Mathieu Schneider Quotations

We have no communication with other players right now. Because we haven't been able to talk to one another, we don't know if it's 50 guys, 100 guys, 150 or 200 guys who feel this way.

We're playing just good enough to lose. We've got some of the greatest goal-scorers, but we've got to finish chances.

Let's face it, he's been a great player for a couple of years now in this league, but he's just taken his game to another level this year, where he's dominant. Right now, I think he's the best player in the world. I do. He's playing every night the same way, in traffic, five-on-five, killing penalties; he's doing everything.

He's got everyone's attention. He gets you wide awake at the beginning of each practice and you've got to be sharp, got to be on your toes. He wants you to listen, he wants you to start each drill properly and make sure you know what you're doing. If you don't, get out of the way. Same thing with our meetings. It's, 'Stop what you're doing and pay attention.' He only has to say it a few times and everyone catches on.

He's going to be a great player in this league for years to come, without a doubt,

He's playing great. The kid is doing everything really simple. (He) has a great shot and a lot of speed. That's what it is going to take to have great success in this new league.

He could be the toughest guy I've ever played with. He was in definite pain the last few days. I for one never thought he was going to play tonight and he goes out and continues to amaze.

Guys were upset over some of the things that were going on off the ice. But the timing of it, it sounded like sour grapes after losing.

I think it makes the game more interesting for the fans. For the players, absolutely the games become more intense each time. I'd like to see more of it.

I thought that was our worst game of the tournament. We came out flat. Guys didn't have their legs underneath them, and it cost us early. The whole tournament we were playing from behind.

It feels good but it's scary if we have to match up with them in the playoffs. These are always huge games for us. Playing against them, our special teams have risen to the occasion.

That was a neat trick he did there, where he pretended he was going to drop his stick. It was all I could do not to break out laughing on the ice there.

That was a Minnesota (Wild) type of game, where they laid back in the neutral zone. Those aren't the most exciting games to watch and certainly not the most exciting to play. But we played into their hands at times, turning the puck over, instead of getting it deep.

We got behind early in every game we lost. Every time we were playing catch-up and when you do that you start pressing. You start doing things you don't normally do and that's when things go wrong.

We've gotten tested on a lot of nights, and this was a great test for us. Coming in here on the road, against a team that's been pretty hot, we did a really good job from our goaltending on out.

We've got some of the greatest goal-scorers who have ever played this game in our dressing room and guys that are hot this year. We've got to finish chances. It's not for lack of chances. It's just finishing.

We've got some of the greatest goal-scorers ever to play the game in our dressing room.

We've got some of the greatest goal-scorers ever to play in the game in our dressing room.

We could easily have been up 4-0 or 5-0. But you can't sit on a lead in this league.

We just didn't seem to be able to get anything settled. We seemed to be a couple of inches off (on passes) all night.

We didn't play like the number one seed. We put ourselves in a position where it could all be over early.

We've worked down low and kept the pressure on. That's been the key to our success lately.

We do have another level, I think. I don't think we've showed it in a long time. We have to be a much better club from here on until the end of the year.

The only thing that was going to make this a successful season was winning the Stanley Cup. We didn't live up to our expectations.

We've got two units that can put the puck in the net, so that makes it really difficult to guard against us.

You force them to take more chances and that opens up more ice. I thought for about 15 minutes in that second period we were fairly dominant and then a couple turnovers and that seemed to turn the momentum their way.

We went out and played a great first two periods, probably the best two periods of the whole series, and then we sat back on our heels, which is a no-no. It's very disappointing and shocking.

Everyone's playing at the top of their game right now and we feel like we have the puck all the time. We feel like we are going to win every single night. It's a good feeling to have.

It would be better for everyone. The hockey would be better. Six games in eight days is extremely difficult. But everybody is in the same boat, so you can't use that as an excuse.

The bottom line is we didn't live up to our expectations.

That's what you're going to see when you turn on ESPN highlights every night, ... Or the OLN (Outdoor Life Network) highlights.

That's great. These guys, they've been bugging me all year. It's all in good clean fun. Just as long as they are pulling for me in the Olympics.

That's got to be the fastest goal scored by a new player on a new team in history. He stepped on the ice, walked right down the pipe and buried it. That was a great start.

This is the first time in my career in the NHL that I've played four games in five nights. It's just another part of the schedule that we have to deal with. The travel's terrible, but there are plenty of excuses. I think this team has done the same thing every night -- work hard.

A lot of times we get caught by that because we play such a close-checking game. We like to stand up in the neutral zone and not let teams get the dump necessarily. We have been caught several times by that in the past, but the closer you get to the playoffs, the more attention you pay to details like that.

Absolutely. I don't expect to pay for anything when I walk into that place.

Absolutely, he is. The best thing about Hank is his attitude. He's an extremely hard worker and he's one of the nicest guys you've ever met. He's just a pleasure to be around.

It was exciting, it was great. We got up a couple of times and they scored one, and they got right back in it. They have great fans here, without a doubt. It was an exciting game.

For me, I really felt it gave my body a nice rest. I feel great, and I'm extremely excited to start the year.

It's another part of the schedule we have to deal with. The travel is terrible, so there's plenty of excuses built in for us, but we've gone out every night and worked hard and played the same way. I don't expect anything different in these games.

It's been a lot of fun, obviously, playing on this team and with this organization. Everything feels so easy right now, everything is rolling.

That's something we really need to focus on. Our power play's been there most nights, but five-on-five, we have to find ways to create more scoring opportunities.

That's a defenseman, no matter how you slice it. A defenseman on a breakaway is still a defenseman.

No, it's because we don't consider them real threats.

Anytime you're in the middle of the ice like that, you got to let it go. I just found the hole.

The last three games we were always coming from behind and it is hard to win games that way.

I'm of the opinion that we didn't play well enough to win. We didn't play like the No.1 seed for this whole series. We put ourselves in this position, that's the unfortunate thing.

I just try to get a shot on net as quickly as possible, and tonight I got lucky.

I always use Patty Roy as an example just because I played with him when he was breaking in,

I called right after we lost to change all of my family's flights. I think I got the last few seats on the plane. I tried to get out Friday. They were all sold out; Sunday as well. It was either Saturday or Monday.

I cannot confirm or deny. It's in erasable ink. I don't know what they're so upset about.

You could really sense some desperation in their game after we got the third goal. They came at us hard.

The hockey was great, though we were obviously frustrated we didn't win. I was happy my family was able to go with me and that made it a really enjoyable experience.

The games keep getting more important as we keep playing them.