Joe Thornton Great Quotations

I just wanted to get on my backhand. Stevie made a great play to get over to me. All I had to do was tap it in.

He's got a hard shot and he's tough to cover. He's my go-to guy. He looked great. A lot of guys said he was going to be tired, but he looked great and felt great on the bench, no huffing and puffing, so he did good. I was impressed.

He's really smart. He has a great GPA.

Judson's a great kid. I'm real pleased with him.

I talked to them, they want to be back here. We need both those players. Those guys are going to get signed. It's just a matter of time. If those guys get signed, we'll have a great team this year.

Cheech has the hot hand right now. I haven't seen anybody like that, to be honest with you. He's a great player.

It's great to come back up 3-1, but we still need one more,

I think Boston's a great sports city, and I think the fans are great here. We said 'We're sorry' so many times -- we just hope the fans will come back, and I think they will.

I thought we played 55 minutes of great hockey. We've got to learn to close the door when we get a chance. We say it, it seems like every game now. Until we start learning, we really need to bear down. It just wasn't good enough tonight.