Mark Eaton Quotations

We feel like we're in a pretty good spot right now, but we still want to work our way up. There's still almost a third of the season left to play and there's a lot of teams lumped together so we know that we can't afford any long stretch of losses or we could be on the outside looking in.

After nine years I think it's time to give someone else the chance.

Our first period today was atrocious, probably the worst period all year. It's the NHL. Any team you spot three goals, it's going to be a tough time coming back. We just need to get off to some better starts and get some momentum coming our way.

We were definitely more into it in the third period. It was an important game and an important third period.

Our job right now is far from over. Last time we were just happy to get in, but now we're looking for home ice.

We finished up the last couple weeks playing some of our best hockey of the year, especially defensively, and the old cliche 'Defense wins championships,' that's an important part of our game.

The thing that makes it difficult is that every team in this league has a lot of pride. If you see that a team has beaten you the last three or four games, a sense of pride takes over and you say, 'Enough is enough.' It's like what we did earlier this season against Los Angeles.

I said a few words to them, but I'm not going to call myself Rudy or anything. I played there, so those guys can see that they're not too far from reaching their goals. If I can be any kind of inspiration to them, that'd be great.

We had a lot of quality chances and we all thought it was just a matter of time. (Anderson) had been playing well against us and we talked about just getting people in front of him.

We've done it plenty of times this year, come back in the third. We had a (four-game) losing streak there and we knew this was a key game for us because teams are creeping up on us.