Bryan McCabe Quotations

We had 1:15 ... 1:20, so we knew, 'Let's be patient here, let's wait for the right play' ... We moved the puck around and got lucky. I got a clear shot.

We know we've got the offensive here. The problem is our play defensively. We get away from it sometimes.

Ninety per cent of the guys do (think Saskin is the right man for the job). So we'll see.

Ninety per cent of the guys do (feel that way), I guess, so we'll see. We're having a secret vote and it'll be a dead issue in a couple of days.

I can't say yes and I can't say no. I know my first choice would be to stay in Toronto.

We take it in stride. It's Toronto. All the fans want to win. They haven't had a Cup in years and we want to win too.

He likes to play physical, as you all saw, ... Obviously, you don't want to see anyone get hurt, but the kid is trying to win a job. You can't hold him accountable for finishing a check out there. Everyone was in that spot once.

I still hope a new deal can be worked out here. This is where I want to be.

We played pretty well in the first but the two chances we gave them they happened to score, ... We stayed patient and wound up tying it in the second.

We worked a lot harder tonight. The other night, we just plain and simple got outworked and that shouldn't happen, ... We were pretty unlucky to be down 2-0 after one. We stuck to the program, and it worked out.

We weren't allowed to vote on that (in December). Now they do want my vote and I couldn't even discuss the situation with the 30 guys in our dressing room,

The pretty boys were working for us tonight.

We've got to do a better job on the power-play. Those are key situations and when we don't produce we don't win.

You have to be able to score on the power play but we do it as a unit.

There's some stuff going on, I guess, ... It's been a long year for all of us, especially the guys involved in all this stuff, and we'd just like to put it all behind us, I think. I'm pretty much sick of the whole situation, to tell you the truth, so hopefully this will all pass.

The season is a failure. You only get so many opportunities to play for a Stanley Cup.

(The Olympics) are not even on my mind,

They're a battling team. They've got a gritty coach. They played hard. They try to play spoiler or whatever. Guys never quit in this league. It's never a given that you're going to get two points.

It's something you can't control. I love it here, I want to be here, as does everyone in this room. But you can't worry about it. It's the same thing every time the trade deadline comes and goes every year. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

It was a big win for us, that's what matters,

It will be tough. Not many teams go out there and win too many games.

That's embarrassing. If he needs a foursome, he should call us. After all, he'll never see the ice once the playoffs start.

I'm not going to jump off the bus quite yet,

He's the biggest thing that has happened to Canadian hockey, and for him to get his name trashed through mud is pretty sad. But he will come out clean on the other side.

I don't want to create waves. There was a vote, it passed, and now I just want to move ahead and play hockey.

All I asked for was to have some time to confer with my teammates before casting a vote,