Darius Kasparaitis
Darius Kasparaitis
Darius Kasparaitisis a Lithuanian American retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He mainly played in the National Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth16 October 1972
best defense goal guys league maybe means players reason rely score spirit step talk team win
He doesn't look too happy, and when he's cranky, you don't want to talk to him. Jaromir is one of the best players in the league and the reason we're in the playoffs. But if he's not playing, other guys have to step up. We can't rely on Jaromir. It means we have to rely on our team spirit and team defense and score maybe one goal and win a one-goal game.
great leader
He's a great leader and he was the difference.
early locker newspapers room
I think we all know the situation. We all see the newspapers and we have the standings in the locker room for a reason. It's never too early to look.
cranky happy kept maybe players saying talk
He doesn't look very happy and when he's cranky you don't want to talk to him. It's playoffs. Everything is kept secret, even from us, maybe because they don't want players saying something stupid. I know as much as you do.
talk
He doesn't look too happy, and when he's cranky, you don't want to talk to him.
guys leader locker miss room true
He's been a true leader and we all know we will miss him if he's not going to play. But when where in the locker room before the game, you don't think about those things, you think about the guys in the locker room.
simpler
We have to be more gritty, more hitting. We probably have to play much simpler hockey.
feels
It feels all right. If it feels like this, I'll probably play.
pittsburgh situation wish won
You kind of look back and wish we had won at Pittsburgh (last Thursday), but that's not the situation right now.
everybody games high intensity maybe minutes nervous played playing playoffs time
Maybe if you're playing in the playoffs for the first time ever, you'll be a little nervous. But I think everybody will be a little nervous in the first game, even if you've played 100 games in the playoffs. You go out for the first 30 minutes and the intensity is high and it's fast. The first 30 minutes, it's important not to make a mistake.
came couple feels goal good guy helped leave played time
That was our No.1 goal today, just come out and give him support, which we didn't do before. That's what's good about our team: we don't leave a guy behind. We did it a couple of times but this time we came out and helped him a lot and he played good. And that feels good.
bottles hockey looks mark odd skates solid sticks throwing
You always see Mark as a hockey player. It's going to be odd to see him without the skates on. To me, Mark looks more like a GM, he always has this solid look. I don't see Mark throwing bottles and sticks on the ice.
help
We all are responsible. We all should help him.
followed star
Before, I think we had a lot of star players, and we had a system, but I don't think we followed that much.