old team in Sweden. Everyone born there later than 1965 has to wear one. It's tough when you're not used to one.

Maybe I should take it home and fix it.

You'd like to say I did my job. But no one on our team did that tonight. It was the guys on the other side that did tonight.

We can't sit here and say this team is in huge trouble. We're in a playoff spot right now, and it's up to us to keep it.

We are aware of the situation, that's why the effort has been so disappointing. We say all the right things, then we don't execute.

Every single player, especially the young guys, should look at the way Luc carries himself. He comes to the rink with a smile and most times, he leaves with a big smile. He really has a love for the game.

The solution is going to fall in this locker room. I hope with a coaching change you will have 23 players that will want to impress the new boss. We need the very best from every single guy to make it into the playoffs.

That's what you ask for, you're not sitting in front of the TV hoping some other team takes care of things. It's a situation where we play a team twice and can take care of our own business.

It looked like they wanted it way more than we did. I'm embarrassed. This shouldn't happen this time of the year.

Not being on the power play very often, you look at your own power play sometimes. I know how tough it is to kill (the power play) shot after shot. We didn't have a lot of shots on that 4-on-3 so I felt if I got the chance, I'll let one go.

They were more physical and effective on the power play. I wish I had another answer, but it's old-fashioned hard work.

They walked all over us. A loss like this you start to talk about pride. As a team, as individuals, we got embarrassed out there.

I'm excited the Kings were prepared to take this step to keep me here.

I have never scored in overtime in my career. What made it special tonight is that we hung on and found a way to win. We showed a lot of heart.

I like what I see happening since I've been here, and I've been here a long time. It would be the best thing ever if we could take it to the next level and win the (Stanley) Cup.