Brad Lukowich Quotations

We've had an up-and-down season, but I love it here. Great area, the guys are great, the coaching is good. ... I'm enjoying it.

I've had the chance to be part of two great teams in Dallas and last year in Tampa Bay, and those are experiences I can take with me to Long Island. I look at the Islanders the way I saw our team in Tampa Bay, as a team on the verge of something great.

I thought it was going to hit me in the head. I tried to move and it hit me in the arm.

I don't regret a minute of my time in Tampa. Any time you do something special like (winning a Stanley Cup), you always want it to continue. Unfortunately, I didn't get the call.

He's done a great job bringing the guys together.

We have to hold ourselves more accountable. Two years ago, I played on a team that went 1-10 in January and went on to win the Stanley Cup. We had good character guys. We have good character guys here. We just have to rise to the challenge and have to push each other.

They're a good team. They just outworked us.

I wasn't very comfortable. I'm my own worst critic. It was a tough adaptation. I'm a defensive guy and I got caught a couple of times going the wrong way.

We've got the guys who can do it (win). We've got guys with skill. But we have to put a check on our commitment. It's time to start getting in the trenches. We haven't been doing that for 40 games, and that's unacceptable.

I was dreading it and he was excellent. It was like he was one of the guys, talking to him.