Derian Hatcher Quotations

I don't think they should have done that. I know all of our guys were worried about him and a lot of their guys were, too.

It wasn't fun. A lot of it is focus. We want to play how we play.

I told the ref that if I knew I was going to get the penalty anyway, I would have punched him.

It felt good. It's been frustrating. If I had been here and we hadn't been locked out for a full season, I don't think it would have been quite as bad. With the circumstances, it made it a little worse on me.

We have to be consistent, because consistent teams win in the playoffs.

I think he played great. He was the difference in the hockey game. Especially early on when he made some big saves.

That's why I have a hard time believing the season will be canceled. The owners are smart businessmen. If it gets canceled, you don't even know how long it'll last because I doubt anything would happen over the summer. I think the players understand hockey isn't baseball or football or basketball. But I don't know where it goes from here.

I don't know if anyone felt that he could come back.

I don't know if you're supposed to love your coach. Right now I love him, but we'll see in a couple weeks.

I said it before the game, it wasn't a must-win game, but it was definitely a big game we wanted to win. Between the second and third periods, when we were down 1-0, we felt in here that if we keep playing that we were going to win, and even when they got that second one we didn't stop. That's a great sign.