Gerard Gallant Playing Quotations

I told our guys between periods that we're playing a team that's basically in the playoffs right now, and we look like it's an exhibition game. We needed to get our feet moving.

This one didn't have much intensity. It was two teams playing back-to-back games against each other, and nobody wanted to get hurt. It might have been exciting for the fans, but not for the coaches.

They (the Minnesotans) ran out of gas. They were playing the second night of a back-to-back. We were disappointed with our second period, we got after it in the third and they ran out of gas.

Rupp is a good player when he?s moving his feet. Lately, he has been playing very well.

I hope tonight was an off night. We've been playing well and a win over Detroit would have been huge.

They're playing as a team, that's why they're winning, that's why they're leading their division. They deserved the win, with a good goalie and good defense.

Adam is a tremendous leader, and he'll once again be an asset for that team. He takes a lot of pride in playing for his country.

He's right there. He's played a long career and he's still playing well. He's had a great career. He's a great friend. It was Gretzky and Lemieux in my era and he's right there.

Vancouver came in here and they haven't been playing very well. They didn't play very well tonight either, but they played better than us.

It took us a period to get our legs underneath us. I think playing back-to-back nights caught up to them (the Kings) later in the game.

We weren't playing great in the second period but we were playing okay. Then they come out and score three in the first five minutes of the third period. It takes a lot out of your team.