Patrik Elias Quotations

We're going to have to shadow someone else.

We know what happened ... when they knocked us out. There is always a rivalry against these guys. It's going to be special.

Would we rather play a team with Jagr or without Jagr? Yeah. We'd rather play without Jagr.

We've been in this situation how many times and we know that the fourth win is the toughest.

Leave him alone. He's got a good chance, though.

Nice. No question you want to score. You want to play the best you can play.

I don't know about any of that. After New Year's, we've shown that we can beat anybody. It's just a matter of putting it together the right way.

I have been here my whole career. I have accomplished something here and proved myself in a good position. I have worked hard and gotten an opportunity to succeed, so I'm just happy for that. On the other hand, there are things that can be an issue.

I feel good enough to play. I don't feel 100 percent.

I got a pretty good check on that guy, and he lost control of the puck.

He doesn't talk much on the bench. And he's pretty positive. But then he'll tell you privately, unless he needs to get the team going. Then he tells you in front of everybody.

When he's on, he's the most dominant player in the league.

We've got to win one game and we'll see. Obviously, it would help to start at home, no question.

We've got to keep believing in us. We know that if we play our game we can be successful.

We may be back together. Who knows? We may not be. The team is doing well right now.

He was just huge. I was afraid of him. You had a 170-pound guy coming here and he was 220, 225 with these paws like a bear. I was pretty intimidated the first few years. I'm happy he was on my side the whole time.

He was just huge. I was afraid of him. Here I was a 175-pound guy coming here and this guy is 220, 225 with paws like a bear. I was pretty intimidated.

He didn't have to say that. We all knew what the score was. We all knew what was still on the line and every one of us tried to encourage each other here. Let's give 100 percent and we'll see where we end up.

It always takes a little time to adjust and get something going. We didn't play badly and give up chances and that's fine, but offensively we didn't have anything going.

I was afraid of him. Here (I) was a 175-pound guy coming here. Here's this guy, 222 or 225 pounds, with paws like a bear.

I think that's the ultimate individual honor. If you're lucky enough to stay with one team, that's awesome.

Listen, I've been here my whole career. I've accomplished something here. I put myself in a good position. I worked hard for where I'm at. They've given me an opportunity to succeed, so I'm happy for that. But on the other hand, there's things that could be an issue.

We were underrated all year. There was a game against Atlanta (March 23), where we were winning 4-1, lost (6-5) in overtime. That was a turning point. If we lost (composure after that) we go downhill.

We don't want to pinch ourselves now. We're feeling good about the game we have been playing. We know the series we played, they had a couple of injured guys but that doesn't take anything away from the game we played or what we accomplished.

We had a lot of opportunities. We would've been in trouble if we couldn't score on those chances. It was just one of those nights where everything went in for us.

We have to. We need to. He's a big man, great guy, has great hands, great shot, everything. So, we need him to help out offensively.

When they call, I have to talk to them about what their plans are -- if they call.

We didn't do a good job defensively tonight. We were always missing by half a second.

We were warned before the game that they are going to keep calling the penalties the way they did in the regular season. This was more emotional today because we know what's on the line.

We knew the power play was going to be a big factor. We had a lot of opportunities and we like the way it ended up.

We've got to change it up and try to get the scoring touch again. They felt they needed to spread it out a bit and maybe change things up and that's fine.

We've just got to win one game and we'll see. That's all.

We wanted to play real patient hockey. Obviously when you have the start like we had it helps. No question.

You guys know it always takes me a couple months before I get it going anyway in a season. I should be ready for the playoffs.

We tried to frustrate them and we did, you could see it in their faces. But it's just one game, we have to get ready for another one (Monday).

We figured out a little bit the last 11 games and the last few weeks that we like to play and what we have to do to be successful. We've just got to keep it going.

The one Florida trip, we were just too tired. In Toronto, we had a bad start.

The most important thing is your health. I've been feeling pretty good the last four or five games. If I can play here I'm sure I can play there. I'm just happy to be part of it.

The most important thing is to focus on our game and that's all.

This is an unacceptable loss for us. We had the game in our hands and we lost it. We lost a very important point.

A lot of people just wrote us off before the New Year. Even after the slide we had. You look a month, month and a half back, you won't see too many people who said that we had a chance.

They're in a difficult situation; it takes awhile to turn it around. After the new year we're 7-0. And the last couple of games, we haven't played our best games but we've found a way to win.

It says a lot about our hockey team. We can play against anybody.

It is very good to go into the playoffs feeling good about ourselves.

It's not like I'm not trying. It's not like I'm not working hard. They're just not going in.

It's always a rivalry between us and with all the Rangers fans, we'll finally have a full building. We know what happened in 1997 when they knocked us out (the most-recent time they met in playoffs). This should be one of the best series.

It's going to be an issue obviously. It's going to be on my mind when the time is right. Not right now. I am just happy that I can play.

It's gonna be special. We're finally going to have a full building, because there'll be a lot of Rangers fans there, too. We're excited to be going against one of the best players in the world. It should be a lot of fun.

Everyone is doing their job right now. We're doing the things we have to do and we're playing good hockey. We're feeling good about ourselves.

Everybody is just playing the right way right now.

No matter what happens in these games, power plays play a big part and we haven't been sharp at it. We worked really hard tonight. There was no one that didn't try. It's just that they scored on their chances and we didn't.

It was just the first period but it could've helped us. It could've changed the course of the game.

It was just a feeling that you could score any time you have the puck. He works hard, and he's getting rewarded for that.

The feeling in this thing is that when we play our game and we are on top of our game we can beat anybody. And that's a good feeling to have.

I knew it was going to be for a couple of weeks and that's what it's been. I missed about 10 months before that. This was quick.

I'm more nervous than excited, actually. I felt okay the past couple of days, no pain, no problem. I feel good conditioning-wise and hockey-wise. It's going to take awhile. I'm a little too quick for my hands right now. My hands are not that good.

I'm very happy where I'm at right now.

I haven't skated in almost two weeks, so I need to get back in shape a little bit.

It helps to start a game like that on the road.

It helps that they're going well. We were making good plays, spreading the ice pretty well. I didn't want to hold back. I told the coaches that when I come back I want to play, I don't just want to go out there and play a couple of shifts and try to work into it.

I don't think I got too frustrated, too down. You remember yourself, what you went through.

I don't know if I ever said that to myself. There were a couple of times that I felt OK and then all of a sudden I started feeling like (garbage).

You've got to give the man credit. (He stepped) into a position he hasn't been used to, he wasn't in for quite a while, obviously not at this level, at the NHL level.

The fourth win is the toughest. We just have to keep going the way we've been going.

The mentality of this team is always to be in the playoffs. We don't expect anything else or accept anything else.