Dale Hunter Quotations

If it's good weather and you're still playing, that means you're doing pretty well. It's always been like that. You start with 20 teams and now we're down to eight. You feel pretty good if you're still playing now.

Some guys do well against certain teams -- it's just one of those things that's hard to explain.

We won't talk to the guys until (today). There's pressure. These guys are playing for jobs. If Adam comes back, they're playing to stay on the team. We don't know if Adam will be back. It's a day-to-day thing.

We had a good team last year but you have to do the little things if you're going to win it this year. You need character on your team. It goes a long way when there are a lot of teams with talent.

We go over the video to look for tendencies, but you can't teach that (clutch scoring). It's not always the guys you expect who score. I remember playing with John Druce (with the Washington Capitals). He scored more goals in the playoffs than he did in the regular season. That stuff happens. We gave ourselves a chance in the third period and we got the break.

You have to get it in their zone and get it set up quick. Puck possession is important. You have to pass it,

They have a good team. They are a different team. The trades they made have worked out for them. Everyone forgets that these are young kids and what happened before was very disruptive for them. What they needed to do is move on. That's what life is all about, moving on. They've done it.

David's a star player -- it would be like them losing Bobby Ryan.

That's the game now. You can do those things because it's wide open.

Any time you give up shorthanded goals, it sucks the air right out of you, ... You're setting up the power play and then the other team comes back and scores on you, that's tough for any team.

I knew what he had. He's gotten better and better every year, in better shape every year. Some kids progress at different times. He's turned into a good hockey player.

The guys know they have to be going when they're out there and if you work like that, sometimes you get a turnover and can do something with it.

A hit goal post, a missed net, that's the difference in a tight series. Marty made a good shot there and hit the corner of the net.

You watch how teams are defending it. Do they play a box or a diamond? Do they come after you or sit back?