Dave Tippett Time Quotations

He'll get that taken care of and then take a little time to get it healed. The good thing is, he's seeing clearly.

I thought our team played a very good team defensive game. Hatcher had a great year and we played very well in front of Marty, but you can't get numbers like that without having an unbelievable performance from your goaltender. Marty deserves a lot of credit for that. He's the guy who a lot of time dictates a lot of the equation as the last line of defense.

We've been good friends for a long time. I respect what he's done as a coach and his work ethic. We have a lot of the same views about the game. We spend a lot of time chatting. Over the years we got to be good friends and our wives are good friends.

Every time he stepped on the ice, he gave everything he had.

There's so much emphasis placed on the last time you did that, but we don't think about that at all. The regular season is to earn your spot and tell yourself whether you're good enough to compete in there or not, and we feel like we've earned that confidence.

This is the first time really that all of the entities have had a say in it. It's a partnership within the game, and ultimately we can say that at the end of the day, we're doing what's best for the game.

The last couple games, we have made decisions that have come back to bite us. You have to look forward to the next game. You have to win four games to win a series, and the last time I looked nobody has won four yet.

This organization came in and formed its own identity. Time goes on. People identify with this team more than hanging on to the North Stars' past.

It wasn't unexpected. Actually, I probably expected a few more. It will take time to break some habits.

We've got a great group of guys, great leaders who've focused on preparing for the playoffs. This is the time when you earn your stripes. We've put ourselves in good position; now we have to go prove it in the playoffs.