Ryan Malone Quotations

Montreal (an 8-0 loss on Jan. 10, 2004) and Tampa Bay (9-0 loss on Nov. 8, 2003), those are the worst I've ever been part of. They were pretty bad. Sometimes the wheels fall off and you have to put them back on. True character will come out with the way we respond. Hopefully everyone's embarrassed so we can go out there and give our best effort.

Obviously, it's probably not the best idea to buy a house here this summer. But all this other stuff is out of our control.

He got hockey pretty much started in Pittsburgh, and it's still growing. He's done so much for this city.

He's a leader on and off the ice. We will miss him. But he has a great opportunity to win a Stanley Cup, so we wish him the best.

He's been a great friend, a great teammate. He's the best thing going right now. He's one-of-a-kind, a special person.

Joe made a great play. I just had to tap it in.

I said I'd appreciate the opportunity. It'll be a good experience. Hopefully, I'll go over there and do well.

Out of that whole stretch of games, that was probably the worst of the worst. Four-nothing was probably the bottom of the barrel.

Mario led the way for us. It was awesome.

It feels good. We can breathe a little bit.

I think I just got worried that if any team came in and offered lot of money, I wouldn't be here. This is the place I want to be. Hopefully, for a long time. We're going to have a great team.

It didn't seem like anybody had a chance.

That's tough; you'd never think that. But we are getting a little better. We're a better team. Obviously our record doesn't show that, but we know that.

We tried to make plays that weren't there, and you can't give Jaromir Jagr that many chances. There are no excuses, you've got to come to play every night. It would have been a very big game to win.

Both of them are obviously going to be great players in the league for a long time. It's something to see. There's so many different ways you can twist things around, so I think everything's up in the air. You almost wish they could share the award, but you just have to wait and see what happens.

It's just kind of getting the bounces and the opportunity.

It's going to be a lot easier when everyone is on the same page and we know where everyone is going to be. Going into Friday's game, we'll be reacting instead of thinking or looking around to see where everyone's at. We'll be doing it instead of having to think about it and that's good.

The fans, after he made a couple of big saves, were right behind him, chanting his name. I'm sure that was a help.

I have no idea what the ceiling is with him. He's already a leader and one of the best I've seen. But he's also a great teammate. He's one of us. He doesn't think he's better than anyone. But he's also unbelievable.

I heard people before the season predicting that if he had 60 points, it would be a good year, so he went beyond everyone's expectations.

I just tried to put it on net. And it ended up working out.

He's the best owner I know. The best teammate, and a great friend. It's been an honor to be part of his team.