Markus Naslund Quotations

When we challenge them and play a tight game and outwork them we beat them.

We're fragile. It seems every mistake we make is in the net.

With those two out, it gives you a pretty different look.

My fault on the first (goal) and then we let another mistake happen and we're down 2-0 and that's exactly what we didn't want to do against these guys because they're a disciplined team, they work hard and they're tough to get chances against.

Right now, I don't think I belong in the worlds.

I don't have the answers. It has to do with individual focus that we're not ready. It used to be our trademark that we always came out flying and caught a lot of teams by surprise, and we haven't had it this year.

I feel like I'm repeating myself. I think we were undisciplined, we took too many penalties and I think our power play wasn't as good as we needed it. The effort was there at times, just not at the right times.

I don't think we've had a period like that, probably ever. We got some bounces and they came out flat and it was a combination of all of that.

Guys have been around this game long enough to see that stuff happens,

It comes with skating and having that flow. Once we get our legs going, we're going to get way more chances.

I think they gave us a lot of opportunities to get chances. I didn't think they played as hard as I expected.

Our power play was good tonight. It's such a key thing the way the game's played now.

It does make a difference to finish off with a win. It's been a disappointing year for us. I don't think it was just one thing that went wrong, but the bottom line is a lot of us didn't play up to our potential.

That's what happens when things are not going the way you're hoping. The coaches are trying to shake things up to get us going.

We were maybe passing a little too much and not finishing the plays, but we're starting to move around and get the passes through and create stuff.

We came out flat. We've gotten away with a few (awful starts) against lesser-skilled teams, but I think it's time for us to take a good look in the mirror now and start preparing to find a way to be ready early in games.

Yeah, I looked at the shot clock. We have to shoot way more.

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 all expect some changes to be made. It's sad, especially for this group. We've been together such a long time that you create a deep bond and friendship with the guys in here.

We got a fresh start here tonight. We're a desperate team and we need the wins.

We didn't initiate anything. There was no doubt they were outworking us.

We didn't have the bounces tonight and it's as simple as that. It seemed like everything they tried went in and then we're trying to work our way back and we just couldn't finish it.

Every chance he's gotten to play he's been great for us. He's really developed into a good goaltender.

Really bad intensity from our side and then we took penalties and we know we can t beat them if we do that.

That gave them momentum for the whole game. Had we got the lead we might have taken them out of it early.

They had all four lines rolling and they're obviously playing with lots of confidence right now. They were the faster team tonight, there's no doubt about it.

It wasn't the prettiest of games but nevertheless we will take the two points.

It was a treat being around him for three years. Not only me but the team owes him a lot from all the stuff he taught us. He's going to go down as one of the all-time greats.

It was a tight game. We played a good team and unfortunately they got that goal on the power-play. At the end we had quite a few chances to get one, but we just couldn't do it.

It's been a disappointing season for us. We gave a good effort. I don't know if we just weren't good enough to get the job done.

It's unfortunate, we could have put them behind us a little bit. We played a strong game. We just didn't get the breaks when we needed them.

It's definitely a fun game to play right now,

It's great to see the chemistry they already have, it's not the easiest thing to get a line clicking like that.

It was a playoff atmosphere right to the bitter end.

Any time you can come back from 3-0 and 4-2, it's great. It maybe wasn't the best of games, but we stuck with it. Winning two out of three, it's a good road trip.

I'm confident we'll make it. It doesn't look like it right now but we'll find a way.

But if it was me, I'd be doing everything I could to get back and play and show everyone the character I have ... instead of trying to sue everyone.

All it takes is for him to finish a check and guys are going to be looking over their shoulders and make mistakes.