Bob Clarke Good Quotations

If we can get healthy, we'll be a really good team. If we're beat up going into the playoffs like we've been all year, it'll be a battle.

If the fans don't come out to see a kid like this play, who will they come to see? There are a number of young, good players in the league this year, but it doesn't get any better than this.

I think Peter knows what the results of the MRI were and he knows the risks involved. Going over there is his choice and he made the decision to go, so we wish him good luck except against the Canadians.

When I first saw it, I thought what in the world is going on. I thought that was a pretty good idea had they kept it up.

We felt Gauthier is a really good fit. He's a physical player. He'll move up the middle and he'll hit people. That was an area we felt we had to get better, especially with the injuries on defense.

We felt that with all the injuries we have had that Matt would bring more versatility to our lineup. He can play center and wing. We always felt that Patrick was a better center. We have lots of centers, even though we have some injuries right now. We just felt that Matt was a better fit for our team, although we realize that we gave up a good young player.

We felt that he has been a really good goal scorer in the National Hockey League, has good speed and is a skilled hockey player. Losing Kapanen for at least two months leaves us shallow at forward, so we thought that getting a player like Savage would really help our team.

The way it was going, it wasn't good for Claude and it wasn't good for the team, either. His conditioning was deteriorating. You never knew who was going in or out of the lineup. This way he's getting help and when he's done, he'll be back.