Ron Wilson Quotes

"They looked sluggish at times and we took advantage of that. And a lot of that had to do with the pressure we created at the right times."

"That was huge, to respond to some adversity. We're going to face this kind of stuff when we're on the road, and it's great for our confidence, to be able to win that kind of game."

"We responded to adversity and that's important because we're going to face this kind of stuff when we're on the road."

"The test was, could we handle the adversity in the second period and we did."

"Basically you can't fear failure. We've got to go out there and be ready and play on the edge. We're going to need everybody ready to compete."

"We've been missing that type of performance from a player all season. And hopefully that will light the fire under a couple of guys who are capable of doing it, but just haven't decided to do it."

"We didn't want to tempt fate and have a close game because we thought they would come at us. We seemed to have a lot more jump, more air in our tires than they did."

"They scored first but I didn't see the team flinch. We were ready to play from the beginning of the game."

"We got the upper hand quick, they did a lot of complaining and the next thing you know, we have five penalties in a row against us and it threw us off our rhythm. From that point on, you never knew what was going to be a penalty."

"You just never know what a preseason means. Is it an illusion or reality? I truly believe we're a good team and I think if we've gotten anything out of the preseason, it's the process you go about, and winning will take care of itself. Our players understand that and they're focused on doing things right."

"Tonight was kind of an anomaly. You're not going to threaten teams with five power play goals. Since we picked up Joe, though, we've had one of the most dangerous power plays in the league."

"I didn't like either one of those goals. I've seen this happen before, the floodgates open so I stepped in to try and stop it."

"He's going to be a 35-40 goals scorer."

"We've been like umpteen points behind (in the standings) and caught people so two goals down in the first 10 minutes is not that big a hill to climb for us."

"Somebody will say he only had four assists, but they were huge -- setting up winning goals, making big plays, drawing penalties. He could have drawn about 10 more penalties. And he's a leader in the room along with Patty, they share that responsibility."

"If you look at the guys who left and add up the goals they scored, it really wasn't very many. They provided leadership and stability in the room, and now it's time for other guys to have that responsibility, because they're mature enough to handle it."

"We can't sit back and expect Joe to score three or four goals and we jump on his back. He has to do his job and we have to do our job."

"We're 3-0 and scored 15 goals since we picked up Thornton. It's kind of nice, the things you were hoping would happen with the trade have."

"I didn't like the way we were giving up goals in the third period. We need to show more poise, but our offense was there as it has been for the last three games."

"Patty played a great game. He was taking the puck to the net, and he was a force. I think he got excited when he saw he was going to be on the point on the power play."