Dan Boyle Quotations

Let's be honest, you don't want to go down two games to the Senators and we just had to give it our all. We're pretty tired right now but we're going to have 48 hours to rest up. Our top guys did the job tonight. (Richards) had a big goal, Marty got a big goal, that's all you can ask from those guys.

Obviously, (it would be) an honor to play for Team Canada. There's a lot of history there and I'd be ready to go. But it's out of my hands. I'm just trying to play well every night and not really worrying about it.

If they score a goal there, it's a different game. That's what you want from your goalie. They are going to have ups and downs just like the rest of the team, but you want them to make the saves when it counts and he did that tonight.

I don't think (it's too early to start thinking about the standings). It's a team we've got to beat and they're seven points ahead of us now. If they're going to keep playing the way they are, it will be very tough to catch them.

We just haven't put it together this year for whatever reason. And that was the turning point in the game last night.

Some people are probably already counting us out, maybe not even picked us to make the playoffs next year, who knows. I think we need to tweak a few things here and there. The thing that won us a Cup two years ago was just how aggressive we played. I think at times this year we were just passive in our play.

Ottawa. Wow. They've had our number. ... But there'll be pressure on them.

Our first goal is on the worst shot of the night. But we could have avoided making a couple of mistakes in our defensive zone.

We needed some confidence here and hopefully this is a step in the right direction and let's start putting a string of wins together.

We are the champions. We should feel comfortable going in that we've seen situations that some of their guys haven't, even though they are the better team this year. But I think we play better as the underdog, so if we are, it will be to our advantage.

We'd like to stabilize the taxpayer subsidy which you know has risen over the past ten years, ideally it would be wonderful to reduce that, but really our goal here is to stabilize that.

We let it get away for sure and we've been in that situation before. We proved to ourselves that we can play with them.

We'll be fine. We know what is at stake. The focus definitely will be there. We know how important this is.

We're going to enjoy this for as long as we can.

We were embarrassed at home, embarrassed for ourselves and embarrassed for the fans. Now we have a chance to feel better about ourselves.

Although it's just one point we gained on them, it's better than none or losing one. Hopefully this a step in the right direction.

They've got a rookie goalie in there. We've got to, from the drop of the puck, just take it to them. Don't even let him think that he's got a chance.

Right now we're struggling. We're not controlling the puck.

I'm not going to change anything at the state level. I'm not going to change things at the White House. But I'm trying to make a difference in my own community.

Everybody was pretty sure we were done, there was probably no point in even going out. We really do believe in ourselves. A couple of years ago this was not a playoff team. We weren't even on the road map, then all of a sudden we are Stanley Cup champions. So we have seen some things and we have done some good things and we really feel that. We just need to get that monkey off our back with these guys. It's been tough against these guys in the last little while. That's a huge win for us.

I want to get back out there, especially this time of year. This is where, unfortunately, if we had a nice cushion we could rest some guys. We didn't get it done earlier in the season, so ...

Confidence is a big factor. I think if you went around the room right now and asked everybody on a scale of one to 10, you are not going to find too many seven or eights. We have to find a way to win some games.

It sounds simple, but we're just working hard. It feels like we're working hard and giving ourselves a chance and the goalies are playing really well and keeping us in the game.

The last three games have pretty much been his best three games all year. I think both of us are playing pretty well together. We're clicking.

It's better than it was. I couldn't walk the first day, and now I'm out here skating. As far as when I'll be back, I don't know. Anyone who's had an ankle sprain knows it's pretty painful, especially for a hockey player.

It went in very, very slowly ... it was slow motion. I'm pretty excited it went in.

I don't know if that's why I get overlooked sometimes but it very well might be. And the truth of the matter is, I can't pick myself. It's up to others to do that.

You want to have a game plan, but you need to see what they give us. We need that big power play goal. On a scale of 10, if you asked what our confidence is on the power play, you won't get a lot of eights, nines or 10s.

The guy, not on purpose, took out my legs.

The guys who went there then wanted to be part of something.

That's the good thing. My folks were down for three months up until playoffs started, so I can be thankful they weren't there and I wasn't there, sleeping at night. It could've been a lot worse.

They have a rookie goalie in there. We've got to just take it to him. Don't even let him think he has a chance.

It seems to be the same old story.

It's a tough situation. One-third of the house is burned down. I lost a lot of my belongings, my clothes are all gone.

It was a terrible call. At that point of the game, I just lifted the guy's stick (Patrick Eaves) and he fell. It was a terrible call.

They're big pieces of our team. The changes in the game are going to benefit guys like that who can handle the puck. They're good for our team.

They're both seeing the puck real well and that's what you need from your goalies. We're not real shocked. We've seen them practice. They're both great goalies and they're at the top of their game.

I definitely think we are going into this one as an underdog. They have pretty much owned us the past four or five years. There is a lot of pressure on that team to win over there and I think we play better when we are the underdogs. Hopefully we can go there and forget history, and obviously they have history on their side. That first game, that first period is going to be huge.

I did a couple of interviews with you guys right after and I still didn't know. On the way to the training room, they pulled me into the coaches' room and let me know.