Matthew Barnaby Quotations

It was awful all around, from our goaltender, from lines one through four. Everyone out there was horrible and unacceptable.

It was awful all around, from our goaltender, from lines one through four, ... Everyone out there was horrible and unacceptable.

We came out pretty strong and the game was pretty even for the first period. Then we went and took a bunch of penalties and it killed us, ... We can't be giving teams that many opportunities on the power play and expect to be successful. It's something we'll need to work if we want to get better.

It's an anxious time. Getting traded can be a life-altering experience. With a team in our situation, you know they want to make improvements for next year, and you know there's players that other teams might want.

I'll bet for a good five years there's been rumors at every deadline that I'm going to Ottawa.

I didn't throw the puck hard at all. I was just trying to flip it out of the zone. I saw there was no defense there and I was just praying for the puck to stay in.

At key points in the game you know he's going to make that big save for you. That's what Dominik did. When you're behind a goal and you need to go get a goal, sometimes you have to open it up a bit. To have that confidence that you can open it up without giving up much just gives you an increased added confidence.

If you worry about it, you're going to drive yourself nuts. It can definitely hurt your play if you're mentioned in trade rumors, if you're a worrywart or if you're not a confident person. I try to tell everyone that you can't worry about it. A trade will come when you least expect it.

It's different times now, but they were upbeat and they positioned themselves very well for when CBA was signed. We knew they would be active. We expected them to do big things, and they expressed that to us. That was a big reason we signed here.

I'm really worried about the future of the game. I believe that people in Canada are going to be excited when they open the doors and they're going to go back to watch the game because they love it. That's not the case in the United States. It's just a different set of circumstances down here. People don't feel the same way about hockey.