Martin Brodeur Team Quotations

He's a young guy. When you have the privilege of playing for the greatest hockey country, there are only so many players. It's not that he's not worth being there, it's just because he's in a situation that Team Canada has a new wave of young players.

It is beneficial for us in terms of getting us going. When you get so many superstars from different backgrounds everyone has to gel and sometimes when you play good teams right off the bat like in Salt Lake, everyone wants to do their own thing and it gets tougher and tougher. I think that happened in Salt Lake, I don't think we were really prepared to play as a team early on.

I think there was a big transition in Canada, having younger guys being part of Team Canada now. I think it's nice we had a chance to perform with each other. At least you don't come in and it's a brand-new atmosphere. Now Team Canada has been doing these pre-Olympic training camps in the summer also, where we got together. I think everybody's really anxious to see each other again.

It felt long, ... Not playing is one thing, but not being with the guys. I was out of it for 18 months with the lockout and now I'm so happy to get back. When you're hurt -- I'd never really experienced it before -- you're not part of a team too much.

The team has the confidence to throw me in the net every night and that makes it a lot easier when you know you're going to get over 65 starts every year.

The Senators are a team we are looking up at in the standings. They beat a lot of teams in our division. Any points we get against them is a plus.

These nights are going to happen. It's definitely disappointing to do that against a team like that, but that's the way it is.

You can't be happy about losing a game. You have to look at the bright side. We competed well against a team that we can afford to give two points to and we took one away from them.

Everything was chaotic. A lot of things were up in the air. There were a lot of rumors here and there. It kind of took two or three weeks to settle our heads, and when the New Year turned, that's when this team turned around and made it happen to make the playoffs.

Defensively, we were awesome. That's as good as a team can play. I don't know how hard they competed against us, but we don't care. It's about how we play.

The way this team is built ? and, you know, we're not built on offence ? our system is always going to be the same, so it really doesn't matter who's coaching.

The Flyers are so freewheeling, they're able to hit your stick with their glove, just touch you a little bit, ... It's hard to get your position. It's hard to move around the net, especially against a team like that. That's their strength and they use it. They go hard to the net.

This was huge, especially against a team like that. Hopefully, we'll build some confidence and get some momentum going forward.

It's going to happen. You can't go on all your life and beat up on somebody. They're going to retaliate sometimes. They're a different team than what they were a few years back.

I could have stayed in. It was my choice. When the team is struggling, why be in there for the sake of being there?

If he doesn't go, people will say that means it's true and that's why he' not going. So, how do you deal with it? He's always been a gentleman about everything and he's always going to put what's best for the team first, so I don't think this is going to be any different.

The last win is always the toughest win. Whether it's the Rangers or any other team, it's tough to put a team away and we are definitely in good position to do that.

It was tough to get up for teams from the West. This will put a lot of interest back in the game.