Vincent Lecavalier Quotations

We're just looking ahead. We have to worry about what we do and not the other teams. I think we'll be fine, we just have to make sure that we win the next game.

I think we're far away from each other.

I think we were a little tired but we got our wind and we were more aggressive in the second period.

I saw somebody behind me, so I just shot right away. I didn't even know. I guess he kind of tripped a little bit, so it was good luck for me.

I think he thought I was going on my backhand but I stayed with my forehand.

We really played 60 minutes, and we played hard for 60. They played a great game. They had some great chances, great opportunities. It was a good hockey game for both sides. Both teams were working really hard.

We have a lot of good players on the team, and we do have to step it up. I think we can. We believe in each other. We're confident. We know that just because we had two games with no goals (it's not) that all of a sudden we can't score.

We got the win and that's the most important thing. It wasn't our best game.

We didn't play well in our last two exhibition games ... but we did switch it on tonight.

We can't put our heads down after this one,

Toronto played very well, but we definitely wanted to outwork them and I think we did. I think from the first minute to the last, our tempo went up a little bit and the third period was a good period for us and we capitalized, tied it up and won in shootout, so we're all pretty happy about it.

Everyone wants to go see that Oct. 5 game (against Carolina) to raise the banner. It's pretty cool to see how (excited) the city's been, even though we had a year off last year, people are just as excited or even more.

I've been through a lot with them, winning the Stanley Cup and playing in the World Cup together. I've known Brad since I was 14 so to be part of this with him, it's going to be a great experience and we'll never forget it.

Things were going in, that's the way it went tonight, and we need to keep it going because it's a long season. It's really frustrating after a game and you've had five good chances and none of them are goals, but things went in tonight.

It still seems unbelievable to me. I'll watch the DVD of Game 7 and it gets in the final minute and I start yelling at the screen: 'What are you doing? Get the puck out!' And then I have to remind myself, 'Wait, it's OK, we win.'

It started with Philly, trying to hit their 'D' and play behind their 'D,' ... It's been working and I am going to keep working at it.

It's kind of the same thing when we played Calgary. It's a win at a time. We're pretty confident.

It's good to boost your confidence a little bit. The net was getting really small. But the most important thing, we got that win.

It was pretty exciting. The month of August, every day there was something new. We knew it was going to be like that because there were 300-something people not signed. ... It makes it exciting for the people. And the more exciting it is, the more they'll come to the game, the more they'll watch it on TV. That's how you build a fan base. I thought it was good for the game.

I love it. There's no clutching and grabbing, you have more ice and you don't get as tired having to fight through.

He's one of the top goalies in the league, no doubt. I don't think he's surprising anyone with how good he is.

I don't know how to describe it. The buzz is unbelievable,

He's the one that instigated it by hitting me late after a goal. I definitely don't think I should get suspended.

He also made some really big saves in the second period. He was very solid.

An awful call, ... Offensively, I go with my instincts. If I think the play is to make a play, that's what I do. It didn't work out. I'm just going to keep playing hard. If I get benched for it, that's fine.

You've got some guys that play very physical. That's the way they play. They're a very, very good team. Tonight we played a great game, so we came out on top.

The first four years I was there, we lost a lot and people weren't coming out to see us and people did not respect our team. Now we have turned it around. Now we are a competitive team and we are winning every year and we have a chance to keep it going.