Edmonton Quotations

I have great memories of my years in Edmonton and the players who were my teammates.

I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

Wayne was such a big part of my career here in Edmonton as well as everybody's that I think that having him in the building is just icing on the cake,

Obviously, we won't be replicating that, but in our own buildings we should continue to do well. We expect another great year in Winnipeg. The loss of the team in Edmonton will hurt but adding the Toronto Marlies helps offset that. We have four new teams in all so we think we very well might hit (7 million) again.

Because we're in the West, we play Edmonton and Calgary and Vancouver a lot and there's always a lot of media around in those cities. But when we go to Toronto, the media is doubled.

I have long known throughout my days in policing about the progressive, international reputation of the Edmonton Police Service. For me, this is where it is likely to happen, where a progressive police culture is part of the culture.

He had a great life here, he loved Edmonton. It's just too bad Edmonton let him down.

He's going to have a huge impact in Edmonton because the team has never had a stopper defenseman, ... Now he is the division's ultimate stopper.

I think we said, 'Oh, Edmonton won,' and that was about it. There are a lot of people who want us to get ahead of ourselves but, as players, it's our job to keep our focus.

Our power play is effective in getting chances, but not that effective in scoring goals. Edmonton is looking to shoot on the power play. They attack the net until they are successful. We are working very hard on our power play, but it is feast or famine for us.

My preference would be the weekend when Edmonton plays.

It doesn't matter if it's Edmonton or Calgary, small towns like Trail, (B.C.), or smaller major cities like Fredericton. The issue is the same: 'We want more immigration'.

I'm in Montreal so I'm part of the enemy, ... Edmonton isn't the only place I've played. I've done this before and it's not a big deal to me really.

The 2003-2004 Bruins team has pretty much been dismantled, and he understood that. Leaving Boston is pretty difficult for Sergei, because he has been here pretty much his whole pro career. It's a fresh start, and Sergei will go to Edmonton and do his best.

We were up 2-1, and both of our losses at home were tough to swallow. I thought that even the sixth game was our best game of the playoffs, a game we felt that we should've won. It was difficult, but we had a few injuries that hurt our chances. The thing about Edmonton is that there is no better place to play playoff hockey. When it's over a prematurely as it has been in the last couple of years it just leaves everybody wanting more and wondering why more hasn't been delivered. We're starting to get impatient and hopefully we can deliver.

We didn't play our best game in Edmonton (in the regular season finale). But afterwards, the practices, I saw the intensity was so much higher.

We were a little flat on both. But give Edmonton credit. It played a solid game defensively and they can take you off your game.

We start from scratch, but the history between Detroit and Edmonton is we've always had close games. Both teams are really built on speed and skill.

We will find a way to get back to the winning ways. It starts obviously in Edmonton now with three huge games that are probably going to decide the fate of our hockey club.

We've got them at home in two weeks and they'll see a different Edmonton Rush in two weeks.

Edmonton is quick, and it works hard, ... Edmonton just squashed Nashville (Tuesday), so it'll be a good test for us.

Edmonton is a really good team so I'm kind of surprised where they're at in the standings. Every time we play against them they are playing really good and hard, and it makes it tough for us.

Edmonton has been playing like that for the last month going into the playoffs. We were kind of the opposite.

Edmonton has been playing for their lives for a month now. I thought tonight was the first time we got up to their level of intensity, and now we can look forward to getting back to our fans on Saturday.

Edmonton fans are fantastic - very loyal. Fans like this help make the NHL what it is.

There's no question with these types of players and these types of signings is huge for the Canadian market. And we feel in Edmonton that it's an even playing field now.

The salary cap in the Collective Bargaining Agreement in the National (Hockey) League now is going to really encourage teams to develop their own talent and to have a lot of young players developing in the AHL. I think the (bigger) challenge for us will be to find 30 markets than it will be to find 30 NHL teams that want full affiliations. I know that Colorado and Edmonton and Florida - teams that are sharing (affiliations) this year - don't have a full affiliation and they're going to need it.

It was unfortunate what happened with the Edmonton Ice when they were here. But I think this would be a great junior city. It's a city that loves its hockey and their passion for the game. Junior hockey is exciting hockey. It's young kids trying to make the jump, trying to sign contracts, trying to get drafted.

I've never been part of it. I'm really looking forward to it. After Vancouver and Calgary and what we've heard about the way it is in Edmonton for the playoffs ... it's pretty special for a Canadian kid to be part of that.

Somebody's got to play in Edmonton that week. It might as well be us.

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This is something that we do at Sobeys stores prior to Edmonton Eskimos home games. The store managers request them and we show up the day before the game,

They have always seemed like they were going to move me. To finally pull the trigger and it be a blank is, on one end, disappointing because I think I could help a team in the playoffs. I'm not getting any younger. It would have been nice to be in the playoffs, for sure. I've been in Edmonton before, so that would have been exciting.

The most dramatic entrance for an autograph was probably when I was in Edmonton Alberta Canada or... whatever, and she jumped on my back and asked for the autograph. She was so cool and she said she wanted to be in a band... Well, whoever that was, I totally support you!

It was a weird injury, but I know it feels good enough to skate, so I'm playing. It's an exciting time to be in Edmonton right now.

It's not the game, ... It's to be part of the event in Edmonton and to be part of the crowd. To see all of these players we spent so much time with in the 1980's.

It's the most technically challenging and complex work ever staged by Edmonton Opera. We've just been buzzing about this show for months.

It's going to bea great battle, no question. I'm really looking forward to it. Even though we weren't two of the top teams, they were always some pretty good battles. And I think this year we're going to be an improved team and Edmonton is going to be improved. Both are quick and both like to be physical. It's going to be great.

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.

It s big. We showed against Edmonton that we're not going to be taken lightly.

After watching Minnesota lull Edmonton to sleep last night we knew it would be a difficult game emotionally. You can't play the score, you have to play like it's going to be 1-0. A boring game just like watching paint dry.

Sergei is a young player with a future ahead of him and this is a fresh start. Edmonton is a good hockey town. He'll work very hard and I'm sure the fans will appreciate him.

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I knew I always wanted the chance to play for Danny. When I was with the Edmonton Eskimos and he was an assistant coach with Calgary, I wasn't dressing my first year and he was in the spotter's booth and he'd always tell me: 'It's a good league. Be patient.' Just those little words of encouragement meant a lot. When he became a head coach, I had the urge to play for him just once in my career.

I moved to Edmonton in 1950. I left for a period of three years, 62. 63, 64 when I worked in Toronto and traveled around with the Leafs,

I maybe would have accepted less somewhere else. I think Edmonton knew that. I can always get players. I just felt the pick was better than players.

In the grand scheme of things, it's even more important, given our loss (to Hamilton) last Friday, because we are two points out of a playoff spot, fighting with two other teams. So it's vital. Saskatchewan plays us twice, Calgary plays Edmonton twice. It's a very big weekend.

I look at Edmonton and Calgary and both teams have gone a long way towards getting back towards respectability. It would mean they've both come a long way.

I feel comfortable with the Eskimos. It's a great team, a great organization and they have a good chance to make a run at the Grey Cup again. And that is why I have been with Edmonton (since 2000).

I'm not a famous celebrity of any kind. I'm a guy from Edmonton who's got a great job and I'm loving it.

Edmonton is not the end of the world but you can certainly see it from there.

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.