We can’t stress enough the specialty teams and how important they are. If you want to win in the league now you have to have a good power play and then that’s going to make...

We had some big goals to keep tying it up, but we needed to find a way to get that lift and to get the one to get the lead. We never managed to get...

In America, nobody has any idea what Wayne is. If you took Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Derek Jeter, Brett Favre and kind of put them all into one, that type of following would almost be...

It’s encouraging that we’re going in the right direction, but the goal is to make the playoffs. We’re getting close.

That’s no fun to miss the playoffs, … The World Championships was great, but you want to play in the playoffs. That’s why you play the 82 games, so to go home early is no...

It’s pretty nice. It’s kind of the old style. Hockey has a lot of tradition so I think it’s good to have kind of the old-school look.

You grow up playing five games in three days in tournaments. It’s like going back to peewee hockey again.

It was huge, obviously. There’s a lot of emotion in a home opener, and you want to come out controlled, work hard and stay disciplined enough, and we stayed with it.

It’s a big thing we’ve been preaching — pucks and people to the net — and we finally got one to go in,

[Training camps open around the NHL next week, with Wayne Gretzky beginning his coaching duties with the Coyotes in Glendale, Ariz.] I just can’t wait, … You feel like a little kid again because you...

It’s unbelievable. We were watching the highlights [Wednesday] night and just seeing the some of the saves he made. He’s made so many big saves for us, especially in tight games, and we’ve been up...

I had to apologize to a lot of people. I had to tell them I don’t know what happened and that I’m sorry.

Everyone’s disappointed that they just don’t get to be around him every day. His credentials and his character are very unique. He was fun to be around.

It’s a big thing we’ve been preaching pucks and people to the net and we finally got one to go in,

He’s a big man. You never want to be caught in his tracks.

The first ten minutes of the game we were down 3-0. That makes it hard for us and we got it back and we didn’t get a win again.

Obviously you want to be on the team but there’s at least 100 Canadian players that could easily be on that team. The group making the selections will have a tough decision on a lot...

That’s no fun to miss the playoffs. The World Championships was great, but you want to play in the playoffs. That’s why you play the 82 games, so to go home early is no fun....

The way they move the puck is fun to watch,

We don’t have any room to lose. Every loss for us is huge.

It was nice to contribute in that game and being to play in that whole World Cup is something I’ll never, ever forget. But they’re going to pick the best team they think has the...

To get momentum like that is huge. We’ve got to find a way to keep it going. We’ve let it slip away too many times.

When you get a chance to play with him you know it’s going to be creative, it’s going to be fun. Nothing is better than that when you play hockey.

We played the whole game in our zone and we can’t afford to do that. This is a challenge to each one of us in this room to be better.

I was so excited and so honored to be named part of the team, and for that to happen, it blows my mind. I’ve done absolutely nothing (wrong), and I’ve had to defend myself through...

He’s 19 points ahead of the next closest guy on our team. He’s able to create things from nothing on offense.

I just can’t wait,

That was huge. Johnny’s one of those guys that you really cheer for because he does so much for us every night.

You never want to say, ‘This one’s for him,’ because nothing compares to that, but it’s a good way to go home. We’re finding ways to win games again.

He’s an emotional guy. You can get under his skin and think maybe you can throw off his game. I think it works the opposite. I think it fires him up more, and he’s got...

Everyone’s excited about that, but then you add the fact that every day Wayne Gretzky is going to be our coach -that’s pretty special.

When we play as a team with five men, we’re solid. It’s when we get trying to do individual stuff that we really struggle.

We have to stick together now. No one is going to feel sorry for us. We have to find ways to pull ourselves out of this.

I haven’t really thought that much about it. It’s nice down here (in Phoenix). You don’t hear that much about it hockey-wise.

I don’t think Wayne is classified with anyone else. There’s historical, and then there’s him.

Those are huge moments that I’ll always remember. And I’ll never forget the last game we played there before moving to Phoenix. It was the loudest building I’ve ever been in for a sporting event...

Tonight I think we picked up our desperation and urgency. We need to do that, or else we were going to be in trouble.

That’s fine. We’re fortunate we can all play with everybody and expect success. I haven’t exactly been tearing it up, so however I can help is going to be what I do.

He plays so physical, … It’s unbelievable how well he times his hits. You always want to get him and it’s so hard to get him.

Playing the spoiler for other teams is not fun because you’d rather be playing to get yourself into the playoffs. But I guess it’s making the best of a bad situation.

We just haven’t played with enough urgency when we’ve played them.

It’s disappointing. You have a chance at home to make a stand and we haven’t done that. We have had six games at home and have not taken care of business. When you do that,...

He’s a fiery guy. The way he played is the way he coached, and you love that as a player to know that your coach is on your side and is into the game as...

He has so much on his plate, we don’t worry about his schedule.